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Bright connections for smart photonic systems

Are you facing challenges in packaging photonic integrated circuits (PIC), in assembling photonic multi-chip systems, or in simply fabricating micro-optical elements with complex shapes?

We might have a solution!

If you are interested on a versatile manufacturing solution, please get in contact with our sister company Vanguard Automation GmbH. With its SONATA1000 Series, Vanguard Automation offers the first industrial solution for in-situ printing of Photonic Wire Bonds (PWB) and facet-attached micro-optical elements.

Vanguard’s proprietary photonic wire bonding technology exploits two-photon laser lithography for in-situ fabrication of freeform waveguides that connect photonic chips on a package level. Also, we can print high-precision micro-lenses and freeform elements basically everywhere – on chip surfaces, laser facets, and optical fibers.

Our 3D nano-fabrication technology and processes are geared to address key challenges of large-scale photonic integration and system assembly, serving applications in information and communication technology, in life sciences, as well as in industrial measurement and sensing.

Interested? We are keen to learn more about your application and to engage in solving the associated challenges.

https://www.vanguard-automation.com/about/

About Vanguard Automation (a Mycronic company)

The company offers automated photonics assembly processes and machines for 3D nano-printing in the field of photonic multi-chip integration and packaging. Our solutions cover the entire range from small-scale prototyping to fully automated industrial production. We build upon an internationally unique technology portfolio and exploit nearly two decades of experience in industrial automation through our partner companies. The core team at Vanguard Automation comprises experts in photonics, material science, high-precision opto-mechanics, and automation engineering.

Vanguard Automation GmbH was founded in 2017 as a joint venture of Vanguard Photonics GmbH and ficonTEC Service GmbH.

ficonTEC is the recognized market leader in the field of automated assembly and testing of micro-optics and opto-electronic components. They provide automated micro-assembly and testing solutions for the photonics industry since 2001. Their globally installed base of over 600 systems is already serving integrated photonics applications in telecom and datacom sectors, in sensing applications ranging from biomedical to automotive, and much more.

Vanguard Automation’s scalable manufacturing solutions and our customers are taking advantage of ficonTECs advanced manufacturing and global support capabilities. The core team at Vanguard Automation consists primarily of application and development engineers from the specialist fields of optics and photonics, from electrical and mechanical engineering, as well as from software development.