Company Profile

Freedom Photonics LLC specializes in all aspects of photonic integration and photonic integrated circuits (ICs). The firm has experience in the successful design and development of high-functionality, high performance photonic ICs for applications spanning sensing, digital and analog communications. The firm has developed a family of products for application in optical communications, optical sensors, medical equipment and industrial processes. These are markets where the firm’s vertical integration, strong cumulative experience and proprietary Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technology generate products that provide customers a significant competitive advantage. The firms’ core photonic integrated circuit technology is based around 3 integration platforms: compound semiconductor (InP, GaAs), Silicon-Germanium CMOS and planar lightwave waveguide platform. Through vertical integration, these custom PICs become engines of optical modules and subsystems, which include in-house implementation of electronic control, drive circuitry and system integration. The firm's proprietary photonic integration platforms can accommodate a variety of building blocks, including: Active and passive planar waveguide components; Widely tunable lasers; High speed modulators (lumped and traveling wave); Semiconductor optical amplifiers (high gain and/or high power); Photodetectors; Mode coverters; High speed switches; and Multiplexer/demultiplexers.