With the exploding appetite for bandwidth in the data center and beyond, Kaiam has risen to the challenge by introducing its unique hybrid integration technology. Kaiam’s novel approach, paired with its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Scotland, position the company perfectly to target price-sensitive markets that demand optimum performance at low prices.
The core technology is smart photonic integration, where standard and mature manufacturing tools can be used to assemble optical integrated circuits with consistent performance, scalability, and cost. The company uses silicon micromechanical techniques (Kaiam’s revolutionary integration engine technology) to solve the challenging step of optical component alignment and attachment. The team itself is composed of veterans of the optical industry, whose ideas and inventions power the internet of today.
Looking to the future, Kaiam has developed high-bandwidth transceivers to provide single-mode solutions to the data center. Within the past six months, the company has grown, ramping its captive manufacturing facility in Livingston, UK where high volume TOSA, ROSA and PLCs (Planar Lightwave Circuits) are fabricated, and its Newark, California facility that produces 40Gb/s QSFPs and is also the corporate R&D center. The product portfolio includes the following:
- 40Gb/s QSFP+ transceivers (LR4 and ER4 variants)
- Standard PLCs, such as DWDM mux/demux modules
- Advanced PLCs, such as hybrid mixers and WDM PON modules
