Vector Photonics has received £1.667m of equity investment and £1.27m of research funding for commercialising Surface Coupling Lasers.
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Vector Photonics has received £1.667 million of equity investment and £1.27 million of additional research funding, for the continued commercialisation…
Neil Martin, CEO, invited to the ‘Accelerate’ conference, by the BVCA.
Neil Martin, CEO of Vector Photonics, was invited to ‘Accelerate’, a two-day Venture and Growth Equity conference held by the…
Neil Martin was invited to Downing Street for the anniversary of the National Semiconductor Strategy and launch of the independent, UK Semiconductor Institute.
Neil Martin, CEO of Vector Photonics, was invited to a reception at 10 Downing Street on Monday 20th May, hosted…
Richard Taylor, CTO, is a guest speaker at the inaugural SCOT conference, held at St Andrews, 22 to 24 April.
Dr. Richard Taylor, Chief Technical Officer at Vector Photonics, is a guest speaker at the inaugural Scottish Conference in Optical…
Vector Photonics and the University of Glasgow agree a collaboration to develop surface emitting laser devices.
Vector Photonics and a pioneering engineering unit at the University of Glasgow have signed a collaboration agreement to develop revolutionary…
Commercialising Quantum Technologies Workshop with National Physical Laboratory and Technology Scotland.
Euan Livingston, Sales and Marketing Director at Vector Photonics, will attend the Commercialising Quantum Technologies Workshop on Wednesday 13th March,…
International Women’s Day
IWD2024 #inspireinclusion Anna O’Dowd, Design Engineer, and Sharon Doonin, Business Support Manager, at Vector Photonics are featured in Opening up…
Scottish Enterprise visit during Scottish Apprentice Week celebration.
Vector Photonics welcomed Scottish Enterprise’s Kerry Sharp, Director of Entrepreneurship and Investment, and Claire Partridge, Account Manager, to its Glasgow…
Vector Photonics attended the Consul General’s Residence with the UK Government’s DBT, Trade Mission, after Photonics West.
Following a successful Photonics West in San Francisco, last week, Euan Livingston, Sales and Marketing director at Vector Photonics, was…
Vector Photonics CTO, Dr. Richard Taylor, is to join roundtable discussions on ‘spin-outs and start-ups’, hosted by UKRI and The House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee.
Dr. Richard Taylor, Chief Technical Officer at Vector Photonics, has been invited to roundtable discussions on ‘spin-outs and start-ups’, hosted…
Vector Photonics will attend the Optica VIP Executive Reception and EPIC Members Networking Reception, at SPIE Photonics West.
Vector Photonics has an action-packed SPIE Photonics West exhibition and conference in San Francisco, from 27th January to 1st February.…
Euan Livingston was guest speaker at the ‘Quantum Bootcamp’ with the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde.
Euan Livingston, Sales and Marketing Director at Vector Photonics, was a guest speaker at the ‘Quantum Bootcamp’ this week; an…
Dr. Richard Taylor is a keynote speaker covering PCSEL commercialisation, at this year’s Optica, BICOP conference.
This week, Dr. Richard Taylor, Chief Technical Officer at Vector Photonics, will be a keynote speaker at this year’s Optica,…
Vector Photonics was joined by Carol Monaghan, MP for Glasgow North West, at this year’s Technology Scotland dinner.
Vector Photonics hosted special guest, Carol Monaghan, MP for Glasgow North West, on its table at this year’s Technology Scotland…
Bill Ring was a guest panellist at this year’s PIC Summit Europe 2023, discussing Photonic Integration for LiDAR.
Dr. Bill Ring, Chief Product Officer at Vector Photonics, was a guest panellist at this year’s PIC Summit Europe 2023.…
Vector Photonics’ successful ECOC 2023 exhibition included an open day, multiple technology presentations, and the announcement of Bill Ring’s appointment.
Vector Photonics enjoyed an extremely successful ECOC 2023 exhibition with its ‘Vector Presents’ open day; staff delivering three, invited, technology…
Dr. Bill Ring joins Vector Photonics as Chief Product Officer, to fast-track surface coupling, laser commercialisation.
Dr. Bill Ring has joined Vector Photonics as Chief Product Officer, to fast-track the development and commercialisation of the company’s…
Vector Photonics will make three, technology presentations during ECOC 2023 in Glasgow.
