Markets We Serve:
Enabling Next Generation Optical and Mobile Connectivity
The demand for high-speed, low-power, and scalable optical interconnects is rapidly growing across multiple industries. AI-driven workloads, hyperscale cloud data centers, next-generation telecom and mobile networks, and satellite communications are all pushing and reaching the limits of traditional connectivity. Breakthrough innovations in photonics are
required to meet the performance, efficiency, and scalability demands to support the next phase of digital transformation.
At Pilot Photonics, we develop advanced integrated tunable and multi-wavelength laser solutions that address the core challenges of capacity scaling, power efficiency, and signal integrity. Our technology is enabling the next phase of innovation across multiple sectors:
AI & Cloud Datacentres:
Scaling Optical Networks for AI-DrivenCompute
Challenge: The exponential growth of artificial intelligence and machine learning require the immediate collation and processing of vast amounts of data which is driving unprecedented demand for high-bandwidth, low-latency interconnects in AI and cloud data centers.
As the demand for data processing and storage continues to grow, significant challenges have emerged in data transfer using traditional interconnect solutions. Bandwidth constraints, signal integrity issues, rising power consumption, and the physical density of switch enclosures—historically reliant on pluggable transceivers—are creating significant bottlenecks.
While new architectures such as Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) and Optical I/O have emerged to address these challenges, they are already encountering scaling limitations due to limitations in wavelength count, optical power, and dispersion. Tounlock the next level of performance and data center scalability, disruptive innovations in optical interconnect technology are essential.
Pilot Photonics’ portfolio includes solutions for today and into the future including 16 channel CW-WDM laser arrays, the ExCELS™ comb-based external laser source,and C3PO technology, These solutions provide dense wavelength grids and enable highly stable, multi-terabit optical transmission, effectively addressing the scaling challenges faced by AI, cloud-scale applications, and other high-demand industries.
Optical & Mobile Telecoms:
Enabling 5G/6G & Next-Gen Connectivity
Challenge: Scaling the transceivers in next-generation optical telecoms and datacentre interconnect (DCI) networks, and moving to ultra-high bandwidth communication in next generation 6G mobile networks.
Solution: Pilot’s iTLA™ delivers narrow-linewidth wavelength tunability, high output power, and ultra-fast switching to enable 100G-ZR to 1.6T-ZR coherent links. Pilot’s iCLA™ enables multi-wavelength scaling of these links for greater distance, and is a key component in the generation of D-band (110 – 170 GHz) carriers and signals for 6G mobile.
Space & Satellite Communications:
Optical Solutions for Extreme Environments
Challenge: Satellite communications demand lightweight and low power laser and radio frequency sources to end high-speed optical and mmWave / Sub-THz transmission with minimal power consumption.
Solution: Pilot’s gain-switched comb lasers generate mmWave and sub-THz carriers with unmatched agility, frequency stability and phase noise, making them ideal for spaceborne links, secure communications, and high-speed satellite communication.Pilot’s nano-iTLA offers fast, precise wavelength tuning for ground to satellite optical
communication.
Our cutting-edge photonic innovations are enabling the future of connectivity, powering the most demanding applications in AI, 6G, and space-based networks with high-performance integrated photonic solutions.
