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News Release from: Bookham
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 08 March 2005
Kotura signs for silicon photonics
patents
Bookham has nonexclusively licensed a portfolio of patents on silicon photonics to California-based Kotura, a leading manufacturer of silicon photonic components.
Bookham has nonexclusively licensed a portfolio of patents on silicon photonics to California-based Kotura, a leading manufacturer of silicon photonic components The Bookham innovative technology covered by the patents relates to the design and manufacturing of silicon waveguide devices such as variable optical attenuators and modulators and to the construction of multifunctional optical silicon chips
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Feb 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Bookham exited silicon photonics in 2003.
Haydn Jones, Director of IP for Bookham, commented: "Bookham originated many of the early patents in the silicon photonics space".
"We recognise that silicon technology continues to have great potential and feel that the timing is right for us to license our patents".
Jean-Louis Malinge, CEO of Kotura stated: "Silicon photonics is emerging as an important technology with broad applications".
"Kotura has a world-class design team and many patents of our own".
"Together with the new portfolio of patents from Bookham, we have created a strong base of IP to support our future growth".
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