PRESENTATION
Photonic Wire Bonds and Facet-Attached Micro-Lenses: Enabling Scalable Integration of Lasers and PICs
As photonic integration advances toward scalable, high-throughput manufacturing, the integration of active devices—particularly lasers— remains a key challenge. Vanguard Automation addresses this with our unique solution of photonic wire bonds and facet-attached micro-lenses, which are fabricated in-situ at chip-level and can be applied to both batch processing and wafer level integration. This solution leverages 3D nano-printing technology to fabricate freeform optical structures with sub-micron precision which eliminate the need for active alignment, while enabling robust, low-loss, high-yield photonic interconnects. Vanguard Automation’s solution is uniquely positioned to meet industry demands, lighting the way for scalable next-generation photonic integration.
Laura Horan
Vanguard Automation
Laura Horan is Head of Product Management at Vanguard Automation GmbH, where she leads the company’s product strategy and portfolio in the rapidly evolving field of advanced photonic packaging. Based in Karlsruhe, Germany, her role spans Product Management, Technical Marketing, Standardization, and Product Qualification to translate complex technologies into robust, market-ready products. With over a decade of experience in the UK and Germany, she has a proven track record in developing innovative optical sensors and metrology solutions for the medical, automotive, and manufacturing industries. Laura received her PhD in physics from University College Cork, awarded for her work investigating the applications of Hollow Core Photonic Crystal Fibers at the Tyndall National Institute in Ireland, for which she was granted an IRCSET scholarship. She has authored several scientific papers and holds patents in optical sensors and metrology.