POET, Mitsubishi Electric collaborate to develop 3.2T optical engines

POET Technologies (POET) has entered into a collaboration with Mitsubishi Electric (MIELY) to co-develop integrated optical engine chipsets for 3.2T pluggable transceivers, a highly sought-after product for optical connectivity in the rapidly growing artificial intelligence networking market. POET and Mitsubishi Electric will jointly support product demonstrations with major customers. Mitsubishi Electric will contribute its 400G Electro-absorption Modulator integrated Lasers to the project. Using its optical interposer platform technology, POET will integrate the EMLs along with drivers, optical waveguides, and other key functional building blocks to produce 1.6T and 3.2T optical engine chipsets. POET and Mitsubishi Electric aim to complete the 1.6T and 3.2T optical engine chipsets in early 2025 and to then demonstrate the innovation during the first half of that year.