December 11, 2015 at 18:27Leading global optoelectronics developer NeoPhotonics came to Moscow: a tour of a clean room
One of the world's largest developers of optoelectronic modules and subsystems NeoPhotonics has opened production in Moscow . The company has been operating since 1996, its headquarters are located in California, and its production facilities are located in the USA, Japan, China, and now in Russia, in the technopolis “Moscow”.
I was at the opening with NeoPhotonics CEO Timothy Jenks and Rusnano CEO Anatoly Chubais. Tour of the new production, which has already been launched, under the cut.
Ask questions in the comments: we will contact company representatives and prepare answers.
Warning: a large number of photos.
This is what the author of this post looked like. Before you go into a clean room, you need to wear boot covers, a special jumpsuit, hat, mask, put on a hood from the jumpsuit and another boot covers - almost to the knee. All equipment is wiped with a special composition. To my left is not him, it's just water.
It is important not to drop the lens cap.
The general plan of the clean room. It is two-thirds empty - the scale and range of production will increase over time, with the achievement of certain goals of the company.
The opening ceremony began in this room by pressing the green button to turn on the equipment. Using this apparatus, plasma-chemical deposition of thin films and their high-temperature melting on a substrate with topology takes place. The production of fiber splitters takes place in several stages, this is the very first. After that, the round plate is cut into columns.
The photon integrated circuit (FIS) contains optically coupled components made on the same substrate and performing various functions of processing optical signals. FIS may include waveguide interconnects, power dividers, optical amplifiers, optical modulators, filters, lasers and detectors. An optical divider, or splitter, is a passive device that separates the flow of energy transmitted through optical fiber.
In this photo, the Y-shaped optical splitter is clearly visible - the basis of the device. I specifically give a close-up.
Columns must be protected with a special glass - after installing this glass, the ends are polished.
Then the columns are cut into chips. After that, experts mount fiber-optic inputs and outputs, test and control the parameters of the optical assembly. In the photo - an employee of the company cleans the fiber for installation in a splitter. Splitters are visible under her arms.
Visual inspection of the quality of the column occurs before and after the separation of the column into chips.
The optical component, which is already a splitter, must be placed in a sealed metal case. After testing for losses, the splitter is packaged - and the finished product is obtained.
Employees test the finished product for an acceptable level of signal loss during branching.
PON technology is developing in Russia - in large cities only one optical cable enters the apartment, through which the provider delivers telephony, Internet and television. Pulling optics to each apartment is a difficult task, in this context, Russia's own production of consumables for fiber-optic communication lines (FOCL) is of particular relevance. One of the first Russian buyers of products may be Rostelecom.
If you have questions for NeoPhotonics representatives, please leave them in the comments.
I was at the opening with NeoPhotonics CEO Timothy Jenks and Rusnano CEO Anatoly Chubais. Tour of the new production, which has already been launched, under the cut.
Ask questions in the comments: we will contact company representatives and prepare answers.
Warning: a large number of photos.
This is what the author of this post looked like. Before you go into a clean room, you need to wear boot covers, a special jumpsuit, hat, mask, put on a hood from the jumpsuit and another boot covers - almost to the knee. All equipment is wiped with a special composition. To my left is not him, it's just water.
It is important not to drop the lens cap.
The general plan of the clean room. It is two-thirds empty - the scale and range of production will increase over time, with the achievement of certain goals of the company.
The opening ceremony began in this room by pressing the green button to turn on the equipment. Using this apparatus, plasma-chemical deposition of thin films and their high-temperature melting on a substrate with topology takes place. The production of fiber splitters takes place in several stages, this is the very first. After that, the round plate is cut into columns.
The photon integrated circuit (FIS) contains optically coupled components made on the same substrate and performing various functions of processing optical signals. FIS may include waveguide interconnects, power dividers, optical amplifiers, optical modulators, filters, lasers and detectors. An optical divider, or splitter, is a passive device that separates the flow of energy transmitted through optical fiber.
In this photo, the Y-shaped optical splitter is clearly visible - the basis of the device. I specifically give a close-up.
Columns must be protected with a special glass - after installing this glass, the ends are polished.
Then the columns are cut into chips. After that, experts mount fiber-optic inputs and outputs, test and control the parameters of the optical assembly. In the photo - an employee of the company cleans the fiber for installation in a splitter. Splitters are visible under her arms.
Visual inspection of the quality of the column occurs before and after the separation of the column into chips.
The optical component, which is already a splitter, must be placed in a sealed metal case. After testing for losses, the splitter is packaged - and the finished product is obtained.
Employees test the finished product for an acceptable level of signal loss during branching.
PON technology is developing in Russia - in large cities only one optical cable enters the apartment, through which the provider delivers telephony, Internet and television. Pulling optics to each apartment is a difficult task, in this context, Russia's own production of consumables for fiber-optic communication lines (FOCL) is of particular relevance. One of the first Russian buyers of products may be Rostelecom.
If you have questions for NeoPhotonics representatives, please leave them in the comments.