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Modular. Scalable. Silicon Photonics. Guaranteed.

OpenLight’s PASIC technology is modular, scalable and guaranteed.

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400G per lane modulators

Integrated silicon photonics platform for next-generation, 3.2T datacoms and AI applications.

3.5db extinction ratio in PAM-4 and 0.6 volts peak-to-peak.

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1.6T PASIC platform

OpenLight’s 1.6T PASIC platform for next-generation, hyperscale datacenters.

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Come and join the OpenLight team. We have many new roles available in Silicon Photonics design and engineering.

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OpenLight is the world-leader in custom, PASIC chip design and manufacture. OpenLight’s unique, integrated silicon photonics technology enables next-generation PASIC designs, where the passive and active elements are built in to the silicon. We offer three prime services for our customers:

Design Enablement

OpenLight enables customers to design their own PASIC using OpenLight’s Process Design Kit (PDK).

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PASIC Design Enablement

Inhouse Design

OpenLight will design and build your PASIC for you. OpenLight’s inhouse engineers provide custom PASIC design and layout services to help with customer’s PASIC chip and device development.

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PASIC Inhouse Design

Production

OpenLight will manufacture your PASIC for you through our partners. We will guarantee the production and operation of that PASIC, giving customers confidence to take on designing their own PASICs.

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PASIC Production

OpenLight’s unique technology

OpenLight’s unique technology enables PASICs to be designed and manufactured with all the passive and active elements onboard. The resulting PASIC demonstrates next-level improvements in:

Performance

Performance.

Low latency and power is standard in OpenLight’s unique PASIC.

Reliability

Reliability.

Production simplicity is core to OpenLight’s PASIC reliability.

Value

Value.

Lower costs by integrating active and passive components on the OpenLight PASIC.

Latest from the newsroom

“We are now an independent company.”
Jul 2025

“We are now an independent company.”

Stated Adam Carter, CEO, OpenLight, in an interview with embedded.com as its series A investment round completes.

“We are now an independent company.”
Silicon Photonics meets AI and data center, high-speed connectivity demands
Jul 2025

Silicon Photonics meets AI and data center, high-speed connectivity demands

Adam Carter is featured in the Design News article, “Silicon Photonics Poised for Breakthrough in AI and Data Center Applications."

Silicon Photonics meets AI and data center, high-speed connectivity demands
Read CEO, Adam Carter's article on AI in CIE magazine
Jun 2025

Read CEO, Adam Carter's article on AI in CIE magazine

Adam Carter, CEO of OpenLight, has had his article, “AI’s unrelenting power demands drive the need for optics”, published in the June issue of…

Read CEO, Adam Carter's article on AI in CIE magazine

Upcoming Events

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China International Optoelectronic Expo (CIOE)
9/10/2025–9/12/2025 Shenzhen Profiling new products and solutions in consumer electronics in Asia
China International Optoelectronic Expo (CIOE)
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9/28/2025–10/2/2025 Copenhagen, Denmark European Conference on Optical Communications
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Global Photonics Economic Forum 2025
10/7/2025–10/8/2025 Málaga, Spain Strategies for a volatile geopolitical landscape in global photonics and semiconductors
Global Photonics Economic Forum 2025
Optica PECC Summit
10/21/2025–10/22/2025 Juniper, Sunnyvale, California Adam Carter is speaking at the Photonic-Enabled Cloud Computing summit. Hosted by Optica and the Advanced Photonics Coalition (APC)
Optica PECC Summit
IPSEC 2025
11/17/2025–11/18/2025 Institute of Science, Tokyo Molly Piels is an invited speaker at the International Symposium on Photonics and Electronics Convergence
IPSEC 2025