EPIGAP OSA Photonics GmbH and Technische Universitรคt Berlin start a joint VCSEL Chip development project VAST โ ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐.
VAST will develop a new generation of individually addressable VCSEL arrays for neuromorphic optical computing, quantum technologies, and future photonic communication systems.
โ๐๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค laser ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.โ
โ Dr. Nikolay Ledentsov Jr.
VP Laser Chip Technology, EPIGAP OSA Photonics GmbH
We also thank our industrial partner VI Systems GmbH for participation and support of this project.
The project is funded by the Berlin program for fostering research, innovation, and technology โ Pro FIT Investitionsbank Berlin. This project is co-funded by the European Fund for regional development.
On the photo: Dr. Sven Rodt, Dr. Peter Rotsch, Dr. Nikolay Ledentsov Jr., Dr. Stephan Reitzenstein, Dr. Frank Lerch at the kick-off event.