Edwatec provides erbium-doped photonic integrated circuit (PIC) amplifiers and lasers with on-chip gain, low noise, and temperature‑insensitive performance. The devices are fabricated using wafer‑scale silicon photonics processes, enabling low‑cost, high‑volume production and compact mm² footprints. Multi‑lane integration on a single chip supports massively parallel, high‑performance optical communication and quantum computing applications.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
High-performance optical communication systems require efficient optical amplification, but traditional solutions are often bulky and lack scalability. Integrating optical amplifiers directly onto photonic integrated circuits (PICs) presents challenges in achieving high gain and low noise within a compact footprint.
Solution
EDWATEC provides rare-earth ion-doped photonic integrated circuits, specializing in Erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers and lasers. Their technology enables monolithic and hybrid integration of Erbium amplifiers on silicon photonics, delivering compact, scalable, and high-performance optical amplification solutions. EDWATEC's amplifiers achieve high on-chip gain with low noise figures, addressing the need for efficient optical amplification in advanced communication systems. The company offers custom PIC design, fabrication, and characterization services, tailoring solutions to specific application requirements.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes companies developing advanced optical communication systems and researchers in the field of integrated photonics requiring high-performance optical amplification solutions.
Features
- Erbium-doped long waveguides providing optical gain in a sub-cm-square footprint
- On-chip gain exceeding 30 dB
- On-chip output power greater than 300 mW
- Low noise figure (less than 5 dB)
- Temperature-insensitive gain performance
- Wafer-scale fabrication for scalable production
- Flexible design incorporating both passive and active photonic components
- Capability to incorporate other rare-earth ions to address a wide range of wavelengths