Photonics for Strategic Applications: Introduction and Hands-On Training at III-V Lab

What to expect

This exclusive one-day training session at III-V Lab is tailored for SMEs and start-ups seeking to accelerate their photonics expertise, particularly in applications spanning security, defense and space, as well as digital infrastructure. Delivered by our expert teams, the program provides a comprehensive introduction to the technologies, methods, and industrial capabilities behind cutting-edge III-V photonic components. This training session is more than a technical introductory course—it’s an invitation to explore collaboration, co-development, and deep integration with III-V Lab’s industrial research know-how.

Following a presentation of the PhotonHub services, participants will gain insight into our development pipeline—ranging from device simulation and design, wafer epitaxy and processing, back-end preparation (thinning, cleaving, facet coating), to electro-optical characterization and packaging. Live demonstrations, including a characterization showcase, will provide hands-on exposure to the precision tools and processes used throughout the photonic device lifecycle.

III-V Lab’s support for innovation is structured around four strategic axes:

• Epitaxy Services: Custom wafer development based on III-V materials like Indium Phosphide, optimized for performance and integration.
• Micro Transfer Printing: Advanced techniques for transferring III-V photonic coupons onto heterogeneous substrates, enabling new hybrid photonic architectures.
• Photonic ICs Open Platform: A shared ecosystem for designing, fabricating, and testing photonic integrated circuits, lowering entry barriers for emerging developers.
• Hybrid Lasers: Expertise in developing and intergating hybrid integrated laser sources for high-performance applications in defense, telecom, and sensing.

The day will end with a Q&A session with our photonic experts and conclude with information on how to apply to the PhotonHUB website and participant feedback.

Course outcomes

• Basic understanding of semiconductor photonics components conception and manufacturing
• Understanding of the unique advantages of semiconductor photonic components and their application for security, defense and space, as well as for digital infrastructure

And depending on visitor choices:

Visit of our clean room to understand how photonics semiconductor components are made (among epitaxy, etch, lithography, metallization, etc…), for a limited number of visitors
OR
Perform measurements of components in the III-V LAB characterization lab

Course audience

A basic understanding of photonics is desirable but not essential. The course is ideally suited to those planning to use photonics components for their particular applications and to learn about sourcing them through pilot lines.

Attendee experience

Some previous experience would be desirable but not essential