Established in 2022 as a spin-off from the University of Twente, Aluvia Photonics is at the forefront of commercializing extensive Al2O3 PIC developments originating from the iOS group led by Prof. Sonia García Blanco. With over a decade of world-class photonics R&D, the company is poised to make significant contributions to the field. Aluvia Photonics, a pioneering developer of photonics integrated circuits (PICs) utilizing the proprietary Al2O3 platform, will showcase the latest achievements in on-chip optical amplifiers during the Photonics West conference. The newly unveiled devices exhibit exceptional performance, boasting impressive specifications: These outcomes are made possible through the incorporation of rare-earth ions into the Al2O3 via co-sputtering, enabling emission at key wavelengths: 1000 nm (Yb3+ and Nd3+), 1300 nm (Nd3+), C-band (Er3+), and 1800-2000nm (Tm3+). Aluvia Photonics has successfully demonstrated the integration of these cutting-edge active components onto various PIC platforms available in the market. Notably, the combination of Al2O3 actives with the state-of-art SiN solutions from LioniX International and LIGENTEC has been showcased, highlighting the versatility and adaptability of the technology. Aluvia Photonics is extending its offerings to a diverse range of PIC markets, including telecom, datacom, and quantum computing. The company is currently providing samples of pre-commercial products to application partners in these markets, with plans to establish a commercial pilot-scale production later in 2024. In the QU-PIC project, Aluvia Photonics will provide the broadband Al2O3 photonic platform that can be used to integrate all of the different building blocks that are developed within the scope of the project. This will be done with either micro-transfer printing or butt-coupling. The photonic platform offered by Aluvia Photonics is the ideal platform to do this, due to the large bandgap (~8eV) of Al2O3 and the low losses as demonstrated down to the UV wavelength range. The Aluvia Photonics platform will therefore serve as one of the major backbones of the QU-PIC project. Qu-PIC
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