Size and weight
Multi-element assemblies burden airborne, autonomous, wearable, robotic, and distributed sensing platforms.
Platform
From ideation to validated optical systems
Coherent Photonics develops compact, scalable metasurface components and sensors supported by physics-informed design, fabrication-aware optimization, and internal prototype characterization.
The optical system constraint
Conventional architectures suffer excessive complexity and limited scalability.
Sensing and imaging systems often depend on multiple refractive lenses, mirrors, spacers, mechanical housings, precision alignment steps, and relatively large detector areas.
Conventional lens stack
vs.
Meta-optic component
Alignment cost
Precision assembly and tight mechanical tolerances increase cost and integration effort.
Environmental sensitivity
Vibration, shock, thermal drift, and mechanical changes can degrade system performance.
Manufacturing limits
Complex assemblies are difficult to translate into resilient, wafer-compatible production.
Wavefront control
Small changes in surface shape may result in significant wavefront errors.
High redesign costs
Product variants may require custom components and renewed mechanical integration.
Capabilities
A common platform for the full development cycle.
Protected architecture
Five issued U.S. patents, 12 foundational U.S. patent applications and internal know-how.
Design engine
Computationally efficient, physics-informed AI/ML optimization with design-for-manufacturing.
Validation lab
Internal nanophotonic performance testing and prototype characterization capability.
Manufacturing path
Device layouts are developed for process runs with established nanophotonics fabricators.