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SkyWater Technology, Bloomington, Minn., the trusted technology realization partner, and Lumotive, Redmond, Wash., a pioneer in optical semiconductor technology for 3D sensing, announced a collaboration on the production implementation of Lumotive\u2019s groundbreaking solid-state optical beamforming technology in SkyWater\u2019s manufacturing environment. Fully qualified and released for volume production using SkyWater\u2019s unique Technology as a Service (TaaS) model, Lumotive\u2019s product represents the first ever programmable optical metasurface that has been commercialized into a mass-producible chip.<\/p>\n

Optical beamforming is a critical technology used in a range of applications, from laser communications and LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) to imaging and remote sensing. Lumotive\u2019s LCM (Light Control Metasurface) technology defies the laws of physics by manipulating light at the subwavelength level using nanostructures fabricated onto the surface of a silicon chip. Beams of light can be shaped, split and steered electronically with digital precision and repeatability. This marks a dramatic transformation over traditional mechanical methods, and enables significant system-level advantages in compactness, durability, speed, precision, power consumption, reliability, design flexibility and scalability for the next generation of industrial sensors, robotics, autonomous vehicles and other applications that rely on accurate 3D sensing.<\/p>\n

In less than two years, Lumotive and SkyWater collaborated on the development and release of a custom photonics process to create LM10, Lumotive\u2019s first LCM product offering. This new process has been qualified in SkyWater\u2019s production environment and establishes the first commercially available chip-scale beam steering solution for solid-state LIDAR. LM10 is already shipping worldwide as the beam steering solution inside lead customers\u2019 qualified 3D sensors.<\/p>\n

The arrival of programmable LCM-powered beam steering with dynamic scanning and software-definable capabilities enables solid-state LIDAR to become the new standard for precise and adaptable interaction with the physical world in real time. According to Lumotive founder and CTO Dr. Gleb Akselrod, \u201cThe capability to shape and steer light with a single chip is already revolutionizing applications such as 3D sensing, with many more on the horizon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Akselrod continued: \u201cAchieving our full LM10 LCM chip qualification in SkyWater\u2019s production process marks a watershed moment in the field of optical metamaterials. The ability to produce compact, adaptive programmable optics using well-established and scalable silicon fabrication techniques will forever change a wide range of industries, from 3D sensing to optical communications to AR\/VR displays. We are proud to have made this a reality together with SkyWater.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are pleased to have reached this milestone with Lumotive in support of their design and production goals,\u201d said Ross Miller, SkyWater\u2019s SVP of commercial and aerospace & defense business. \u201cThis is another example of how we are helping enable our customers\u2019 differentiated and disruptive technologies with unique process development and integration capabilities.<\/p>\n

Lumotive is bringing a new and exciting innovation to the field of solid-state LIDAR, enabling significantly smaller devices with lower power consumption and reduced system cost.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For more information:<\/p>\n

Lumotive<\/p>\n

https:\/\/lumotive.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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SkyWater Technology<\/p>\n

www.skywatertechnology.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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