Lightwave Logic, Inc. · NASDAQ:LWLG
Lightwave Logic — PIC International Conference 2024
40 slides from Lightwave Logic's conference presentation, April 2024
Slide 1: Faster by Design
Faster by Design “High speed, low power, tiny modulators in a polymer PIC platform are poised to enable 800G/1.6Tbps data communications, driven in part by artificial intelligence.” NASDAQ PIC International Conference LWLG April 2024
Slide 2: Safe Harbor
Safe Harbor The information in this presentation may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these statements by use of the words "may," "will," "should," "plans," "explores," "expects," "anticipates," "continue,
Slide 3: The challenges…
The challenges…
Slide 4: Industry Demand Drivers
Industry Demand Drivers Macro-tailwinds driving adoption of next-generation components Switch Density AI, Cloud & Streaming Energy Usage Need For Space Need For Speed Need For Green Artificial Intelligence Real Estate Efficiency Cloud Services Energy Demand Streaming/Gaming Space is limited in data cen
Slide 5: G-AI is driving the market…
G-AI is driving the market… G-AI is driving new frontiers in both computational electronics and interconnect Source: Lightwave Logic (LWLG), Arista (2023) photonics 5
Slide 6: Datacenter industry 'Achilles Heel'…
Datacenter industry ‘Achilles Heel’… Existing solutions require excessive amounts of power to scale Traffic ExaByte & Electricity Usage (TWh) of Data Centers 2015-2030 3500 Power 3000 2967 TWh Data center power use 2500 Data Centers Electricity Usage (TWh), Best Case is growing Data Centers Electricit
Slide 7: Optics is No Longer A "Minor" Contributor to Datacenter G-AI Power Issues
Optics is No Longer A “Minor” Contributor to Datacenter G-AI Power Issues Existing solutions require excessive amounts of power to scale • LLM training requires large GPU clusters • ChatGPT 4 requires >25K GPUs • Optic’s share of power dissipation is growing • For 16K GPU clusters optics is consumin
Slide 8: Large spend on capex…but not on 800G yet
Large spend on capex…but not on 800G yet 400G still not superseded yet 8
Slide 9: What we do…
What we do…
Slide 10: Perkinamine Electro-Optic polymers
® Perkinamine Electro-Optic polymers Our polymers are world-class and proven by third parties Electro-optic polymers can be used to fabricate optical modulators We create organic chromophores… dipolar molecule • Designed, simulated and (positive at one modeled in Denver, Colorado end, negative at th
Slide 11: Polymer modulator opportunities
Polymer modulator opportunities Electro-optic polymer modulators for Upgrading to a ‘V8’… transceivers suppliers Electro-optic EO polymers polymer modulators ‘Turbo-boos for Silicon Photonic ting’ SiPh… enable higher platforms Source: ePIX Fab performance data Electro-optic polymer modulators for “O
Slide 12: EO Polymer material robustness…
EO Polymer material robustness…
Slide 13: Design philosophy: optimized reliability & performance
Design philosophy: optimized reliability & performance • World class chromophore design • Very high glass transition temperature (Tg) 🡪 increases EO material lifetime • ~100°C delta between industry spec and Tg • Eliminates need for cross-linking Electro-optic efficiency (r33) • Protects material…
Slide 14: LWLG EO polymer materials have significantly improved…
LWLG EO polymer materials have significantly improved… Box plot of Perkinamine® pre-2018 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 260 Td Red line at Td = 225°C 220 (Td: Decomposition temperature) arbitrary units 180 Blue line at composite Tg = 170°C (Tg: Glass transition temperature) 140 Tg 100 60 r33 20 r
Slide 15: Silicon foundry compatible…
Silicon foundry compatible…
Slide 16: Polymers are ideal for silicon foundries…
Polymers are ideal for silicon foundries… High/Logical/simple Silicon Silicon Photonics (SiP) Photonics (SiP) Silicon Foundry depletion mode Ring Resonator Electro-optic polymers Compatibility Indium Electro-optic Phosphide Polymer (InP) Plasmonics Barium Figure of Merit Lithium Titanate Thin Film (
Slide 17: Scalability with 200 mm Wafers
Scalability with 200 mm Wafers Commercial Foundry 200 mm Wafer Volume scale silicon slot designs on 200mm wafers 17
Slide 18: Integration of polymers with silicon…
Integration of polymers with silicon…
Slide 19: Polymer Slot Modulator
Polymer Slot Modulator Our polymers are easily fabricated in silicon fabs 🡪 ideal for heterogenous integration • Heterogeneous integration of polymer on Silicon Photonics Platform • Low drive voltage and small form factor for low power consumption and high density • Very high bandwidth EO polymer…
Slide 20: Cross-section of fully etched slot waveguide
Cross-section of fully etched slot waveguide Depth ~ 200 nm Bottom = 60 nm Top = 90 nm Box Si Rail Rail ~ 250 nm 100 nm Clean, sharp silicon slots with width <100 nm, sidewall angle > 86o 20
Slide 21: Modeling EO polymers and silicon slots
Modeling EO polymers and silicon slots E-field simulation Optical mode simulation 21
