July – Valencia, Spain & Ottawa, Canada – VLC Photonics and Intengent are pleased to announce a strategic agreement for the transfer of technology know-how, practical design expertise, and related modeling tools from Intengent to VLC Photonics. This collaboration marks a significant step in advancing III-V Photonics design, including that for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) in Indium Phosphide (InP), enhancing VLC Photonics’ capabilities in that area.

The agreement not only covers epitaxy and device design of the active III-V components like DFB lasers, semiconductor optical amplifiers, high-speed modulators and photodetectors, but also the full transfer of nine years of joint development on the regrowth-free TAVI Platform for PICs in InP. TAVI stands for Taper-Assisted Vertical Integration, a technology that enables monolithic photonic integration with active and passive waveguides on the same substrate by using vertical stacking and evanescent-field coupling of active and passive waveguide devices in the regrowth-free process, allowing for low infant mortality, high-yield manufacturing by decoupling epitaxial growth and wafer fabrication on the large-size 4’’ and 6’’ InP substrates.

With this move, VLC Photonics strengthens its position as a leading design and testing house not only in silicon and silicon nitride photonics, but also in III-V materials —crucial for enabling scalable integration strategies such as hybrid and heterogeneous integration in PICs. “After a fruitful collaboration over many years, we are now thrilled to integrate Intengent’s deep expertise into our team, further enabling innovative solutions in optical communications, LIDAR, RF photonics, and quantum applications,” said Iñigo Artundo, CEO at VLC Photonics. “It was a pleasure to collaborate with such a professional and dynamic team as VLC Photonics, already in the leading position as a design house in fabless photonics ecosystem and quickly growing, whilst helping that team to deeper penetrate into III-V Photonics design not only will solidify and expand their business, but also leaves a confidence for joint developments on TAVI Platform in InP to continue attracting and serving the customers”, added Valery Tolstikhin, President and CEO at Intengent, Inc.

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About VLC Photonics (a Hitachi High-tech company):
VLC Photonics is a photonic design and testing house based in Valencia, Spain, specializing in photonic integrated circuits (PICs) for applications in telecommunications, sensing, quantum optics, LiDAR, and biophotonics. Founded in 2011, the company operates under a fabless model, focusing on design, prototyping, testing, and packaging. Since 2020, VLC Photonics has been part of the Hitachi High-Tech Group, expanding its capabilities into full PIC development and industrial production. The company collaborates with over 20 foundries, offering customized solutions across multiple material platforms.

About Intengent:
Intengent is a fabless development and consultancy services provider in the area of III-V Photonics, based in Ottawa, Canada. The company specializes in active optical components and photonic integrated circuits for applications from tele- and datacom to sensing, microwave and quantum photonics, offering technology assessments, custom design services, and fabless product development. Founded by Dr. Valery Tolstikhin (also the Founder of OneChip Photonics and Co-Founder of ArtIC Photonics and ELPHiC, now InPho) in 2016, Intengent collaborates with a wide range of foundries supporting the fabless photonics ecosystem, from epitaxy to wafer fabrication, to post-fabrication processing.