Bold from Me:

That optical engine (game changer) is not far off now in my opinion.

"I am pleased to announce that we have achieved a very significant milestone for the Company - successfully demonstrating the functionality of our Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) for the integrated GaAs opto-electronic platform. After establishing a second supplier for the proprietary epitaxial stack, we were able to complete the first phase of epitaxial design optimization in January 2017, followed by VCSEL fabrication and validation of its functionality and performance. The pace of progress has rapidly increased with the resumed development cycles at our epitaxial wafer vendor and our foundry partner in Taiwan, helping to further advance the development of our fully integrated optical engine.  The development program for the POET photonic engine continues to be focused on single-chip transceivers for the Active Optical Cable (AOC) market."

Results from the Company's recent validation process indicated that the VCSEL threshold currents were near expectations and with good process yields, demonstrating excellent material properties and surpassing the results previously achieved. The Company is now focused on additional performance optimization and is addressing that along with the rest of its planned ongoing development activities towards a single chip transceiver optical engine.

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I new we were close. Now that is the best news in years to me.

Monolithic