Opsydia Limited

Company description

Opsydia develops technology to fabricate diamond structures using lasers.

Opsydia uses advanced optical techniques to deliver laser processing solutions inside difficult samples. Particular application areas relate to security marking, where Opsydia is set to disrupt a number of industries by its ability to create practically invisible structures inside transparent materials. Permanent and inimitable serial numbers, images or cryptographic data can be laser-written without compromising the integrity of the material or modifying its surface. Material applications include diamond, glass and polymers.

Precision laser machining enabled by adaptive optical technologies for applications in security, branding and sensing.

Project impact

The company has already in the first few months a significant customer to which laser machining services are being provided. The company employs two full-time scientific staff.

Opsydia technology is being adopted by one of the world's leading diamond groups, De Beers Group, as part of its new lab-grown diamond initiative, Lightbox Jewelry. The subsurface laser marks both prevent the stones used in the jewellery from being passed off as natural, and serve as a guarantee of quality. Opsydia won the 2019 Start-up Award from the Institute of Physics Business awards in October 2019. Opsydia won the Oxford Innovation Startup Award at the 2019 Oxford Trust Enterprise Awards in September 2019.