Dr. Adam Carter is featured in Laser Focus World’s, ‘Following the Photons: a Photonics Podcast’

Justine covers Adam’s career in the semiconductor communications industry and his involvement with some of the world’s leading, optics businesses and manufacturers. This includes as CCO of Foxcon Optical Interconnects; his involvement in turning Oclaro from a loss-making, manufacturer of optical products, to its sale to Lumentum Holdings; managing Cisco’s Transceiver Module Group, which acquired Lightwire, a silicon photonics company; and his earlier roles at Avago Technologies, Agilent Technologies, Hewlett Packard, and BT & D (British Telecom and DuPont), during which time he moved from the UK to the USA.

Adam goes on to explain OpenLight’s unique, fabless, business model, where customers are enabled to design silicon photonics PASICs (Photonic Application Specific ICs) using its process design kit (PDK) - all built within its licensed foundry ecosystem. The PDK is available to use with a RTU (right to use) license and device production also has a chargeable license structure. Finally, OpenLight receives royalties for each wafer produced. OpenLight’s extensive patent portfolio, expected to exceed 450 individual patents by the end of 2025, protects the IP that makes this business model possible.

Listen to the full podcast here... 

For more information, contact OpenLight on: sales@openlightphotonics.com