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 and maximising customer engagement with an open day at its Glasgow HQ.
Vector Photonics is exhibiting at ECOC 2023, stand 119, Hall 4. ECOC is the premier, European exhibition and conference for…
Vector Photonics collaborates with Sivers Photonics to evaluate new epitaxial material for next-generation, surface coupling lasers.
Vector Photonics has placed an initial order with Sivers Photonics for the evaluation of epitaxial material for a new, next-generation,…
Vector Photonics’, 1 Watt, 1310nm, datacoms PCSEL commercialisation will leverage project Zeus; a parallel development of AI lasers.
The commercialisation of Vector Photonics’, 1 Watt, 1310nm, datacoms PCSEL will accelerate following the award of Zeus; a £1 million…
Vector Photonics’ £1 million ZEUS project enables the commercialisation of a ground-breaking, 1 Watt, AI PCSEL.
Vector Photonics has won ZEUS, a £1 million, industrial research project to commercialise its 1 Watt, all-semiconductor, PCSELs for Artificial…
Sharon Doonin has been shortlisted by the ‘Scottish PA Awards’ for the ‘Best Event Organised by a PA’.
Vector Photonics is very pleased to announce on #international womens day 2023 (IWD) that Sharon Doonin, Business Support Manager, has…
Adrian Meldrum joins Vector Photonics as Executive Chair, as the company continues its all-semiconductor, PCSEL commercialisation.
Adrian Meldrum joins the Vector Photonics board of directors as Executive Chair, contributing to corporate strategy, planning and implementation. Adrian…
Vector Photonics to commercialise an uncooled, 1 Watt, 1310nm, CW PCSEL for next-generation, cloud datacentres.
Vector Photonics will begin commercialisation of an uncooled, 1 Watt, 1310nm, CW PCSEL. The datacoms PCSEL is for the interconnects,…
Vector Photonics joined leading UK photonics companies and the British Consulate, at the UK Department for International Trade’s reception.
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, laser technology.
Vector Photonics has received over £2.4 million of equity investment to further commercialise its unique, all-semiconductor PCSEL technology. PCSELs (Photonic…
Vector Photonics appoints Peter Linton as Factory Applications Engineer to drive PCSEL design-in with global NEM customers.
Peter Linton has joined Vector Photonics as Factory Applications Engineer. Peter will provide a technical interface between the company’s global…
Anna O’Dowd receiving her well-deserved, TechWomen100 award this week.
Anna won the award for her work developing a semiconductor laser simulation package which allows multiple elements of a PCSEL…
Vector Photonics presents the Scottish photonics cluster’s prototype supply chain capability to government, at SPIE Photonex 2022.
Vector Photonics has been invited to present to the government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) this week…
Vector Photonics fast-tracks PCSEL commercialisation with an all-Scottish cluster, prototype, photonics supply chain.
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.
Vector Photonics is sponsoring the drinks reception at Technology Scotland’s annual dinner for the second time. The event is to…
Dr. Olek Kowalski, of Vector Photonics, will be at the National Quantum Technologies Showcase
Dr. Olek Kowalski, Principal Development Engineer at Vector Photonics, will be attending the National Quantum Technologies Showcase – the premier…
Award-winning Anna O’Dowd, of Vector Photonics, will take part in Careers Hive to encourage young people into STEM careers.
Anna O’Dowd, Design Engineer at Vector Photonics, will be taking part in the Careers Hive at the National Museum of…
Richard Taylor, CTO, wins the prestigious, Sir Henry Royce Medal for achievement, from the IET.
Dr. Richard Taylor, CTO of Vector Photonics, has won the prestigious, Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation Medal, at the annual…
Vector Photonics’ Anna O’Dowd is a winner at this year’s TechWomen100 awards.
Anna O’Dowd, Design Engineer at Vector Photonics, is one of 100 outstanding winners of this year’s TechWomen100 awards. The awards…
Richard Taylor, CTO, will present posters at ISLC demonstrating both high-power scaling and the linewidth measurement of PCSELs.
Dr. Richard Taylor, CTO at Vector Photonics, will present two posters at this year’s International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), later…
Vector Photonics PCSELs solve datacentre 800Gbps optical interconnect challenges.
