{"id":5258,"date":"2026-03-16T05:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nlmphotonics.com\/?p=5258"},"modified":"2026-03-15T23:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:01:41","slug":"nlm-validates-silicon-organic-hybrid-modulator-technology-with-tower-semiconductors-high-volume-ph18m-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nlmphotonics.com\/fr\/2026\/03\/16\/nlm-validates-silicon-organic-hybrid-modulator-technology-with-tower-semiconductors-high-volume-ph18m-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"NLM Photonics\u00a0Validates\u00a0Silicon\u00a0Organic Hybrid\u00a0Modulator Technology\u00a0with Tower Semiconductor\u2019s\u00a0High-volume PH18M\u00a0Platform\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Results&nbsp;demonstrate&nbsp;versatility&nbsp;of Tower\u2019s PH18 platform to support silicon organic hybrid&nbsp;modulators for next-generation&nbsp;photonic&nbsp;integrated circuits&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>LOS ANGELES\u00a0\u2014 March\u00a016,\u00a02026 \u2014\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlmphotonics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NLM\u00a0Photonics<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0completed\u00a0initial\u00a0processing of\u00a0silicon organic hybrid (SOH)\u00a0modulators from a multi-project wafer (MPW) run on\u00a0Tower Semiconductor\u2019s\u00a0PH18M\u00a0silicon photonics platform.\u00a0NLM\u00a0developed and\u00a0performed the oxide open etch\u00a0required\u00a0for the deposition of its patented\u00a0Selerion&#x2122;-HTX organic electro-optic (OEO) material, encapsulation, poling,\u00a0and crosslinking.\u00a0The results\u00a0prove\u00a0the\u00a0compatibility of\u00a0Tower\u2019s PH18 process with NLM\u2019s patented SOH\u00a0modulator technology\u00a0and will help define the Process Development Kit (PDK) for later this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;We are encouraged by&nbsp;NLM\u2019s promising results,&#8221;&nbsp;<strong>said Dr. Ed Preisler, Vice President and General Manager of RF Business Unit, Tower Semiconductor<\/strong>. &#8220;Our collaboration&nbsp;with NLM Photonics further validates the strength and versatility&nbsp;of our high-volume silicon photonics platform, demonstrating its ability to incorporate NLM\u2019s SOH modulator technology for our customers to use in next-generation photonic integrated circuits.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Silicon photonic&nbsp;foundries&nbsp;are looking for a path to higher bandwidths, and SOH is a technology&nbsp;gaining interest&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;\u2018fab-friendly\u2019&nbsp;approach,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said&nbsp;Brad Booth, CEO,&nbsp;NLM Photonics<\/strong>.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cThe modulators are showing good initial performance, and&nbsp;as we refine the processing to achieve optimal results, we see a clear&nbsp;roadmap to 400G per lane on Tower\u2019s PH18 platform.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>About NLM Photonics<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">NLM Photonics is architecting the future of photonic communications. Enabled by NLM\u2019s&nbsp;Selerion&#x2122; family of organic electro-optic material and&nbsp;leveraging&nbsp;standard silicon photonic manufacturing, NLM has created a blueprint for building energy-efficient, high-bandwidth photonic interconnects for data centers, AI infrastructure, and quantum networking. For more information, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlmphotonics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nlmphotonics.com<\/a>&nbsp;or follow us on LinkedIn at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/nlm-photonics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nlm-photonics<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Media Contact&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Theo McGillivray&nbsp;<br>Communication Director&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>press-relations@nlmphotonics.com&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Results&nbsp;demonstrate&nbsp;versatility&nbsp;of Tower\u2019s PH18 platform to support silicon organic hybrid&nbsp;modulators for next-generation&nbsp;photonic&nbsp;integrated circuits&nbsp; LOS ANGELES\u00a0\u2014 March\u00a016,\u00a02026 \u2014\u00a0NLM\u00a0Photonics\u00a0has\u00a0completed\u00a0initial\u00a0processing of\u00a0silicon organic hybrid (SOH)\u00a0modulators from a multi-project wafer (MPW) run on\u00a0Tower Semiconductor\u2019s\u00a0PH18M\u00a0silicon photonics platform.\u00a0NLM\u00a0developed and\u00a0performed the oxide open etch\u00a0required\u00a0for the deposition of its patented\u00a0Selerion&#x2122;-HTX organic electro-optic (OEO) material, encapsulation, poling,\u00a0and crosslinking.\u00a0The results\u00a0prove\u00a0the\u00a0compatibility of\u00a0Tower\u2019s PH18 process with NLM\u2019s patented SOH\u00a0modulator [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlmphotonics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlmphotonics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlmphotonics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlmphotonics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlmphotonics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5258"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlmphotonics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5272,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlmphotonics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5258\/revisions\/5272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlmphotonics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlmphotonics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlmphotonics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlmphotonics.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}