DenseLight Semiconductor Private Ltd., a Singapore-based developer of photonic integrated circuits, said it has received $30 million in venture capital from international VC concern group 3i Group plc.
Other details behind the investment were not immediately available.
DenseLight said its technology is built on the Indium phosphide (InP) platform. The company uses its proprietary DensePIC technology to manufacture photonic devices with "diversified features." DenseLight's process technology suite ensures high-volume manufacturing at lower costs with higher yields.
The company's current product lines include a 2.5 Gbps direct modulated DFB laser, a superluminscent diode and a high-performance gain chip.
DenseLight plans to offer tunable lasers, Raman pump lasers, multiwavelength lasers, modulators, photodetectors, DWDM mux/demuxers and optical channel monitors, among others.
"We aim to offer a broad range of advanced optoelectronic devices to serve the needs of the optical networks from long-haul to Metro and Access," the company said at its Web site.
DenseLight said it has a 50,000 sq. ft. purpose-built facility in Singapore that houses its headquarters, research and development, and manufacturing operations under one roof. Its 15,000 sq. ft. submicron-class cleanroom is fully equipped for InP water fabrication, enabling vertical integration from product design to epitaxial growth, wafer processing, backend processing, packaging, and functional and reliability testing.
The company was founded by four former professors from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. DenseLight was incorporated in May 2000, and currently employs close to 100 employees.
The company will be showing its wares at Photonics West 2002 in San Jose, Calif., Jan. 19-25, 2002.
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