Overview
This site traces to Avalon Photonics, founded in September 2000 as a spinoff from CSEM (the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microelectronics) to develop VCSELs for datacom and sensing. Bookham acquired Avalon Photonics in 2006, and its VCSEL activities were sold to II-VI Laser Enterprise in 2013 (now part of Coherent). The fab operates a 75mm line focused on high-performance photonics and specialty devices. Key facility details include: The facility is situated at Zurich, Switzerland. It focuses on Automotive / Specialty, Photonics / Optical on 75mm wafers. Production at this facility commenced in 2000.
Technology
About Coherent
Coherent Corp. (formed from the 2022 II-VI/Coherent merger) is a US laser, photonics, and compound-semiconductor materials company headquartered in Pennsylvania. Its silicon carbide (SiC) and indium phosphide (InP) fabs in Sweden (Jarfalla), Switzerland (Zurich), and the US (Easton, PA) supply substrates and epitaxial wafers for power electronics and optical networking; DENSO and Mitsubishi Electric each hold a 12.5% stake in its SiC business.