Significant Milestone: MicroAlign’s microactuator can now handle 16 fibers at 250μm pitch
Significant Milestone: MicroAlign’s microactuator can now handle 16 fibers at 250μm pitch.As of July 2024, MicroAlign has achieved a 2X downscaling of our alignment technology! Our microactuator now handles up to 16 fibers at a 250 μm pitch. With MicroAlign’s technology, each fiber’s position can be precisely controlled in 2D over several micrometers and with […]
MicroAlign’s new R&D and assembly lab
It’s done! We have completed our new R&D and assembly lab! Our lab is ready for the next phase of developing quantum-grade optical fiber arrays. This expansion marks a significant step forward as we put our grand plans into action. Thanks to our dedicated team, we finished ahead of schedule. A new location means new […]
Technology Update: Real-World Fiber Alignment Breakthrough
Technology update. A few weeks ago, we demonstrated how our alignment algorithm performs on simulation. Now we have applied it to our micro actuator to perform a real case fiber-to-fiber alignment. The progression of dots in the video shows the transmitted power during the active alignment routine for one fiber. The experiment is repeated four […]
MicroAlign at OPTICA Online Industry Meeting: PIC Manufacturing, Packaging and Testing
We invite you to an Optica Online Industry Meeting: PIC Manufacturing, Packaging and Testing focused on the dynamic world of Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) manufacturing, packaging, and testing. This event brings together industry leaders and innovators from across the PIC manufacturing ecosystem. Optica will delve into the significant transformations that packaging and testing of PICs […]
MicroAlign Closes Seed Funding Round
The Dutch startup MicroAlign secures a €1 Million seed investment to enable efficient interconnections in Quantum Photonic Computers. EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, 5 June 2024 – MicroAlign, a spin-off from the Eindhoven University of Technology, announced today that it has closed €1 million in seed-funding to accelerate the commercialization of high-accuracy fiber arrays. The funding round […]
Purchase Order preparation
In preparation for the purchaseorder, we are preparing the MicroAlign prototype kit including our alignment stage and controller! It is just a few steps away from being finished and sent to our customer. We are very excited! Be sure to stay tuned.
We have received a Purchase Order!
We have received a #purchaseorder!The #SPIE conference was productive for us, we had many meetings during the conference, and now we ha
MicroAlign at EPIC Online Technology Meeting on Photonics for Quantum Computers
We’d like to invite you to an online technology meeting on Photonics for Quantum Computers, organized by EPIC – EUROPEAN PHOTONICS INDUSTRY CONSORTIUM, where we’ll discuss the role that our fiber array alignment technology has in photonic quantum computers. Simone Cardarelli, head of our company, will speak on “Core-based Fiber Array Alignment for High Energy Efficiency Fiber Array-to-Chip […]
Technology News
🚨Technology news🚨 MicroAlign developed the first prototype actuator system capable of rotating multiple PM optical fibers in a fiber array. See it to believe it, the video below shows different rotation routines for a 4-fiber PM fiber array.We truly believe that further development of this technology will seriously improve the throughput and accuracy of PM […]
MicroAlign was selected to the top 20 in the Netherlands Academic Startup Competition
MicroAlign was selected to the top 20 in the Netherlands Academic Startup Competition and we will participate in the ASC ’24 support program! We are delighted to close this year with this exciting news and appreciate the opportunity to be a part of the program. We are looking ahead to 2024 #AcademicStartup #Top20Finalists #MicroAlign #Entrepreneurship
