Solutions for the photonics industry
Precision, power, and photonics.
For more than ten years, our team has been working on high‑power UV laser technology. We understand what it takes to integrate lasers into complex systems where precision and reliability are critical. Our experience with advanced optical setups and photonic instruments allows us to create practical and effective solutions for demanding applications.
Solutions for the photonics industry
How can your photonics project benefit from our multi-disciplinary team.
Sector specifics
Photonics is the science of controlling light to measure, analyze, and interact with matter at an exceptional level of precision. It integrates expertise from optics, electronics, and engineering to enable innovations across industries, from semiconductors, healthcare to quantum technologies.
Key Challenges
Because photonics is a highly interdisciplinary and rapidly evolving field, specific skills are essential. Practical expertise in cleanroom fabrication, system assembly, optical testing, and calibration is crucial for mastering the technology and ensuring system performance.
Technical challenges of the photonics industry.
Integration of heterogeneous technologies
Photonics integration brings together optics, nanopositioning, thermal control, light sources, and sensors ; all working seamlessly together. Mastering this integration is key to reliable, high-performance systems.
Controlling the costs despite expensive components
Key photonic components like precision optics, specialized light sources, and high-performance sensors are costly investments. It’s essential to carefully select these parts, balancing performance requirements with budget constraints.
Controlling the environment
Photonic system performances are highly sensitive to thermal, mechanical, and environmental changes. Controlling temperature, vibrations, and other external factors is essential to maintain optical alignment and signal stability.
Addressing calibration complexities
Photonic instruments require precise and regular calibration to ensure reliable measurements. This process demands in-depth knowledge of the effects related to light sources, detectors, and environmental conditions to finely adjust the systems for optimal performance.
Engineering solutions for your photonics needs
Integrating photonics in high precisions systems.
With many years of experience integrating advanced photonics into high-precision systems, our multidisciplinary team has the unique ability to oversee photonics projects from the overall concept down to the finest details. This comprehensive approach ensures we deliver innovative and reliable solutions optimized for performance.
Expertise in complex heterogeneous integration
Complex heterogeneous integration is our specialty. We take great pride and enjoyment in seamlessly connecting diverse systems from motion control, optics, instrumentation, lasers and more. Our multidisciplinary approach and strong scientific background are real strengths that enable us to deliver innovative and reliable photonic solutions.
Early cost management through system engineering
We believe that the majority of a system’s cost is determined in the very early design phases during the specification and architecture definition. Our extensive experience in system engineering enables us to address cost considerations from the very start of the project.
Leveraging semiconductor expertise for environment control
Our extensive experience in semiconductor equipment allows us to tackle similar challenges in photonics, including material selection, thermal budget management, vibration control, and laminar flow regulation.
Advanced expertise in high-precision system calibration
Over the past fifteen years, we have developed deep expertise in calibrating ultra-precise systems. We thoroughly understand all sources of error, distinguishing those that can be corrected from those that cannot. This insight enables us to optimize calibration strategies and ensure the highest accuracy and reliability in critical photonic applications.
Project Overview
High power laser beam analysis system, engineered in record time
Problem
Our customer needed a module to measure the power and profile of their high-power laser within their system. Joining the project late, we faced an extremely tight and challenging timeline.
Solution
We made rapid technical decisions to meet both the schedule and performance requirements. Our team focused on sourcing the right suppliers while designing a custom attenuator module to maintain polarization and prevent long-term drift.
Result
The design and documentation were completed in under four weeks, and the prototype was delivered just eight weeks after project kickoff.