Vector Photonics Limited

Project Apollo will develop a new generation of compact, high-performance optical components and sub-system to support the growing demand for automation and autonomy across industrial and defence applications. The project focuses on advancing LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), a key technology used to measure distance and build 3D maps of the surroundin...

PULSAR ("PCSEL‑Unified Laser System for AI Routing") will develop a new class of quantum‑dot photonic‑crystal surface‑emitting lasers (QD‑PCSELs) engineered for next‑generation optical interconnects in AI data centres and advanced telecom networks. The project unifies two complementary laser technologies, quantum‑dot (QD) gain media and photonic‑crystal s...

Accelerated Manufacturing for PCSEL Packaging Solutions (AMPPS) project will deliver a feasibility study to address a critical and growing challenge in advanced photonics manufacturing: the lack of scalable, thermally efficient and resource‑effective packaging for photonic crystal surface‑emitting lasers (PCSELs). As global demand for high‑bandwidth optic...

SPARKLE will demonstrate laser ignition for hydrogen engines, a breakthrough technology that could transform zero emission vehicles in demanding off highway sectors such as agriculture, construction, and mining. Unlike conventional electrical spark plugs, which degrade quickly under the high pressures of lean burn hydrogen operation, laser ignition can be...

Free Space Optical Communications (FSOC) is an emerging technology that uses light to wirelessly transmit data through the air, offering ultra-high-speed, secure, and interference-free communication. FSOC has the potential to transform global connectivity---enabling high-bandwidth links between buildings, across campuses, and even between satellites and g...

Project QUDITS2 is an industrial research project developing a hardware demonstrator platform to showcase the viabilty of developing quantum communication systems using qudits, based on orbital angular momentum (OAM). Following on from the successful Innovate UK funded QUDITS feasibilty study, the consortiu will develop a demonstrator using commercially a...

The blue semiconductor LED was invented by Japanese inventor Shuji Nakamura in 1992 four years later, the first low-power blue laser was first realised eventually receiving the Nobel Prize for Physics along with Professor Isamu Akasaki, and Hiroshi Amano in 2014\. Since then blue lasers have found significant market traction in many applications, includin...

LiFi is an optical communications system that uses light waves as the means of communication. Which has the potential to be 100x faster than wifi and entirely secure as the light used can't penetrate the walls of the building. It is a novel and exciting technology which is set to revolutionise communications. However, to achieve this new laser performance...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to revolutionise modern life, by enabling autonomous vehicles, real time medical diagnosis, financial modelling, power grid management, etc. However, the growth in the compute power necessary to develop future AI systems will run up against a data transmission bottle neck in compute power. This bottleneck is caused by d...

Quantum computing is a rapidly emerging technology offering transformative changes to society as a whole by providing vast improvements in computational capability that will solve complex many-body problems that are currently intractable. It will potentially deliver advancements in diverse fields such as finance, climate change, infrastructure planning, d...

Project QUDITS is a feasibility study which aims to develop a demonstrator platform to showcase the feasibility of developing quantum communication systems using qudits based on orbital angular momentum (OAM). By using using commercially available novel photonics technologies from the UK supply chain, photonic crystal surface-emitting lasers (PCSELs) and ...

Additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, is an enabling technology and is the future of manufacturing in a digital, local, low turnaround time, personalised world. Industry 4.0 aims to update manufacturing practice bringing it into the digital world through creativity, intelligence and connectivity. Direct digital manufacturing by allowing user access...