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Union MeitY Secretary launches 2 indigenous Silicon photonics products

Chennai, May 4 (UNI) Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
Secretary S. Krishnan launched two Silicon Photonics products designed and developed
indigenously at CoE-CPPICS at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras).
Mr. Krishnan launched the products on eve of its industry stakeholders meeting, jointly
convened by the Chief Investigator Prof. Bijoy Krishna Das and the MeitY Scientist
Project-in-charge Dr. Sankha dip Das at the IIT Madras campus.
The CoE-CPPICS at IIT Madras is a unique place in India which follows Product Research
Development and Manufacturing Model by leveraging CMOS fabrication process compatible
silicon photonics technology.
The mission of the Centre is to build capacity in all verticals of silicon photonics product
manufacturing eco-system through focused R&D and nurture Indian photonics industry
for immediate needs in domestic and international markets, a release from IIT-Madras
said.
The two products are Fiber-Array Unit (FAU) Attachment Tool for Photonic Chip Packaging
and Silicon Photonic QRNG (Quantum Random Number Generator).
The novel state-of-the-art Fiber Array Attachment Tool was developed in consultation with
M/s Izmo leaderships and engineers, which could be seamlessly integrated with Izmo’s
packaging facility for nextgen Photonics chip packaging.
The world class packaging facility at izmo Microsystems is now commercially available for
miniaturized silicon photonics product development.
The high-speed Silicon Photonics QRNG was successfully deployed at SETS (Society for
Electronic Transactions and Security) Chennai and integrated into its secured server for
customer services.
The QRNG module will be available commercially for potential customers through the
CPPICS spin-off start-up “LightOnChip Pvt. Ltd.” The key applications of QRNG are: IT
security for military and defence, Cryptographic algorithms, Quantum key distribution
(QKD), Scientific Modelling and Simulations, Financial transactions/ Blockchain/ OTP,
Gaming Applications.
Congratulating CoE-CPPICS on these two products, Mr. Krishnan said, “Indigenously
developed field deployable silicon photonic-based quantum random number generator
(QRNG) module is pride for India. The product has been delivered to DRDO to help in
advanced quantum cryptography.”
IIT-Madras Director Prof. V. Kamakoti said, “Silicon Photonics is an emerging technology
that will certainly help design much more efficient and complex hardware for the future.
"I am very happy that the Silicon Photonics CoE-CPPICS Centre at IIT Madras has now
come out with demonstrable products that can be quickly adopted by the market. We hope
that multiple such products will continue to come in the future”, he said.
Highlighting the importance of these two product launches to the country, Prof. Bijoy Krishna
Das said, “We are now fully equipped with the entire value chain of silicon photonics product
development by leveraging the strongest silicon photonics research team and the world class
silicon photonics chip design and testing facility at CPPICS along with its state-of-the-art
Silicon Photonics Foundry Partner Silterra Malaysia, and Photonic IC Packaging Partner
izmo Microsystems”.
“The unique value chain created around CPPICS is now ready for handholding emerging
photonic start-up companies in India and elsewhere in the world for their product prototyping
and manufacturing", he said.
The estimated market for silicon photonics product is going to reach USD 10 billion by 2030,
he noted.
Prof. Bijoy Krishna Das said the QRNG product is the first silicon photonics product from India,
which has been already deployed at SETS Chennai successfully for commercial services.
This is a humongous success of silicon photonics research in India, which has been possible
because of a brilliant team effort by a determined group of young research scholars and
engineers at CPPICS; dedicated team of izmo Microsystems engineers for their IC packaging
support, and scientists from SETS Chennai for use-case system integration.
"We are grateful to the Ministry of MEITY for financial support in establishing CoE-CPPICS at
IIT Madras for silicon photonics research and cutting-edge product development, right here in
India”, he said.
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