CamGraPhIC raises over £800,000 to advance graphene-based optical transceivers

The company is developing graphene-based photonics technology for scalable, faster and cheaper optical devices that send and receive data, an advance that could become a core enabling technology for next generation 5G networks and beyond. Other applications will include 6G mmWave which will allow data to be transferred at speeds up to 1Tbit/s. Current versions of the technology have indicated speeds of up to 100Gbps per LANE and operation across multiple wavebands. According to the Wealth Club, their speed is about twice that achieved in laboratory conditions by equivalent technologies, while it is projected that they consume 70 per cent less energy.

Proceeds from the latest funding round will be used to complete fabrication and testing of the demonstration devices. The technology is said to have attracted interest from major multinationals in the semiconductor and telecommunications sectors and customer testing is expected to begin in September 2022.

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