Opel is still number 1 POET remains the only technology that has been able to combine photonic integrated circuits and electronic circuits in a single monolithic chip.
Companies like Infinera produce photonic integrated chips but have no capability to integrate the electronics into that chip.
Intel and company produce integrated electronic circuits but have no capability to combine photonic integrated circuits into the same chip.
Opel is the only company which has achieved this technology breakthrough. It is the Holy Grail. It has taken 24 years of focused development by Geoff Taylor and his team of scientists to achieve this under US defence department funding which equates to stealth technology development. It is why so many big companies are talking with the monetizing team under NDA's and why they are so surprised that this breakthrough has been achieved.
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