Schlieren ZH – Exalos has developed a new generation of high-performance and ultra-wideband SLEDs. They support a wide range of applications, including the testing of fiber components.
The Schlieren-based company Exalos, which specializes in light-emitting diodes and semiconductor light sources, has developed a new generation of high-performance and ultra-wideband LEDs with central wavelengths of 1550 nanometers and 1600 nanometers, according to a press release. The power-bandwidth performance allows for a wide range of applications, including fiber sensing and testing of fiber components covering the established fiber optic communication bands, according to the press release.
Superluminescent diodes (SLEDs) are a hybrid form of LEDs and laser diodes. The light source systems developed by Exalos on this basis are used in medicine, industrial imaging, navigation systems, meteorology and other scientific applications.
Exalos AG was acquired by the Californian company Indie Semiconductor in September 2023. The American specialist for automotive semiconductors and software platforms paid Exalos shareholders 45 million dollars in the form of Class A indie ordinary shares, according to a press release. If certain revenue-based performance targets are exceeded over the next 24 months, a further 20 million dollars will be paid in cash or additional shares.
According to the press release, Exalos has "developed and launched several highly innovative, advanced products for the world's most demanding applications". In particular, the field-proven SLEDs for fiber optic gyroscopes and the optical semiconductor amplifiers from Exalos, which are protected by 59 patents worldwide, complemented Indie's laser and silicon photonics products. ce/gba