Slide 22: Low voltage drive polymer slot modulator
Low voltage drive polymer slot modulator Modulator Transmission Function Vπ=0.8 V • Very low drive Optical Power (Arb Units) voltage (<1V) 2.0 Drive Voltage 1.0 • Can be directly (V) 0 Vπ -1.0 driven from CMOS -2.0 Vπ is the drive voltage required to drive the modulator through a full cycle; optical
Slide 23: High BW MZ Polymer Slot Modulator
High BW MZ Polymer Slot™ Modulator EO S21 BW=86 GHz EO Bandwidth=86 GHz EE Bandwidth>110 GHz EO S21 (dB) Enables optical signaling for >200Gbps lanes Frequency (GHz) 23
Slide 24: Packaged slot modulator performance
Packaged slot modulator performance • Uniform low ex-coupling loss across 4 packaged devices • Uniform low Vπ across 4 packaged device Uniform ex-coupling loss and Vπ polymer performance 24
Slide 25: Packaged polymer modulator demo schematic
Packaged polymer modulator demo schematic PM fiber EO Polymer SHF 100 GHz RF C-Band Tunable Laser SM fiber Modulator in Amp (2 Vpp max) (Polarized) RF 110 GHz High-Speed Package BERT 90:10 Tunable 90 % Remote Head Optical EDFA Bandpass (0.9 Vpp max Splitter Filter single-ended output) 10 % Optical P
Slide 26: Commercial Modulation and Eyes
Commercial Modulation and Eyes Open eyes mean no errors NRZ = Non-return to Zero (i.e. castellated waveform) 2 levels → 1 bit • Open Eyes mean high quality NR Z transmission and no errors NRZ 1 bit per symbol • For Same Bandwidth PAM4 as Double the Capacity 4 levels → 2 PAM bits 4 • Eyes show superp
Slide 27: World-class performance…
World-class performance… 90 Gbaud, 180 Gbit/s, Vdrive < 1 V 100 Gbaud, 200 Gbit/s, Vdrive < 1 V Drive Voltage <1V Up to 100GBaud PAM4 (200Gbps) 53 Gbaud, 106 Gbit/s, Vdrive < 1 V 53 Gbaud, 106 Gbit/s, Vdrive < 1 V Open eyes… Ideal for low voltage 800Gbps 4 channel pluggable transceivers 27
Slide 28: Initial channel layout for silicon P2IC
2 Initial 4 channel layout for silicon P IC™ ~3mm RF Out PCB North In development 🡪 4 channel polymer PIC chip as part of our 200G+ P2IC™ platform ~1mm 600um 200G+ 200G+ 200G+ Building block for parallel and WDM Tx P2IC PCB South RF in Potential for 300G and even 400G per lane* • Optical 4 channel…
Slide 29: 3rd party verification…
3rd party verification…
Slide 30: 3rd party use of Perkinamine LWLG polymers
rd 3 party use of Perkinamine® LWLG polymers •400G lanes = next generation node for datacenters •World class performance EO polymers used for 400G lanes •Potential for 4 channel x 400Gbps pluggable transceiver at 1.6Tbps (1600Gbps) & 8 Channel at 3.2Tbps Sources: ETH Zurich, Kulmer et al, OFC 2024 (
Slide 31: Reliability
Reliability
Slide 32: Design for Reliability: How important is glass transition temperature (Tg)?
How important is glass transition temperature (Tg)? Lifetime at 85oC vs Tg The thermal lifetime of an EO-polymer against thermally induced depoling material at 85oC will Design for increase with increasing Tg Reliability: >107 Increasing Tg 🡪 The lifetime at 85oC for a polymer with Tg means much…
Slide 33: Modulator Thermal Stability (TS)
Modulator Thermal Stability (TS) ▪ The Vπ on 20 modulators is stable over 6000hrs. ▪ The average shift over ~ 6000hours is 1.2% and it is within the margin of error of the test setup. Modulator Vπ stable after 6000 hrs 33
Slide 34: Photostability vs Voltage and Insertion Loss
Photostability vs Voltage and Insertion Loss Photo-Induced Change in Vπ Photo-Induced Change in IL Average % shift for 8 packaged modulators. Average IL shift for 8 packaged modulators Optical Intensity = 0.5MW/cm2 Optical Intensity = 0.5MW/cm2 Long and short-term No obvious degradation after 4300 N
Slide 35: Our business model is innovative…
Our business model is innovative…
Slide 36: Implementing a new technology platform…
Implementing a new technology platform… Licensing model provides inherent scalability Technology 3 Prong Strategy Goals Chromophore & Make polymers ubiquitous Polymer Matrix IP Product (just like OLEDs) Sales Have device/PIC teams use Devices & PIC EO polymers in their Architecture IP Patent device/
Slide 37: Heterogeneous integration takeaways…
Heterogeneous integration takeaways… • Our heterogeneous polymer/silicon platform is poised to become ubiquitous (just like OLED polymer material) • We are open to license our material, do technology transfer, and to leverage your position in the market-place… • EO polymers continue to show technica
Slide 38: Thank you for listening
Marketing Contact: Atikem Haile-Mariam Atikem.haile@lightwavelogic.com Faster by Design Thank you for listening 369 Inverness Parkway, Suite 350 lightwavelogic.com Englewood, CO 80112
Slide 39: 3rd party use of Perkinamine LWLG polymers
rd 3 party use of Perkinamine® LWLG polymers • EO polymer used in different device designs • Silicon slot, plasmonic slot, plasmonic ring resonator • All produced world class results* • Presentations at industry conferences Sources*: KIT, SilOriX, EU Horizon 2020, ETH Zurich, Polariton, CAU Universi
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