Unlocking the full potential of light
by revolutionizing 3D Nano-fabrication to create previously impossible components that sense, image, display, compute, and connect like never before
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Intensity
Wavelength
Polarization
Phase
Direction
Mode
Light is a uniquely information dense medium
The fundamental properties of light make it possible to sense, encode, and move vast amounts of rich information with a speed and efficiency that touches every aspect of life. Light is non-interacting and information dense, a unique combination that makes it the primary means by which we send information and perceive our world today.
Irradiant is the world’s first 3D Nano-optics & Photonics Foundry.
Our Manufacturing platform Unlocks the full potential of optics and photonics Through Flexible 3D Nano-fabrication
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Full 3d
We can create any possible geometry with our fabrication platform.
Structures do not need to be self-supporting or contiguous.
Nanoscale
We can create any possible geometry with our fabrication platform.
Structures do not need to be self-supporting or contiguous.
Gradients
We pattern true gradients of material density.
For example, we can control refractive index continuously between 1.05 and 1.6, achieving a maximum contrast comparable to glass in air.
For example, we can control refractive index continuously between 1.05 and 1.6, achieving a maximum contrast comparable to glass in air.
Multi-material
We have developed a large library of functional materials that can be patterned in 3D, including polymers, high refractive index dielectrics, quantum dots, highly conductive metals and even biomolecules.
Rapid prototyping
Digitally controlled 3D Lithography enables us to rapidly prototype components in hours. This dramatically shortens the development cycle for optics/photonics and nanotechnology at large.
Ultra-high throughput
We achieve throughputs thousands of times faster than existing 3D lithography systems by patterning entire planes at a time, rather than scanning a single point. This enables us to use the same tool for creating a single prototype as creating millions of parts per year.
Irradiant makes previously impossible components possible
Our ability to fabricate previously impossible components unlocks the full miniaturization of light-based systems with novel capabilities. This enables new and better was to connect, compute, sense, image, and display.
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Smaller
size
size
Lighter
weight
weight
Higher
efficiency
efficiency
Lower
cost
cost
Simpler
Alignment
/Packaging
Alignment
/Packaging
Connect
3D Optical Interconnect
With full 3D, optical connectors and transceiver modules can be built with more channels for higher bandwidth and lower loss all while eliminating/simplifying costly and performance limiting alignment steps.
Compute
All-Optical Computational Filters
Extract and transform only the most salient information from an image at the speed of light. This enables enhanced resolution, sensitivity, polarization, depth, and hyperspectral capabilities for imaging. This also enables polarization, wavelength, and mode MUX/De-MUX.
Image & Display
Hybrid Diffractive, Refractive, & GRIN Lenses
Create lenses with any refractive index profile and freeform geometry to unlock smaller and more performant imaging and display systems.
IMMEDIATE SCALING FROM TENS TO MILLIONS of parts
Rapid prototyping happens within days, not weeks
Expanded design space uNLOCKS FUNDAMENTALLY NEW CAPABILITIES
High Throughput digital manufacturing ACCELERATES SCALE-UP FROM PROTOTYPE TO MASS Production
Prototype cycle
a few days1 – 3 days
Designing
Design
minutes-hours
Building
Build
minutes-hours
Testing
Test
Mass manufacturing1-3 monthsPrototype -> Deploy
at the speed of software
We shorten the design-build-test-deploy cycle to days-weeks instead of months-years.
We achieve this by employing the same tool for rapid-prototyping as mass-manufacturing. Thus, utilizing a shared manufacturing pipeline allows for immediate scaling from tens of parts to millions of parts. This agile approach to manufacturing combined with our radically expanded design space offers the opportunity to revolutionize not only what can be made but also the rate of technological progress.
Irradiant unites all the optical platforms
Solving the biggest industry pain point of getting light into and out of photonic components
Our innovation allows free-space optics, fiber optics, and photonic integrated circuits to be intimately combined. This is possible because lithographically aligned and monolithically fabricated 3D optics enable light to travel seamlessly across components, while drastically reducing the cost of component integration.
Free-space
optics
optics
Fiber
optics
optics
Photonics
integrated
circuits
integrated
circuits
Volumetric optics & Multi-layer Metalenses
The ability to create multi-layer metalenses and volumetric optics at scale allows for entire optics trains to be collapsed down to 3D structures thinner than a human hair. This means we can achieve previously impossible feats, like eliminating the cellphone lens bump, miniaturizing hyperspectral imagers, and more.
Integrated Free-space Optical Microsystem
Lithographically aligned and monolithically fabricated Integrated Free-space Optical Microsystems unlock the next generation of photonic integration. This enables entire optical assemblies/modules to be fabricated as a single component. Essentially, it is now possible to fully miniaturize your optical table setup while eliminating the vast majority of active alignment steps – substantially driving down costs while improving yields.
we CUSTOM-DESIGN + BUILD WITH Leaders in engineering to TURN TECHNOLOGY VISION INTO MANUFACTURING REALITY
Work with our team of expert scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs to create new products that will unlock the full potential of your business. We have a team of optical designers armed with software tools specialized to take full advantage of 3D nanofabrication for optics and photonics.
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