Silicon-organic hybrid photonic integrated circuits reach record-breaking 0.31 V-MM modulation efficiency and leading 110 GHz bandwidth performance, which demonstrate commercial scalability and a path to 400 g silicon photos
Seattle, Washington / Access to Newswire / 30 September 2025 / NLM Photonics, een leider in hybride organische elektro-optische (OEO) -technologie, heeft vandaag doorbraakvalidatieresultaten aangekondigd van externe testen van multi-channel siliciumorganische hybride (SOH) fotonische geïntegreerde circuits (PICS) capabel van 1,6 Terabit (1,6 terabit (1,6 terabit) en 3,2 Terabit (3,2T) performance in addition to record-breaking modulation efficiency and bandwidth, the 1.6T SOH PIC from NLM 224Gbit/s per channel data transmission in tests.
Dr. Scott Hammond and A Keysight Technologies Employee Test NLM’s SoH photos
NLM’s tests attached several industrial scoops, including a World Record SoH modulation efficiency of 0.31 V-mm on the best single channel, which represents an improvement of 10 to 15 times compared to traditional silicon photonic modulators. In bandwidth tests performed by VLC Photonics, the technology supplied leading leading 3 DB bandwidths of more than 80 GHz for 200 G components and up to 110 GHz for 400 G component performance far beyond traditional silicon photonics.
Tests conducted in the NLM laboratory in collaboration with Keysight Technologies verified 224 Gbps PAM4 data transfer with exceptionally low -voltage requirements. This makes a significant energy-efficient effect possible while maintaining consistent multi-channel performance over eight channels, with only 10 percent inter-channel variation in Vπ.
The tested photos were designed in collaboration with Enosemi and manufactured on Advanced Micro Foundrys (AMF) O-band GP V4.5 200mm Silicon Photonics platform with specifications developed by Centerna Photonics. The total area for the 1.6T SOH PIC is only 17 mm² for the full 8-channel system: considerably more compact than competing technologies. These tests that, using NLM’s SoH technology, commercially available silicon photonic platforms can break the 200G barrier, with a clear path to 400 g and beyond.
“The question of AI data centers for high bandwidth and lower current, although not breaking the bank, creates unprecedented challenges for the photonics industry,” said Brad Booth, CEO of NLM Photonics. “Traditional photonic platforms are seriously challenged to meet the next generation requirements. Our 1.6T and 3.2T SHOH photos show the power of NLM’s solutions to allow silicon photonic platforms to keep scaling to higher bandwidths, while the footprint of a PIC with at least 40 percent is astonished.”
“As a co-inventor of the final golf guide Silicon-Organic Hybrid Modulator together with Michael Hochberg, I witnessed the evolution of this technology of Laboratory Curiosity for Commercial Reality,” said Tom Baehr-Jones, CEO of Fotonica software company Tesselmax, co-founder of Luxtera and Elenion, and Optica Fellow. “The breakthrough results of NLM represent something that we have been working on for two decades-real-World 200G performance that are scalable for production and a clear path to 400 g on commercially available silicon photonic platforms, and with order-of-magnitude cancellation improvements.”
Michael Hochberg, co-founder of Luxtera and Elenion and co-inventor of silicon-organic hybrid technologysaid: “This is a very exciting result. Integrating polymers in these silicon platforms is a challenge; it has been a long way and it is nice to finally see it coming together.”
A video of the test process can be found on the Youtube channel of NLM.The full validation test results are included in the NLM research paper. These results will be presented on two upcoming October conferences: Optica and the APC Photonic Cloud Computing (PECC) Industry Summit and the Keysight Summit: Terascale ai, 1.6t and beyond seminar.
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About NLM Photonics
NLM Photonics develops advanced organic electro-optical modulation technology transforming data centers, AI, communication and quantum computing. Our patented OEO technology makes a higher bandwidth and lower power consumption possible and requires minimal process disruption, which resolves critical challenges in efficiency and sustainability. Built on more than two decades of research and development, the technological breakthroughs of NLM make the next generation of high -quality communication possible. Find us with nlmphotonics.com And on LinkedIn @NLM-Photonic.
SOURCE: NLM Photonics
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