A user portal, at https://www.photonixfab.eu/technologies-services, enables initial technology evaluations and consultations to be conducted. It will provide users with a consolidated access point, so that they can explore the possibilities available.
“Using the portal, customers will be able to find the correct partners and start carrying out the preliminary stages of their photonic projects, to be ready to benefit from full-scale production in the future,” says photonixFab’s co-ordinator Youssouf Gueri.
Consequently, early product development may begin while the various technologies/services encompassed by photonixFAB are being transferred to an industrial environment over the course of 2024 to 2026.
Those using the web-based platform will learn about the different capabilities offered by the 
After deciding on which technologies/services are needed, they will then be directed to the relevant partners, so that dialogue with them can be initiated.
As a result, work can commence sooner on developing the concept and creating prototypes, as well as moving to small volume fabrication.
Examples of the capabilities that customers can initiate will include prototyping in relation to SiN via LIGENTEC and SOI through imec, as well as for InP chiplets by working with SMART Photonics.
There will also be the packaging expertise that PHIX Photonics Assembly offers for both SiN and SOI processes, plus early technology access for InP micro-transfer printing on SiN/SOI supplied directly by X-FAB and supported by SMART.
PDKs based on Luceda’s EDA tool are available through the technology partners.