Alcyon Photonics, a photonics design and photonic silicon solutions company born as a spin-off of the Institute of Optics, has released a Design Kit (PDK) developed in collaboration with Applied Nanotools, the leading specialized integrated photonics foundry. in the manufacture of prototypes.
By combining Alcyon's unique knowledge of sub-wavelength technology with Applied Nanotools' proprietary casting services, this design kit enables customers to develop their photonic designs in an easier and more efficient manner.

This PDK library will be offered through an open access package that includes Alcyon's ultra-wide bandwidth and polarization management comprehensive design portfolio, with the help of a programming environment where customers can combine, store, manage. and share your designs thanks to powerful commercial software.
By relying on Alcyon's Design Kit, customers will optimize their time-to-market as they can take advantage of pre-developed, validated and optimized for manufacturing blocks in Applied Nanotools, to design and verify their photonic products faster and more efficiently before to start manufacturing the prototypes.

More information on the Alcyon Photonics website

Alcyon Photonics SL

Alcyon Photonics develops high bandwidth polarization control photonic blocks and optical motors for communication and sensor applications.
Alcyon's knowledge of subwavelength technology provides its designs with unprecedented bandwidth, polarization management capabilities, and high manufacturing performance. Alcyon is committed to accelerating the adoption of photonics by not only providing high performance optical engines for industrial applications, coherent receivers, microspectrometers, integrated FBG interrogators, etc., but also helping customers tailor their designs to their needs.

Learn more at www.alcyonphotonics.com

Applied Nanotools

Applied Nanotools NanoSOI Fabrication Service is a foundry service for the fabrication of photonic integrated circuits. The quality of its products are guaranteed with the use of a state-of-the-art 100 keV electron beam lithography system and anisotropic plasma etching.
In addition, it allows for oxide coating fabrication, metallization, and deep trench etching to create passive and thermo-optic photonic devices with grating couplers or edge couplers. They also offer custom options including partial etch depths, rust windows, and thermal insulation trenches.

Learn more at www.appliednt.com