Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) packaging is correctly redefined because of new challenges in miniaturization, efficiency and capacity demands driven by new trends, such as AI or quantum computing. This panel session aims to dissect the need for collaboration between equipment manufacturers, OSATs and their customers discussing the pivotal role of the photonic ecosystem in ensuring reliability, and optimal performance of PICs. The session will discuss the maturity, applicability and suitability for volume production of the latest advances in assembly and encapsulation techniques, efficient coupling strategies for light transmission, and the integration of PICs into diverse applications like communication networks and sensing systems.
Jose Pozo is member of the Executive Board of Optica (former OSA) as the Chief Technology Officer, since 1 March 2022. Originally from Spain, Jose Pozo has spent more than 25 years working in photonics. He earned a PhD in quantum physics from the University of Bristol, UK, and an M.Sc. and B.Eng. in telecom engineering from UPNA, Spain / VUB, Belgium. Prior to joining EPIC in 2015 as CTO, Jose was a Senior Photonics Technology Consultant with PNO Consultants, with some of the main accounts such as CERN, Thales or TE Connectivity. He has worked at TNO, The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, and as a post-doctoral researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, where he contributed to the early development of EFFECT Photonics.
Joost van Kerkhof (COO) has more than 30 years of experience in the micro-nano technology industry and co-founded PHIX in 2018. Before starting PHIX, Joost was the CEO of XiO Photonics since 2013 and the COO of LioniX International since 2016. Before joining XiO Photonics, Joost worked with Sensata Technologies where he hold positions as Director Business Integration, Director Operations and Director R&D. In these positions, he has brought several products in high volume production for the automotive industry. Joost holds a master’s and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering specialized in micro-nano technology and (bio)sensors.
Presently, Michael is driving new frontiers in the integrated photonics field as: CEO and Board Director, Lightwave Logic Inc. Michael is also part-time full Professor and Chair of optoelectronics at Glyndwr University in Wales, UK where he contributes to the European Commission’s programs and pilot lines in integrated photonics. Michael has been involved in photonics for his whole career which began with research for the UK Government R&D labs in 1977, and continued at AT&T Bell Labs in 1984. At that time, Michael’s activities included researching novel optoelectronic devices in III-V compound semiconductors. Michael then went to Motorola’s Corporate R&D labs in 1989 and drove the VCSEL based technology platform to product and high volume manufacturing. He continued his fiber optics roles at AMP/TE Connectivity, and then helped initiate Intel’s silicon photonics work in 1999. In 2001, he founded his own company Ignis Optics to develop OC-48/192 transceivers and subsequently sold the company to Bookham (now Oclaro). Michael then led OIDA (Optoelectronics Industry Development Association) in Washington DC to campaign on behalf of the photonics industry. At OIDA Michael coined the term ‘green photonics’ and established this as discipline in the industry. Michael also spoke on Capitol Hill representing the optoelectronics industry. Since 2010, Michael has been focusing on bringing PIC (Photonic Integrated Circuit) based technologies to market in various roles that include Solar, LED lighting, and Integrated Photonics for fiber communications. Michael is pursuing high speed polymer based integrated photonics as part of a polymer PIC platform at Lightwave Logic Inc.
Dr. Peter O’Brien obtained his PhD in Physics from University College Cork in 1999. He has a Masters in Electronic Engineering and Degree in Physics from Trinity College Dublin. He was a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology and research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena (Micro Devices Laboratory) where he worked on the development of millimetre wave devices for remote sensing applications. Dr O’Brien co-founded one (Biosensia) and founded a second company (Epi-Light). His second company, Epi-Light limited, developed speciality photonic systems for medical device and pharmaceutical applications. He successfully sold the company in 2009 and returned to the Tyndall National Institute to establish a research activity in advanced photonic packaging. Dr O’Brien is now head of the Photonics Packaging Group and is involved in a wide range of both academic and industry research projects, across the telecoms and medical device sectors. Dr. O’Brien is also deputy director of the Science Foundation Ireland, Irish Photonic Integration Centre (www.ipic.ie). Dr O'Brien is an Adjunct Professor at the College of Optical Science, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Raju Kankipati is currently SVP/GM at POET Technologies heading product management, sales, and marketing. He has over 20 years of experience in Optical transceivers, Optical components, Cloud data centers, and Optical networks at companies like Opnext (now Lumentum), Cisco, Arista and Macom. Raju received his MBA degree from UC Berkeley (Haas School of Business) and completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics from BITS, Pilani in India