Dr Calum Hill, Principal Development Engineer at Vector Photonics, joined other leading technology companies to present at ECOC’s 8th International…
Anna O’Dowd is short-listed for the TechWomen100 awards for female role models in technology careers.
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 – invited to present at ECOC 2022.
Dr. Calum Hill at ECOC ready to present a Vector Photonics paper showing how PCSELs can deliver 800Gbs and over…
William Coyle joins Vector Photonics as operations manager, accelerating the company’s all-semiconductor PCSEL commercialisation.
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 ECOC to present a paper showing how PCSELs can deliver datacentre bandwidths of 800Gbs and over.
Vector Photonics has been invited to present its paper, ‘PCSELs at multiple wavelengths for high-bandwidth communications’ at the ECOC exhibition…
Vector Photonics welcomed Carol Monaghan, MP, to its site as both an advocate for the photonics industry and an ambassador of STEM.
Vector Photonics was pleased to welcome Carol Monaghan, MP for Glasgow Northwest, to its Glasgow HQ this week. Carol set…
Graduate Apprentice, Darren Blair, joins Vector Photonics as Engineering Technician to help develop PCSEL test systems.
Darren Blair joins Vector Photonics as Engineering Technician, helping to design, develop and build test equipment that supports the commercialisation…
The first prototype samples of our 1310 CW datacoms lasers
Drum roll please! Here are the first prototype samples of our 1310 CW datacoms lasers leaving our building. This is…
Vector Photonics was invited to the APPG for Photonics and Quantum in Westminster to advise government on the future of UK photonics.
Vector Photonics joined a select group of companies invited to Westminster by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Photonics and…
Ian Caldwell joins Vector Photonics as consultant, NPI Programme Manager, helping to fast-track its PCSEL commercialisation.
Vector Photonics has appointed Ian Caldwell as consultant Programme Manager, overseeing the company’s new product introduction (NPI) programme. Ian brings…
Vector Photonics is pleased to attend the CS International Conference in Brussels this week.
Vector Photonics is supporting the CS International Conference, 28th – 29th June, in Brussels. The conference gives comprehensive coverage of…
Sharon Doonin joins the newly appointed ‘Opening up Photonics’ Steering Board.
Sharon Doonin, Business Support Manager at Vector Photonics, joins the Steering Board of the ‘Opening up Photonics’ (OUP) initiative. The…
Adam McKenzie leads Vector Photonics’ PCSEL reliability and failure mode KTP with UoG.
The University of Glasgow has appointed Adam McKenzie as a Research Associate leading its Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project with…
The Vector Photonics’ LIFT grant brings life testing of its high-power, 3D-metal printing PCSELs, in-house.
The Innovate UK, LIFT grant has enabled Vector Photonics to develop an in-house, accelerated life testing (ALT) capability for its…
Vector Photonics’ high-power lasers are on track to revolutionise the 3D metal printing market, with project Bloodline.
Vector Photonics has announced that the BLOODLINE project, developing high-power, 1030nm PCSELs for next generation, 3D metal printing, is on…
Richard Taylor has completed the RAE’s Shott Scale Up Accelerator programme for technology entrepreneurs.
Dr. Richard Taylor, CTO of Vector Photonics, has successfully completed the Royal Academy of Engineering’s, Shott Scale Up Accelerator programme.…
Vector Photonics is recruiting for an Engineering Technician.
This exciting new role is based out of our Glasgow facility and comes with training and development opportunities. The full…
Vector Photonics is looking for an Engineering Program Manager.
The full job description and how to apply can be found here on our website: Engineering Program Manager.
Vector Photonics used OFC 2022 to show its PCSELs target the coherent, optical power requirements of CPO technology.
The computing and datacentre industries are demanding faster and faster data processing to keep up with the ever-increasing use of…
Olek and Rebeccas’s ‘Paisley-to-Poland’ aid trip for the Ukraine.
Dr. Olek Kowalski, Principal Development Engineer at Vector Photonics and his wife Rebecca are travelling from Paisley, outside Glasgow, to…
Vector Photonics celebrates its second anniversary.
Two year birthday party celebrations today for the team at Vector Photonics, seen here outside their Glasgow office in the…
Vector Photonics celebrates its second birthday, reflecting on two exciting years of semiconductor innovation.
Vector Photonics is celebrating its second birthday this week, as the company continues to commercialise its revolutionary, all-semiconductor, laser technology.…
Vector Photonics’ ‘Fabless’ production model builds essential flexibility, scalability and resilience into its supply chain.
