2018 NEWS ARCHIVE
NSF Awards $1.2M to Rochester Institute of Technology, University of California-San Diego, University of Delaware to Leverage AIM Photonics’ World-Class R&D and Foundry Capabilities
Albany, NY (August 14th, 2018) Academic institutions partner with AIM Photonics to realize advanced computing architecture using light; develop mobile probes for identifying specific materials; and enable improved manufacturing processes for Photonic devices.
RIT contributes to success of photonics initiative
Rochester, NY (August 6th, 2018) by Susan Gawlowicz: RIT’s Future Photon Initiative is developing a system of quality-control protocols for a national photonics manufacturing hub located in Rochester. The system will test and validate photonics devices produced at the American Institute for Manufacturing (AIM) Integrated Photonics facility.
AIM Photonics Academy Teaches Fundamentals, Design of Photonic Integrated Circuits
Cambridge, Mass (July 30th, 2018) Photonics Media. AUTUM C. PYLANT, NEWS EDITOR: AIM Photonics recently held a week-long boot-camp-style academy (the third to date) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which included students from all over the world.
SUNY Poly-Led AIM Photonics and Partners Attend SEMICON West 2018 to Showcase High-Tech Advances, Collaboration, and Future R&D Opportunities
ALBANY, NY (July 3rd, 2018) SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly), in partnership with the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), The Chemical Mechanical Planarization Users Group (CMPUG), Empire State Development (ESD), and NY Loves NanoTech, today announced that select scientists from these organizations and a number of the institution’s corporate partners, along with New York State economic development experts, will share R&D and economic engagement updates at the globally recognized SEMICON West 2018 conference July 10-12 in San Francisco, California.
AIM Photonics News Release: Powering the 21st Century with Integrated Photonics: UCSB-Led Team Selected for Demonstration of a Novel Waveguide Platform Which is Transparent Throughout the MWIR and LWIR Spectral Bands
ALBANY, NY (June 19th, 2018) The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), a public-private partnership headquartered in New York to advance the nation’s photonics manufacturing capabilities, today announced the awarding of the latest Defense Department Government Directed Project for photonic integrated circuit (PIC); Integrating MWIR and LWIR Sources.
National Photonics Initiative Commends House Science Committee for Working Toward National Quantum Initiative Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 13th, 2018) NPI News Release Commends House Science Committee for Working Toward National Quantum Initiative Legislation, Features AIM Photonics' Ed White:
Governor Cuomo Announces Applications are Now Being Accepted for Round II of Luminate NY
ALBANY, NY (June 13th, 2018) Innovative Competition Aims to Bring Visionary Optics, Photonics and Imaging Companies and Latest Industry Technologies to the Finger Lakes Region. Luminate NY Competition Complements "Finger Lakes Forward" - The Region's Comprehensive Strategy to Revitalize Communities and Grow the Economy.
NYS Photonics Board of Officers Announces Tool Installation Work Begins at AIM Photonics TAP Facility in Rochester
ROCHESTER, NY (May 8th, 2018) The New York State Photonics Board of Officers (NYS Photonics Board) announced today that tool installation has begun on schedule at the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) Test, Assembly and Packaging (TAP) Facility in Rochester. In addition, AIM Photonics forecasts the facility renovation will be completed $3.2 million under budget, a savings of 17%.
AIM Photonics To Detail Opportunities for Integrated Photonics-Related Partnerships During OFC 2018
ALBANY AND ROCHESTER, NY (March 7th, 2018)The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics), led by the Department of Defense, announced today that researchers and leaders from the initiative plan to attend the internationally recognized Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) 2018 conference and exhibition March 11-15 in San Diego, California. Conference attendees will be able to learn more about what the initiative offers as AIM Photonics sees strong interest in membership...
NYS Photonics Board News Release: New York State Photonics Board of Officers Endorses $30 Million Photonics Attraction Fund
Rochester, NY (March 2nd, 2018) Board Also Recommends $30 Million for Continued State Funding of AIM Photonics in Rochester. The NYS Photonics Board endorsed Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposed $30 million Photonics Attraction Fund and was updated on the progress at the TAP Facility, including the near completion of the consortium’s renovated Lake Avenue office space at ON SemiConductor.
Expectations are high for soon-to-open AIM Photonics Center
By Ginny Ryan, (WHAM), Rochester, NY (March 2nd, 2018) The AIM Photonics Center in Rochester should be ready to open this summer. Two floors of a former Kodak building on Lake Avenue have been renovated to house the nearly-completed AIM Photonics headquarters.
NYS Photonics Board moves forward with more funding for the Rochester area project
By Randy Gorbman, (WXXI) Rochester, NY (March 2nd, 2018) The New York State Photonics Board took more steps on Friday toward trying to attract more photonics manufacturers to come to the Rochester area.
DOD exec: Photonics hub on track, $30M fund 'key step'
By Brian Sharp, Democrat & Chronicle Rochester, NY (March 2nd, 2018) AIM photonics initiative based in Rochester received a nod of encouragement Friday from the Pentagon official overseeing this and other manufacturing institutes nationally.
AIM Team Develops Sarin Gas Sensor
Photonics West Show Daily (Feb. 1st, 2018) A new sensor for deadly sarin gas has been developed as a chemical warfare tool by an AIM Photonics team, with a goal of extending the technology to broader market applications. The results were described by AIM partners on Monday at the Frontiers in Biological Detection conference session covering integrated photonics. Session chair Benjamin Miller, the AIM Photonics academic lead and a professor at the University of Rochester Medical Center, said the sarin sensor illustrates AIM's goal of producing breakthroughs that will quickly become products fabricated for industrial markets...
AIM Photonics is Ready for High-Speed Optical Communications (50Gbps) with the New Silicon Photonics Process Design Kit (PDK)
ALBANY, NY, and BOSTON, MA (Feb. 1st, 2018) – The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) and Analog Photonics (AP) today announced the release of the AP SUNY Process Design Kit v2.0a (APSUNY_PDKv2.0a). In this release, Analog Photonics (AP) expanded the comprehensive set of Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuit (PIC) component libraries within SUNY Poly’s process to address the high-speed optical communication needs.
AIM Photonics to Highlight High-Tech Initiative at SPIE Photonics West Exhibition
Albany, NY (Jan. 25th, 2018) – The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM Photonics) today announced that a number of the initiative’s leading researchers, scientists from a number of its corporate partners, and supporting staff will attend the SPIE Photonics West conference and exhibition.
Grant to fund a partnership between WPI and QCC for the launch of an AIM Photonics Academy Lab for Education & Application Prototypes
Worcester, MA (Jan. 11th, 2018) Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Quinsigamond Community College to Create a Joint Integrated Photonics Laboratory. Institutions to share $4 million state grant and play a leading role in photonics in the region.
Cuomo Set Aside $30 Million to Help Market Photonics Initiative
Rochester, NY (Jan. 3rd, 2018) WXXI news: Governor Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State message includes a proposal to set aside money to promote the photonics effort in the Rochester area.