Integrated Photonics

“Integrated Photonics” is all about realizing complex, optical functions on a  very small footprint. Optical components including splitters, interferometers, filters, sources, detectors and modulators, are integrated on a common planar substrate. This substrate can be made of a broad range of material systems including semiconductors like. silicon or III-V,  polymers, glasses or ceramics or a combination of such material systems. Today, integrated photonics has found its way to the market. But how to choose the right material system for your application? How to design your optical system on a chip? And what are the applications that entered the market today?