A leading integrated photonics ecosystem
The PhotonDelta Ecosystem is an end-to-end value chain for Photonic Chips that designs, develops, and manufactures innovative solutions that contribute to a better world. The ecosystem is at the very forefront of photonic chip research, pioneering new products and solutions.

Together with you we can
- Develop new solutions for today’s and tomorrow’s challenges
- Offer an end-to-end value chain for Photonic Chips
- Connect investors and viable markets with pioneers in the field
The PhotonDelta Ecosystem
Connects and collaborates around the world with a significant advantage as it forms an end-to-end value chain. The sound knowledge base is associated with top-tier universities that have been doing research into photonic chip technology for over four decades now. Chip development costs have been reduced and the emergence of various spin-offs demonstrates the fully functioning supply chain in place.
How our value chain works






Research & Development
Our partners include knowledge institutes and universities whose pioneering research fuels our entire ecosystem and keeps us at the forefront of integrated photonics. This pipeline of innovation is essential for the competitive strength of our ecosystem by continuously developing new products, applications, and production processes.

Design
The development of a PIC design takes into account the customer’s application specifications and the production protocols of the foundry. Firstly, the specification is translated into a circuit design, and then a mask layout is created for manufacturing. Our partners’ world-class design library provides highly functional, predefined and tested building blocks to reduce design costs.

Manufacturing
When the design is finished, it’s ready for production. Our ecosystem offers two options for fabrication: one suitable for cost-effective prototyping, and another suited to mass production.
- Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) runs are best-suited for research, development, and prototyping. Designs of several users are fabricated on the same wafer (or substrate). This keeps costs low and the design simplified.
- Dedicated engineering runs at Pilot Lines and industrial lines in integrated photonics provide a cost-effective means for organisations to validate integrated photonics-based product and ramped up for commercial production.
Read more prototyping opportunities. We offer two production platforms: Indium Phosphide (InP), Silicon Nitride (SiN), and a pilot line for Silicon Photonics (SiPh).
- Indium Phosphide (InP) PICs have superior electron velocity, active laser generation, and amplification. This makes them an ideal component for communication and sensing applications.
- Silicon Nitride (SiN) PICs have a vast spectral range and ultra low-loss waveguide. This makes them highly suited to detectors, spectrometers, biosensors, and quantum computers.
- Silicon Photonics (SiPh) PICs provide low losses for passive components like waveguides and can be used in minuscule photonic circuits. They are compatible with existing CMOS (electronic) fabrication.

Packaging
PICs are packaged for protection and mounting on a printed circuit board. Photonic chips and electronic chips can be combined in a hybrid module, leveraging the benefits of both: cost reduction and best-in-class processes. It is also possible to configure different combinations of photonic chip types to address the demand for increasingly sophisticated solutions.

Applications
With over 20 specialist suppliers, our ecosystem develops components which are serving multiple industries from medical and healthcare, to data and telecom. Through the innovative application of Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs), companies are creating new solutions to help solve the world’s technological and societal problems.
