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Vector Photonics hosted special guest, Carol Monaghan, MP for Glasgow North West, on its table at this year’s Technology Scotland…

Dr. Bill Ring, Chief Product Officer at Vector Photonics, was a guest panellist at this year’s PIC Summit Europe 2023.…

Vector Photonics enjoyed an extremely successful ECOC 2023 exhibition with its ‘Vector Presents’ open day; staff delivering three, invited, technology…

Dr. Bill Ring has joined Vector Photonics as Chief Product Officer, to fast-track the development and commercialisation of the company’s…

Vector Photonics’ staff will make three, separate, technology presentations during ECOC 2023 in Glasgow, this year. ECOC is the premier,…

Vector Photonics is exhibiting at ECOC 2023, stand 119, Hall 4. ECOC is the premier, European exhibition and conference for…

Vector Photonics has placed an initial order with Sivers Photonics for the evaluation of epitaxial material for a new, next-generation,…

The commercialisation of Vector Photonics’, 1 Watt, 1310nm, datacoms PCSEL will accelerate following the award of Zeus; a £1 million…

Vector Photonics has won ZEUS, a £1 million, industrial research project to commercialise its 1 Watt, all-semiconductor, PCSELs for Artificial…

Vector Photonics is very pleased to announce on #international womens day 2023 (IWD) that Sharon Doonin, Business Support Manager, has…

Adrian Meldrum joins the Vector Photonics board of directors as Executive Chair, contributing to corporate strategy, planning and implementation. Adrian…

Vector Photonics will begin commercialisation of an uncooled, 1 Watt, 1310nm, CW PCSEL. The datacoms PCSEL is for the interconnects,…

Vector Photonics was invited by the British Consulate and the UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) to an evening reception,…

Vector Photonics has received over £2.4 million of equity investment to further commercialise its unique, all-semiconductor PCSEL technology. PCSELs (Photonic…

Peter Linton has joined Vector Photonics as Factory Applications Engineer. Peter will provide a technical interface between the company’s global…

Anna won the award for her work developing a semiconductor laser simulation package which allows multiple elements of a PCSEL…

Vector Photonics has been invited to present to the government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) this week…

Vector Photonics is commercialising all-semiconductor, PCSELs using a prototype supply chain based entirely in Scotland’s world-leading, photonics cluster. This capability…

Vector Photonics is sponsoring the drinks reception at Technology Scotland’s annual dinner for the second time. The event is to…

Dr. Olek Kowalski, Principal Development Engineer at Vector Photonics, will be attending the National Quantum Technologies Showcase – the premier…

Anna O’Dowd, Design Engineer at Vector Photonics, will be taking part in the Careers Hive at the National Museum of…

Dr. Richard Taylor, CTO of Vector Photonics, has won the prestigious, Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation Medal, at the annual…

Anna O’Dowd, Design Engineer at Vector Photonics, is one of 100 outstanding winners of this year’s TechWomen100 awards. The awards…

Dr. Richard Taylor, CTO at Vector Photonics, will present two posters at this year’s International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), later…

Dr Calum Hill, Principal Development Engineer at Vector Photonics, joined other leading technology companies to present at ECOC’s 8th International…

Vector Photonics’ Anna O’Dowd has been short-listed for the TechWomen100 awards; a WeAreTechWomen initiative helping to raise the profile of…

Dr. Calum Hill at ECOC ready to present a Vector Photonics paper showing how PCSELs can deliver 800Gbs and over…

William ‘Junior’ Coyle joins Vector Photonics as Operations Manager, helping drive the commercialisation of the company’s all-semiconductor, PCSEL technology. Junior…

Vector Photonics has been invited to present its paper, ‘PCSELs at multiple wavelengths for high-bandwidth communications’ at the ECOC exhibition…

Vector Photonics was pleased to welcome Carol Monaghan, MP for Glasgow Northwest, to its Glasgow HQ this week. Carol set…

Darren Blair joins Vector Photonics as Engineering Technician, helping to design, develop and build test equipment that supports the commercialisation…

Drum roll please! Here are the first prototype samples of our 1310 CW datacoms lasers leaving our building. This is…

Vector Photonics joined a select group of companies invited to Westminster by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Photonics and…

Vector Photonics has appointed Ian Caldwell as consultant Programme Manager, overseeing the company’s new product introduction (NPI) programme. Ian brings…

Vector Photonics is supporting the CS International Conference, 28th – 29th June, in Brussels. The conference gives comprehensive coverage of…

Sharon Doonin, Business Support Manager at Vector Photonics, joins the Steering Board of the ‘Opening up Photonics’ (OUP) initiative. The…

The University of Glasgow has appointed Adam McKenzie as a Research Associate leading its Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project with…

The Innovate UK, LIFT grant has enabled Vector Photonics to develop an in-house, accelerated life testing (ALT) capability for its…

Vector Photonics has announced that the BLOODLINE project, developing high-power, 1030nm PCSELs for next generation, 3D metal printing, is on…

Dr. Richard Taylor, CTO of Vector Photonics, has successfully completed the Royal Academy of Engineering’s, Shott Scale Up Accelerator programme.…

This exciting new role is based out of our Glasgow facility and comes with training and development opportunities. The full…

The full job description and how to apply can be found here on our website: Engineering Program Manager.

