News: Suppliers
11 March 2026
La Luce Cristallina releases beta-version of 200mm barium titanate wafer
La Luce Cristallina of Austin, TX, USA says that the beta-version of its 200mm (8-inch) barium titanate (BaTiO3) wafer is now available to customers for evaluation in advanced electro-optic modulators for telecoms and datacoms applications. By enabling ultra-low-voltage operation, La Luce Cristallina’s BaTiO3 platform is said to advance co-packaged optics architectures designed to address the bandwidth and power demands of AI-scale data-center infrastructure.
The BaTiO3 platform can be integrated end-to-end into standard CMOS silicon manufacturing processes, facilitating rapid adoption without fab retooling, says the firm. BaTiO3’s extremely high Pockels coefficient (reaching up to ~1300pm/V in bulk single crystal) enables ultra-low-voltage electro-optic modulators across numerous photonics applications. Due to these benefits, BaTiO3 is emerging as an electro-optic material for low-loss, high-speed switching in quantum optical circuits, with PsiQuantum leveraging it to build quantum supercomputers.
Driven by advancements in AI and machine learning, the quantum computing market is experiencing significant investment, projected to reach $20.5bn by 2035 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.6%. Amid increasing demand for continuous health monitoring, the biosensing market is also seeing substantial growth, with experts projecting it to expand from $32.6bn in 2026 to $67.1bn by 2034. BaTiO3’s ability to maintain operational efficiency in adverse conditions strongly positions it to support military and aerospace LiDAR use-cases, with the LiDAR market projected to grow from $3.27bn to $12.79bn by 2030.
“The beta-version of our barium titanate wafer marks another step toward advancing co-packaged optics amid the rise of AI, quantum photonics and other high-capacity applications,” says chief technology officer & co-founder Agham Posadas. “With this beta-version, current and prospective customers can test-drive our solution’s capabilities and unlock the full potential of barium titanate for powering multiple generations of electro-optic innovation across diverse use cases.”
La Luce Cristallina is exhibiting its 200mm (8-inch) and 50mm (2-inch) BaTiO3 wafers in booth 5507 (West Hall) at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2026) at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA (17–19 March).
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