PremierPhotonics
PANGOLIN INDUSTRIES LTD (Scotland)
Pangolin Industries (Scotland)
A fabless photonics manufacturer that supports everything from the design to mass production of high-performance photodetectors and laser diodes.
PremierPhotonics (PANGOLIN INDUSTRIES LTD) is a photonics manufacturer whose core technologies include the design and development of high-performance photodetectors and laser diodes.
We specialize in optical detection and light source technologies, primarily in the near-infrared region, and offer flexible solutions ranging from standard products to custom development.
We provide high-performance optical semiconductor solutions for a wide range of fields, including optical communications, analytical instruments, industrial sensing, and LiDAR.
For details, please contact our import agent, Taihei Boeki. (Optical Devices Section)
Optical communications and optical devices
Features of Premier Photonics
PremierPhotonics employs a fabless model, leveraging its own design and evaluation technologies and collaborating with reliable manufacturing partners to deliver high-quality photonics products.
We provide comprehensive support for photodetectors and laser diodes, from design and packaging to mass production startup and quality evaluation, realizing a consistent development and mass production support system from prototyping to mass production.Furthermore, through rigorous quality control and a global manufacturing network, we ensure a stable product supply and meet high quality requirements.
Chip-as-a-Service (CaaS) Design Service
PremierPhotonics offers its own "Chip-as-a-Service (CaaS)" service. This service supports the development of custom photonics chips, primarily photodetectors and laser diodes, and offers full custom development, design outsourcing, and customization of existing chips.
Based on customer specifications, we support the entire process from design and prototyping to manufacturing, packaging, and evaluation, efficiently realizing the development of high-performance optoelectronic semiconductor devices. Because development can proceed without building your own design and manufacturing infrastructure, it contributes to shortening development time and reducing costs.
FULL CUSTOM (Full Custom Development)
- No investment required in semiconductor manufacturing equipment
- We shorten time to market through comprehensive support from design to mass production.
DESIGN ONLY (design contract)
- Maintainable control over manufacturing and intellectual property (IP)
- Efficient utilization of advanced photonics design technology is possible.
OTS CUSTOMIZATION (Customization of existing chips)
- Reduce development costs without the need for a full redesign.
- Rapid optimization is possible according to the required performance.
Product
| Photodetector (light-receiving element) Photodetectors PremierPhotonics offers a wide range of photodetector products covering the UV to infrared regions. Focusing on PIN photodiodes and avalanche photodiodes (APDs), our product lineup is optimized for applications in optical communications, data communications, LiDAR, sensing, industrial equipment, and medical devices. We achieve high sensitivity, low noise, and high reliability, while also offering flexible custom development tailored to specific applications. |
| Laser diode (light-emitting element) Laser Diodes PremierPhotonics provides high-performance laser diodes and LED light sources covering the visible to near-infrared regions. Offering a wide range of wavelengths and output specifications, including CW (continuous wave) lasers, pulsed lasers, and DFB lasers, our products are used in diverse applications such as optical communications, data communications, LiDAR, distance measurement, industrial sensing, and gas detection. With high reliability and flexible customization options, we provide light source solutions perfectly suited to our customers' needs. |
A photodetector is,This is a semiconductor device that converts incident light into electrical signals.
It outputs a current or voltage corresponding to the intensity of the received light and is widely used in the receiving sections of optical fiber communications, optical sensing, and measuring instruments.
A laser diode is a semiconductor device that emits laser light when an electric current is injected into it.
Because it can generate highly directional and monochromatic light, it is used as a light source in optical fiber communications, optical disc drives, barcode readers, and various laser devices.
To summarize the difference in a single sentence, a photodetector is a "light-receiving device that converts light into electrical signals," while a laser diode is a "light-emitting device that converts electricity into laser light."
In optical communication systems, a laser diode generates an optical signal at the transmitting end, and a photodetector converts that optical signal into an electrical signal at the receiving end, thereby enabling information transmission.
