Applications

AI Data Centers and
Coherent Communication

The rapid advancement of AI relies heavily on high-performance data center hardware. Future AI data centers demand faster bandwidth, lower latency, reduced power consumption, and higher integration. However, constrained by Moore's Law, traditional electronic integrated chips (ICs) struggle to meet the stringent performance requirements of next-generation systems. Thin-film lithium niobate, with its ultra-high-speed modulation, low optical loss, and large-scale integration capabilities, has emerged as a revolutionary optical material platform, offering unparalleled performance and integration potential for SoC photonic engines.

RhinoptiX focuses on core areas such as intra-DC optical links and DCI coherent communication, with the capablities of meeting the demands of future 1.6Tbps, 3.2Tbps, and even >10Tbps data center optical links. We actively collaborate with industry partners to drive the development of next-generation optical link technologies for AI data centers.

5G/6G Backhaul Networks

In 5G and 6G communications, high-speed and high-bandwidth data transmission are critical requirements. Lithium niobate, with its exceptional electro-optic coefficient, enables electro-optic modulators with speeds exceeding 100 GHz, achieving ultra-high-speed optical signal modulation to meet the demands of 5G/6G for ultra-fast data transfer. On the other hand, thin-film lithium niobate technology finds applications in microwave photonics, such as optical processing of RF signals (e.g., filtering, optical delay lines, and beam steering), effectively handling RF signals from tens of GHz to THz frequencies, meeting the stringent requirements of high-quality signal processing in 5G/6G networks.

With its superior performance and high integration, thin-film lithium niobate technology plays a pivotal role in 5G and 6G communications. RhinoptiX works closely with industry partners to promote the application of lithium niobate photonic engines in 5G/6G communications, microwave photonics, and terahertz communications, laying the technological foundation for high-speed communications, eVTOL aircrafts, autonomous driving, and smart cities.

Quantum Technology

Quantum technology, with its unique quantum mechanical properties such as superposition, entanglement, no-cloning, and tunneling effects, offers capabilities that surpass classical technologies, demonstrating transformative potential in computing, communication, sensing, and encryption. Thin-film lithium niobate photonics, with their superior electro-optic and nonlinear optical properties, have become a key material in quantum technology.

RhinoptiX’ thin-film lithium niobate photonic engines, leveraging low optical loss, wide spectral transparency, ultra-fast electro-optic modulation, and high integration, are widely applied in critical areas such as quantum light sources, quantum control, quantum frequency conversion, quantum sensing, and quantum key distribution (QKD). Their high nonlinearity, high power handling capability, and high integration make them a driving force in quantum technology development, particularly in building scalable, stable, and efficient quantum information processing systems.

We actively collaborate with quantum technology partners to push the boundaries of innovation in quantum technology, enabling revolutionary advancements in information security, computational efficiency, and precision measurement.