Combination of plasmonics and electro-optic
polymers to eliminate limitations of legacy materials used for
high-speed modulators
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. and ZURICH, March 10,
2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightwave Logic, Inc.
(NASDAQ: LWLG), a technology platform company leveraging its
proprietary electro-optic (EO) polymers to transmit data at higher
speeds with lower power consumption, announced today the
advancement of its technical collaboration with Polariton
Technologies AG ("Polariton"), a technology leader of high-speed EO
components for the communication market.
Lightwave Logic and Polariton will work together to jointly
develop technical solutions to enable the faster adoption and
integration of combined plasmonics and polymer-based products, with
semiconductor fabrication plants, outsourced assembly, and test
operations. In addition to manufacturing transmitter PICs with
inherent superior electro-optic performance, both teams will be
working together on an extensive qualification and reliability
program, high-speed RF and optical testing and back-end
manufacturing process integration.
Yves LeMaitre, Chief Executive
Officer of Lightwave Logic, commented, "Today's announcement marks
an important step forward in our partnership with Polariton. We are
transitioning from being a material supplier to collaborating on
market development through end-user engagement and technical
cooperation. We are excited to supply our EO polymer materials and
integration expertise enabling Polariton to develop a revolutionary
approach addressing the opportunities presented by AI market."
Wolfgang Heni, co-founder and
co-CTO of Polariton added, "The combination of our technologies
creates a truly unique and differentiated technology platform
addressing the size and performance demands of next-gen AI clusters
and data centers. By combining plasmonics and EO polymers on
silicon, we unlock the roadmap to modulator frequencies of 800 GHz
in the future. We believe that using advanced materials in
innovative ways is the key for silicon photonics to meet industry
needs until 2030 and beyond."
The collaboration allows for the device integration of Lightwave
Logic's high-performance electro-optic polymer materials with
Polariton's plasmonic circuits to address the inherent bandwidth
and form factor bottlenecks of traditional materials such as indium
phosphide, silicon photonics, and thin-film lithium niobate to
accommodate ultra-high bandwidths. The collaboration is focused on
applications for next-generation AI clusters, intra and
inter-datacenter and optical networking links to deliver 400 Gb/s
per lane and scale to 800 Gb/s per lane. The ability to modulate
the optical signal at 400 Gb/s and beyond is critical to achieve
bandwidth of 3.2 and 6.4 Tb/s in the future.
Polariton has developed O-band products using Lightwave Logic's
electro-optic polymer that are available for sampling with select
customers.
About Lightwave Logic, Inc.
Lightwave Logic, Inc.
(NASDAQ: LWLG) www.lightwavelogic.com is a technology platform
company leveraging its proprietary engineered electro-optic (EO)
polymers to transmit data at higher speeds with less power in a
small form factor. The Company's high activity and high stability
organic polymers allow it to create next-generation photonic EO
devices that convert data from electrical signals into
light/optical signals for applications in telecommunications, and
for data transmission potentially used to support generative
AI.
About Polariton Technologies, AG
Polariton is a
designer and manufacturer of high-performance photonic integrated
circuits (PICs) for ultra-high-bandwidth and low-power applications
in communication, computing, test & measurement, space and
quantum technologies markets. Exceptional specifications are
achieved by combining silicon photonics with advanced plasmonic
active devices enabling operation in sub-THz regimes, in particular
with Mach-Zehnder and ring resonator modulators.
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Contacts:
Ryan Coleman
or Nick Teves
Alpha IR Group for Lightwave Logic
lwlg@alpha-ir.com
312-445-2870
Helena Echeverri
Marcom Manager
info@polariton.ch
+41 44 589 51 51
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