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15<br />
MAY 2011 issue n°112<br />
THE DISRUPTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES MAGAZINE<br />
PHOTONICS<br />
Strong growth projected for silicon photonics market accord<strong>in</strong>g to new market<br />
survey<br />
The silicon photonics market is expected to reach a value of the $2.02 billion by 2015, reflect<strong>in</strong>g a five-year compound<br />
annual growth rate of 78.2 percent, accord<strong>in</strong>g to the report Global Silicon Photonics Market (2010-2015), published by<br />
MarketsandMarkets.<br />
Highlights of the market report <strong>in</strong>clude the<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
• Silicon photonics technology is ga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
ground as a low-cost alternative for address<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
speed and bulk data transfer challenges faced by<br />
microelectronics. The market is <strong>in</strong> its <strong>in</strong>fancy and is<br />
expected to be commercialized by 2016.<br />
• In 2010, the wavelength division multiplex filters<br />
contributed $35,212 to the <strong>global</strong> silicon photonics<br />
market, ma<strong>in</strong>ly because of early commercialization<br />
and extensive usage <strong>in</strong> optical switches and<br />
transceiver devices.<br />
• The silicon photonics LED market is expected to<br />
experience the relatively high compound annual<br />
growth rate of 87.6 percent from 2010 to 2015<br />
because of an <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g need for an efficient light<br />
source <strong>in</strong> small-distance communication<br />
networks.<br />
• At present, North America dom<strong>in</strong>ates the silicon<br />
photonics market, hav<strong>in</strong>g generated $59,667 <strong>in</strong> 2010.<br />
The worth of the market <strong>in</strong> the region is projected to<br />
reach $849,587 <strong>in</strong> 2015 with a compound annual<br />
growth rate from 2010 to 2015 of 70.1 percent.<br />
• Major players <strong>in</strong> the <strong>global</strong> silicon photonics market<br />
<strong>in</strong>clude Kotura, Lightwire, Luxtera and Chiral<br />
Photonics, all US companies.<br />
www.marketsandmarkets.com<br />
New manag<strong>in</strong>g director at 3S Photonics French subsidiary<br />
New manag<strong>in</strong>g director at 3S Photonics French subsidiary 3S Photonics Group announced the nom<strong>in</strong>ation of Jean-Michel<br />
Bonard as its manag<strong>in</strong>g director <strong>in</strong> France, as well as the creation of three new transversal positions with<strong>in</strong> the group’s board.<br />
Bonard jo<strong>in</strong>ed the company <strong>in</strong> 2009 as deputy<br />
general manager <strong>in</strong> charge of company<br />
operations. In addition, he was responsible for<br />
the f<strong>in</strong>ance department. Prior to jo<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the group, he<br />
worked at Katun Corp. and GE Capital F<strong>in</strong>ance, and<br />
he created JMB Conseils, a f<strong>in</strong>ancial consult<strong>in</strong>g firm<br />
for telecom and IT companies.<br />
To strengthen the collaboration between its entities,<br />
the company has created three transversal and<br />
strategic positions with<strong>in</strong> its board: Jean-Pierre Hirtz,<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>ess development director; Geoffroy Morel, chief<br />
f<strong>in</strong>ancial officer; and Fotis Konstant<strong>in</strong>idis, vice<br />
president of sales.<br />
The announcement follows the company’s February<br />
2010 acquisition of Avensys Inc., based <strong>in</strong> Canada.<br />
To re<strong>in</strong>force its <strong>in</strong>ternational position, 3S Photonics<br />
has also launched a policy for diversification,<br />
geographical expansion and strategic partnerships.<br />
3S Photonics designs, develops and markets optical<br />
components and modules, and modules based on<br />
optical fiber. Through its subsidiary Avensys Solutions,<br />
it provides environmental and <strong>in</strong>dustrial process<br />
surveillance.<br />
www.3sphotonics.com<br />
The City College of New York set up a new metamaterials <strong>center</strong><br />
A new <strong>in</strong>dustry and university cooperative research <strong>center</strong> proposes to provide a one-stop shop for the design, fabrication<br />
and test<strong>in</strong>g of a wide range of metamaterials designed to aid solar photovoltaic systems, specialized light sensors and more.<br />
Researchers at the National Science<br />
Foundation-sponsored <strong>center</strong> will focus on<br />
fundamental research concepts that are<br />
limit<strong>in</strong>g the application and implementation of<br />
metamaterials to commercial products. For example,<br />
by controll<strong>in</strong>g the composition of a material, it may be<br />
possible to produce superlenses with near-perfect<br />
resolution.<br />
The <strong>center</strong>'s research thrusts will encompass<br />
fundamental metamaterials research, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
follow<strong>in</strong>g: materials for rapid prototyp<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
metamaterials build<strong>in</strong>g blocks, all-dielectric resonator<br />
Universal Display announced the release of a novel s<strong>in</strong>gle-layer encapsulation technology for plastic substrate systems<br />
and th<strong>in</strong>-film devices, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g rigid and flexible OLED displays and light<strong>in</strong>g panels.<br />
Developed <strong>in</strong> collaboration with research<br />
partner Pr<strong>in</strong>ceton University, the s<strong>in</strong>gle-layer<br />
hybrid organic-<strong>in</strong>organic layer approach was<br />
demonstrated successfully as an encapsulant for<br />
flexible and rigid OLED devices. Its encapsulation<br />
layer provides a permeation barrier to protect th<strong>in</strong>-film<br />
devices from environmental conditions such as<br />
metamaterials, development of model<strong>in</strong>g and design<br />
algorithms, process development of composite<br />
materials, aperture and cavity arrays, tools for<br />
characterization of metamaterials, next-generation<br />
metallic resonator metamaterials, and high-, zero-,<br />
and negative-refractive-<strong>in</strong>dex materials.<br />
Industry and university cooperative research <strong>center</strong>s<br />
conduct fundamental research. The companies that<br />
participate <strong>in</strong> the <strong>center</strong> direct the research and<br />
receive royalty-free, nonexclusive licenses to the<br />
<strong>in</strong>tellectual property the <strong>center</strong> produces.<br />
Plac<strong>in</strong>g th<strong>in</strong> metamaterial films over silicon panels<br />
Universal Display unveils novel encapsulation technology<br />
moisture and oxygen, a quality that is critical for the<br />
long-term performance of OLED display and light<strong>in</strong>g<br />
products.<br />
The encapsulation technology was supported <strong>in</strong> part<br />
by National Science Foundation, US Department of<br />
Defense and US Department of Energy SBIR<br />
contracts. To demonstrate the technology’s<br />
would allow solar light to pass through to silicon<br />
surfaces unblocked. The same film would capture the<br />
electricity produced by those surfaces, possibly<br />
rais<strong>in</strong>g the efficiency of terrestrial solar cells from 17<br />
to 21 percent, he said. Because the film would spread<br />
light laterally across the cell, th<strong>in</strong>ner silicon wafers<br />
could be used, which would reduce costs.<br />
The sensor projects, be<strong>in</strong>g conducted with NASA and<br />
DARPA, aim to produce lightweight polar image metric<br />
sensors capable of measur<strong>in</strong>g light's <strong>in</strong>tensity, color<br />
and polarization or orientation.<br />
www.ccny.cuny.edu<br />
effectiveness for flexible OLED display prototype, the<br />
company has worked with the US Army Research<br />
Laboratory and the Flexible Display Center at Arizona<br />
State University.<br />
www.universaldisplay.com<br />
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