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Lightwave Logic and Polariton Technologies Announce World-Class Figure of Merit for Plasmonic Polymer Optical Modulators
Latest Figure of Merit Results Achieved Ultra-Low Drive Voltages and Ultra-High Bandwidths – Which are Extremely Well Suited for Next Generation Internet and
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[{"type":"text","content":"Latest Figure of Merit Results Achieved Ultra-Low Drive Voltages and Ultra-High Bandwidths – Which are Extremely Well Suited for Next Generation Internet and Optical Networking Transceivers Beyond 800Gbps \nENGLEWOOD, Colo. and RUSCHLIKON, Switzerland, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightwave Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWLG), a technology platform company leveraging its proprietary electro-optic polymers to transmit data at higher speeds with less power, today provided a world-class figure-of merit performance for modulators using electro-optical polymers and a plasmonic device design in conjunction with Polariton Technologies. Building from the world record performance and demonstration of a 250 GHz super high bandwidth electro-optical-electrical (EOE) link that was presented at ECOC1 through a collaboration with ETH Zurich, these latest figure of merit results show the potential for extreme power savings for optical network equipment and demonstrate clearly that polymer-based technology platforms are positioned well for general implementation. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThese results were achieved using Polariton's electro-optic polymer-based plasmonic devices with Lightwave's electro-optic materials, with a bandwidth greater than 250 GHz. While these high-speed results have been reported previously, here Lightwave Logic reports for the first time that the voltage-length product Figure of Merit (FoM) for this modulator is just 60 Vum, which is approximately 10X better than the performance of the optical semiconductor modulators that are incumbent in the optical network and internet today. This figure of merit will allow ultra-low voltage operation and, enabled by Polariton's plasmonic modulator, the ability to carry significantly more data per modulator while consuming much less power. The net positive effect on system level equipment is expected not only to be significant, but perhaps more importantly, also a strong driver of a ''green photonics\" platform.\nDr. Michael Lebby, Chief Executive Officer of Lightwave Logic, said: \"These results position us extremely well for next generation ultra-high-capacity interconnects for the hyper-scale market. The combination of electro-optic polymers and plasmonics is becoming an ideal sunrise technology platform to address the 'Achilles heel' of the data industry: high power consumption. As t...