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Integrated photonics
With a proven track record in advanced silicon photonics, R&D, and a state-of-the-art integrated silicon photonics and silicon nitride photonics platform, imec is your ideal development partner in realizing your silicon photonics solution.
Imec's cutting-edge optical devices are processed at wafer scale. They include high-performance devices for light modulation, switching, coupling, filtering and detection at data rates of 50GB/s and beyond.
Use qualified reference components from our device library or explore your own custom silicon photonic designs implemented in our platform. Multi-project wafer (MPW) runs enable you to cost-efficiently manufacture silicon photonics devices with cutting-edge performance.
Click on the topics below to explore our state-of-the-art silicon photonics portfolio for research and development including prototyping and low-volume manufacturing:
Next-generation silicon photonics
Discover imec’s research into fully CMOS-compatible silicon-based optical links.
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Silicon photonic ICs for prototyping and volume production
Discover imec’s versatile high-performance silicon photonics platform.
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Silicon nitride-based photonics
Take advantage of imec's 200-mm commercial platforms for the development of your SiN-based photonic ICs.
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H2020 MORPHIC project
In the H2020 MORPHIC project we develop a new class of programmable optical chips enabled by a combination of MEMS technology and Silicon Photonics. These chips can dramatically shorten the prototyping and deployment cycle of new photonic applications. More info on: https://h2020morphic.eu/（https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fh2020morphic.eu%2F&data=02%7C01%7CArne.Schauwers%40imec.be%7Cda10381d9ba44aa5e67e08d7052f7e14%7Ca72d5a7225ee40f09bd1067cb5b770d4%7C0%7C0%7C636983573839000538&sdata=odBbnQonAiFS3qutf2Ur2X8cCs1aNpG1zhvZJHQWga0%3D&reserved=0）
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