The computing and datacentre industries are demanding faster and faster data processing to keep up with the ever-increasing use of…

Dr. Olek Kowalski, Principal Development Engineer at Vector Photonics and his wife Rebecca are travelling from Paisley, outside Glasgow, to…

Two year birthday party celebrations today for the team at Vector Photonics, seen here outside their Glasgow office in the…

Vector Photonics is celebrating its second birthday this week, as the company continues to commercialise its revolutionary, all-semiconductor, laser technology.…

Vector Photonics operates a ‘Fabless’ production model, outsourcing its fabrication to semiconductor foundry partners around the world. Each fab partner…

Vector Photonics has successfully produced 1300nm, all-semiconductor PCSELs (Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Lasers) targeting 800Gb, datacoms applications. The PCSEL arrays…

Dr. Richard Taylor, CTO at Vector Photonics, clearly explains the commercial journey of PCSELs and their pathway to high power.…

Vector Photonics has appointed Anna O’Dowd as Design Engineer, responsible for the simulation development for the company’s all-semiconductor, PCSEL devices.…

Vector Photonics has appointed Dr. Joao Valente as Process Engineer, bringing extensive knowledge of the micro and nano-fabrication of optoelectronic…

Vector Photonics has appointed Dr. Olek Kowalski as Principal Development Engineer. Olek brings both academic and commercial, photonics experience which…

Vector Photonics is a finalist at the Scottish Business Insider, ‘Deals & Dealmakers Awards’, in Glasgow, today. Business Insider is…

Vector Photonics has appointed Dr. Pavlo Ivanov as Principal Design Engineer, responsible for laser device design and characterisation. Dr. Richard…

Vector Photonics is sponsoring the drinks reception at Technology Scotland’s fifth annual dinner, this week. Technology Scotland represents industrial and…

Vector Photonics has appointed Ibrahim Javed as Development Engineer, responsible for the active testing of Vector Photonics’, all-semiconductor, PCSEL devices.…

Vector Photonics has successfully completed the Innovate UK-funded, ‘Lasers for Communications Applications’ (LOCAL) project. This eleven-month project developed 1310nm, all-semiconductor,…

Vector Photonics attended a prestigious investment leader’s reception at the COP26, Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this week, with His…

Dr. Richard Taylor, CTO of Vector Photonics, was a finalist at the prestigious Mike Sargeant Medal, at the annual IET…

Vector Photonics has won the highly prestigious, Royal Academy of Engineering Colin Campbell Mitchell award for ‘the greatest contribution to…

Dr. Calum Hill, Senior Development Engineer at Vector Photonics, will deliver a post-deadline presentation of the company’s latest paper, “Monolithic…

Neil Martin, CEO of Vector Photonics, will be a guest panellist at the ‘Opening up Photonics’ initiative at the SPIE…

Dr. Richard Taylor, CTO of Vector Photonics, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Mike Sargeant Medal, at the annual IET…

Dr. Adam Carter has joined Vector Photonics as business development director for North America, based in Silicon Valley, his home…

The optical performance test results for the new, 1310nm PCSEL from Vector Photonics, show an SMSR (side-mode-suppression ratio) of 40dB.…

The newly awarded TITAN project will see Vector Photonics develop a 1310nm, continuous wave (CW) PCSEL for the optical interconnections…

Vector Photonics has received £600k for the newly awarded TITAN project, developing PCSELs for low-power consumption, optical interconnections between servers…

Please check out the interview with Neil Martin, CEO of Vector Photonics, on the UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund…

Vector Photonics is pleased to announce the appointment of Connor Munro as Process Development Engineer. Connor has industrial wafer processing…

We were really pleased to donate the proceeds of our Euro2020 sweepstake to our local Foodbank, in the form of…

Vector Photonics is pleased to announce the appointment of Sharon Doonin as Business Support Manager, based at its new Kelvin…

Vector Photonics is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jon Orchard as Principal Device Engineer. Jon will help fast-track…

Dr. Richard Stevenson, Editor of Compound Semiconductor magazine, describes the Vector Photonics PCSEL (photonic crystal, surface-emitting laser) as the perfect…

Dr. Calum Hill, Development Engineer at Vector Photonics, has been awarded an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) from the Centre for Doctoral…

Vector Photonics has appointed Dr. David Childs as Director of Product Development. David co-invented all-semiconductor PCSELs (Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting…

Vector Photonics has received £1.6m of equity investment to commercialise its unique, PCSEL-based, semiconductor laser technology. The company’s PCSELs (Photonic…

Dr. David Childs, Director of Product Development at Vector Photonics, is a guest presenter at the Compound Semiconductor International Virtual…

The BLOODLINE project is part of the first Innovate UK fund to be allocated to a collaborative, research initiative with…

Dr. Richard Taylor, CTO at Vector Photonics, clearly explains the company’s unique PCSEL technology, its benefits, and why it will…

Vector Photonics is leading the BLOODLINE project; an Innovate UK funded, international consortium project developing PCSEL-based chips for 3D metal…

Vector Photonics has joined the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) – the largest, active, network of photonics-related companies in Europe.…

Vector Photonics has chosen the ECOC exhibition as the platform to announce the development of its PCSEL-based, 1310nm / 25G…

Semiconductor laser start-up, Vector Photonics, has appointed Dr. Calum Hill as Development Engineer, based at its Glasgow office. Calum brings…

Vector Photonics was pleased to be featured in both Lightwave and Compound Semiconductor’s online media. Euan Livingston, Marketing Director at…

Vector Photonics has received a £280k Innovate UK government grant to support project LOCAL, validating its unique PCSEL (Photonic Crystal…

New start-up, Vector Photonics, produces PCSEL-based, semiconductor lasers – the most significant innovation in laser design and manufacture for 30…