Vector Photonics operates a ‘Fabless’ production model, outsourcing its fabrication to semiconductor foundry partners around the world. Each fab partner…
Vector Photonics PCSEL arrays emit four, concurrent, 1300nm wavelengths targeting 800Gb, datacoms applications.
Vector Photonics has successfully produced 1300nm, all-semiconductor PCSELs (Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Lasers) targeting 800Gb, datacoms applications. The PCSEL arrays…
Check out Richard Taylor’s Photonics West video explaining high power PCSELs
Dr. Richard Taylor, CTO at Vector Photonics, clearly explains the commercial journey of PCSELs and their pathway to high power.…
Graduate, Anna O’Dowd, joins Vector Photonics as Design Engineer, responsible for the simulation development of lasers.
Vector Photonics has appointed Anna O’Dowd as Design Engineer, responsible for the simulation development for the company’s all-semiconductor, PCSEL devices.…
Dr. Joao Valente joins Vector Photonics as Process Engineer, to accelerate the commercialisation of PCSEL technology.
Vector Photonics has appointed Dr. Joao Valente as Process Engineer, bringing extensive knowledge of the micro and nano-fabrication of optoelectronic…
Dr. Olek Kowalski joins Vector Photonics as Principal Development Engineer, bringing his high-power, semiconductor laser expertise.
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’.
Vector Photonics is a finalist at the Scottish Business Insider, ‘Deals & Dealmakers Awards’, in Glasgow, today. Business Insider is…
Pavlo Ivanov joins Vector Photonics as Principal Design Engineer, developing laser design, automated test and characterisation systems.
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.
Vector Photonics is sponsoring the drinks reception at Technology Scotland’s fifth annual dinner, this week. Technology Scotland represents industrial and…
Graduate, Ibrahim Javed, joins Vector Photonics as Development Engineer, responsible for the active testing of laser devices.
Vector Photonics has appointed Ibrahim Javed as Development Engineer, responsible for the active testing of Vector Photonics’, all-semiconductor, PCSEL devices.…
The Innovate UK-funded LOCAL project helped develop a ground-breaking, multi-wavelength, data centre laser.
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 attends a prestigious investment leader’s reception with HRH, The Prince of Wales, at COP26 in Glasgow.
Vector Photonics attended a prestigious investment leader’s reception at the COP26, Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this week, with His…
Richard Taylor, CTO, is a finalist at the IET Achievement Awards for his outstanding contribution to engineering.
Dr. Richard Taylor, CTO of Vector Photonics, was a finalist at the prestigious Mike Sargeant Medal, at the annual IET…
The development team has won the Royal Academy of Engineering Colin Campbell Mitchell award, for its outstanding contribution to engineering.
Vector Photonics has won the highly prestigious, Royal Academy of Engineering Colin Campbell Mitchell award for ‘the greatest contribution to…
Vector Photonics demonstrates four wavelengths on a single, monolithic, 1.3μm data center chip.
Dr. Calum Hill, Senior Development Engineer at Vector Photonics, will deliver a post-deadline presentation of the company’s latest paper, “Monolithic…
Neil Martin will be a guest panellist at the ‘Opening up Photonics’ initiative at SPIE Photonex, 2021.
Neil Martin, CEO of Vector Photonics, will be a guest panellist at the ‘Opening up Photonics’ initiative at the SPIE…
Richard Taylor has been nominated for an IET Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to engineering.
Dr. Richard Taylor, CTO of Vector Photonics, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Mike Sargeant Medal, at the annual IET…
Silicon Valley based Dr. Adam Carter joins Vector Photonics as business development director for North America.
Dr. Adam Carter has joined Vector Photonics as business development director for North America, based in Silicon Valley, his home…
The optical performance of our 1310nm PCSELs has been successfully characterised, demonstrating a 40dB SMSR.
The optical performance test results for the new, 1310nm PCSEL from Vector Photonics, show an SMSR (side-mode-suppression ratio) of 40dB.…
The TITAN project will develop a low power, 1310nm, CW PCSEL for next generation, hyperscale, data centres.
The newly awarded TITAN project will see Vector Photonics develop a 1310nm, continuous wave (CW) PCSEL for the optical interconnections…
The £600k TITAN project will develop PCSELs for low-power consumption, hyperscale data centre applications.
