LIGENTEC is your partner for Photonic Integrated Circuits in high-tech areas such as Communication, Quantum technologies, LiDAR and Sensing.

Lausanne, Switzerland
Joined April 2018
5 days left to register for LGT-MPW-LN-09 (closes 1 Dec). Access heterogeneous TFLN on low-loss SiN—ultra-low VπL, high-speed modulation, and full PDK support on our final 2026 MPW shuttle. 📩 Reserve your slot: [email protected] 🔗 ligentec.com
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🚀 1.76 m of optical delay on a single chip! A new arXiv preprint uses a LIGENTEC #SiN true-time-delay element (11.63 ns) in a photonic reservoir computer: zero-error waveform classification, chaotic time-series prediction & speaker recognition. 🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2609.05907
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Fast modulation. Low-loss SiN waveguides. One chip. Michael Geiselmann explains the process and its path to 200mm volume production at the Optica Industry Tutorial. 📅 Nov 24 | 16:00 CET 🔗optica.zoom.us/webinar/regis…
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Light doesn’t wait for electrons. Neither do we. 💡At LIGENTEC, we scale ultra-low-loss Silicon Nitride photonics from prototype to volume production on 200mm automotive-qualified wafers, powering quantum, LiDAR, telecom & biosensing. #DayOfPhotonics2026
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Happy DAY OF PHOTONICS! Thank you to the companies, university students, researchers and teachers sharing their knowledge through school lectures, demonstrations and conversations. Are you organising an activity or have you already visited a school? We’d love to hear about it.
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New team member alert! 👋 Welcome Sayan Maccarone, our new Characterization Intern! A future HEPIA microengineering student with a passion for precision, from watchmaking to a hand-built electric guitar. Excited to have him on board! 🚀 #Welcome #LIGENTECGrows #JobsInPhotonics
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What we're demoing live on Nov 17: →  IPKISS layout with LIGENTEC PDK →  Statistical models (new) →  Integrated DRC No toy examples. The actual workflow. Register here us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi… #PhotonicDesign  #PDK  #DRC
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Beneath the ocean, optical networks connect the world. #OFC27 welcomes #research advancing subsea communications, from submarine transmission and fiber #tech to the systems and #network solutions supporting global connectivity. Submit your work by 20 Oct: bit.ly/3Ul7AKj
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The path from prototype to production matters. LIGENTEC supports MPW → pilot (2,000+) → volume (10,000+) on X-FAB's automotive-qualified 200 mm line, same PDK, process and quality controls throughout. AN350-10 registration closes on 1 Nov.
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🚀 New team member alert! Welcome Pin-Ying Chen, our new Process Intern! An EPFL Materials Science Master's student and recent sustainability project awardee, Pin-Ying brings a fresh perspective to our process engineering team. Excited to have her on board! 💡#LIGENTECGrows
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🚀 New team member alert! Welcome Sardor Beshimov! A Mechanical Engineering Master's student at EPFL & PoliTO, Sardor brings strong expertise in cleanroom fabrication, microengineering, and process automation to our team. 🔬⚡ Excited to have you on board! 💡 #LIGENTECGrows
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New team member alert! 👋 Welcome Salvatore Iovinella, our new Fabrication Engineer! A Materials Engineering graduate with cleanroom experience in III-V photodetector fabrication and nanomaterials processing. Excited to have him on board! 🚀 #LIGENTECGrows #LetsPICIt
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🚀 New team member alert! Welcome Carson Glenn Valdez! A Stanford PhD graduate bringing expertise in #SiliconPhotonics, grating coupler design, and photonic circuit modeling to our design team. 🔬✨ Excited to have you on board! 💡 #Welcome #LIGENTECGrows
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🔴 48 HOURS until Forum EPFL 2026 Find LIGENTEC at SwissTech Convention Center — direct access to our engineering team, open roles, and internships in Silicon Nitride photonics. 📍 EPFL Campus, Lausanne | 9 Oct 🔗 ligentec.com/events/forum-ep… #LetsPICIt
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Why rebuild a component that's already been tested at volume? LIGENTEC's library includes delay lines, MZIs, phase shifters, heaters and rib waveguides, pre-validated on the same process used from MPW to 10,000+ chip production runs. AN350-10 registration deadline: 1 Nov.
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10 years of LIGENTEC, celebrated last week in Malaga. 🎉 From prototype to TFLN, InGaAs and 200mm production with @XFAB, every step came with our partners and customers. Thank you for building it with us. #SiliconNitride #PhotonicIntegration
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📣 @LIGENTECPIC and NLM Photonics teamed up to build the first Silicon Nitride Organic Hybrid modulators on a commercial photonics platform, with proof-of-concept devices for photonic qubit routing and QKD applications. tinyurl.com/4w6r8xc4 #EPICMemberNews #Photonics #Quantum
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We're hosting a live webinar with @LucedaPhotonics on Nov 17. Topic: taking photonic designs from circuit to verified layout — faster, with fewer iterations. Free. 60 min. Live Q&A. → us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi… #PhotonicDesign  #SiN  #Webinar
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