While the promise of smaller, better, faster, lighter devices enabled by integrated photonics technologies is indeed the ultimate goal for the work being done at AIM Photonics , the actual path to high-volume manufacturing isn’t necessarily a smooth ride for photonic integrated circuit (PIC) designers, developers and engineers.

Education, Photonics, Workforce

Rochester Institute of Technology recently acquired Vanguard Automation’s SONATA 1000 3D-nanoprinter, a next-generation technology for advanced photonic packaging and integration. The new equipment will advance how the university is solving the challenges of building and using photonic integrated circuit chips, lasers, and optical fibers...

Education, Photonics, Workforce

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) partnerships with leading companies like Raytheon Technologies, Lockheed Martin, and General Dynamics have replaced aging military vehicles and upgraded existing technology and collaborative tools. While these partnerships are critical to the safety and performance of military personnel, the DoD also has a long...

Education, Workforce

The Biden-Harris Administration submitted to Congress the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2024. President Biden’s 2024 Budget for the Department of Commerce makes historic investments to drive U.S. innovation and global competitiveness, foster inclusive capitalism and equitable economic growth, address the climate crisis, and expand opportunity...

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Semiconductor sensor technology company Aeluma has entered into an agreement with the Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RFSUNY) in support of AIM Photonics. Aeluma and AIM will collaborate on an ongoing government-directed project to develop the heterogeneous integration of compound semiconductor devices on silicon.

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