At the heart of every Luxtelligence chip lies a fundamental physical phenomenon: the Pockels Effect.
Unlike other optical technologies that rely on complex carrier interactions or thermal heating to manipulate light, ferroelectric materials like Lithium Niobate and Lithium Tantalate respond directly to an electric field. The reconfiguration draws very little energy, is instantaneous, linear, and inherently “clean.”
The Pockels effect induces pure phase modulation. It can be used to realize optical modulators with linear and ideal performance, without compromising the optical insertion loss of the PIC. This is a severe trade-off of competing semiconductor platforms (SiPh, InP).
The Pockels effect embedded in TFLN and TFLT can be used to both reconfigure the state of a photonic IC, and to impart very broadband signals on an optical carrier, beyond 100 GHz modulation frequencies.
Ferroelectric crystals are chemically inert and robust. When processed correctly, they offer exceptional long-term stability. Our LT-PRO platform, in particular, leverages Lithium Tantalate’s immunity to photorefractive effects to deliver drift-free performance even at high optical powers.
Due to the extremely low optical losses in TFLT and TFLN, Mach-Zehnder modulators with very low switching voltages can be realized (Vπ ≈ 1V), without compromising insertion losses. This is a severe disadvantage of established semiconductor platforms (SiPh, InP).
TFLX (Thin-Film Lithium X) technologies is Luxtelligence’s proprietary technology umbrella. It represents our unified manufacturing capability to process the world’s most advanced ferroelectric materials—Lithium Niobate (X=N) and Lithium Tantalate (X=T)—using a single, industrial-grade standard.
We channel the TFLX technology into two distinct commercial platforms, optimized for different stages of the product lifecycle.
LN-CORE (The Agile Platform): Built on Lithium Niobate (X=N), this platform utilizes a streamlined layer stack to deliver the fastest turnaround times in the industry (14 weeks). It is the ideal engine for R&D, rapid prototyping, and quantum experiments.
LT-PRO (The Industrial Platform): Built on Lithium Tantalate (X=T), this platform brings the maturity of the mobile RF industry to photonics. It integrates advanced features like RF terminations and high-resistivity heaters, offering a qualified path to 150mm & 200mm volume production via our foundry partners.