Vector Photonics has received £600k for the newly awarded TITAN project, developing PCSELs for low-power consumption, optical interconnections between servers…
CEO Spotlight: Neil Martin, CEO Vector Photonics
Please check out the interview with Neil Martin, CEO of Vector Photonics, on the UK Innovation and Science Seed Fund…
Connor Munro appointed Fabrication Engineer with hands-on, wafer manufacturing expertise.
Vector Photonics is pleased to announce the appointment of Connor Munro as Process Development Engineer. Connor has industrial wafer processing…
Supporting Glasgow NW foodbank
We were really pleased to donate the proceeds of our Euro2020 sweepstake to our local Foodbank, in the form of…
Sharon Doonin joins the senior leadership team at Vector Photonics as Business Support Manager.
Vector Photonics is pleased to announce the appointment of Sharon Doonin as Business Support Manager, based at its new Kelvin…
Dr. Jon Orchard appointed Principal Device Engineer to fast-track PCSEL technology roll-out.
Vector Photonics is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jon Orchard as Principal Device Engineer. Jon will help fast-track…
The perfect laser – Vector Photonics makes the front cover of Compound Semiconductor magazine
Dr. Richard Stevenson, Editor of Compound Semiconductor magazine, describes the Vector Photonics PCSEL (photonic crystal, surface-emitting laser) as the perfect…
Calum Hill receives an EngD from Heriot-Watt University for his collaborative research with Thales UK.
Dr. Calum Hill, Development Engineer at Vector Photonics, has been awarded an Engineering Doctorate (EngD) from the Centre for Doctoral…
Dr. David Childs, co-inventor of PCSELs, joins Vector Photonics as Director of Product Development.
Vector Photonics has appointed Dr. David Childs as Director of Product Development. David co-invented all-semiconductor PCSELs (Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting…
Vector Photonics’ £1.6m equity investment for next generation laser commercialisation takes its seed funding round to £4m.
Vector Photonics has received £1.6m of equity investment to commercialise its unique, PCSEL-based, semiconductor laser technology. The company’s PCSELs (Photonic…
Initial tests demonstrate that Vector Photonics’ PCSELs will deliver faster speeds than any equivalent lasers.
Dr. David Childs, Director of Product Development at Vector Photonics, is a guest presenter at the Compound Semiconductor International Virtual…
BLOODLINE, Innovate UK’s first research project with Japan, will commercialise PCSELs for 3D, metal, laser printing.
The BLOODLINE project is part of the first Innovate UK fund to be allocated to a collaborative, research initiative with…
Check out Richard Taylor’s video explaining PCSEL technology
Dr. Richard Taylor, CTO at Vector Photonics, clearly explains the company’s unique PCSEL technology, its benefits, and why it will…
Vector Photonics leads the international, £1.5m BLOODLINE consortium project to develop lasers for next-generation, metal printers.
Vector Photonics is leading the BLOODLINE project; an Innovate UK funded, international consortium project developing PCSEL-based chips for 3D metal…
Vector Photonics joins EPIC, Europe’s largest network of photonics companies.
Vector Photonics has joined the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) – the largest, active, network of photonics-related companies in Europe.…
Vector Photonics announces its 1310nm/25G PCSEL datacentre chip development for ECOC.
Vector Photonics has chosen the ECOC exhibition as the platform to announce the development of its PCSEL-based, 1310nm / 25G…
Dr. Calum Hill appointed Development Engineer for data centre PCSEL development.
Semiconductor laser start-up, Vector Photonics, has appointed Dr. Calum Hill as Development Engineer, based at its Glasgow office. Calum brings…
Vector Photonics features in Lightwave and Compound Semiconductor online.
Vector Photonics was pleased to be featured in both Lightwave and Compound Semiconductor’s online media. Euan Livingston, Marketing Director at…
Vector Photonics receives a £280k Innovate UK government grant to validate its PCSELs in datacoms applications.
Vector Photonics has received a £280k Innovate UK government grant to support project LOCAL, validating its unique PCSEL (Photonic Crystal…
Vector Photonics is revolutionising how semiconductor lasers will be made.
New start-up, Vector Photonics, produces PCSEL-based, semiconductor lasers – the most significant innovation in laser design and manufacture for 30…