The Lithuanian Ministry of Economy has approved the EU structural funds support for the expansion of the Brolis Semiconductors R&D facility in Vilnius. The EU will cover 46% of the total project cost, which amounts to about $2 million.

The expansion of R&D facility will include additional cleanroom space and will focus towards the development of Brolis long-wavelength laser diode development, with particular emphasis on the reliability and yield optimization.

“We have managed to start-up the fab in less than nine months from scratch, which we started operating early this year and we already have pilot devices with state-of-the-art performance, including 25% wall-plug efficiency and high-brightness Watt-level CW laser diodes with extremely low input powers,” says Kristijonas Vizbaras, Brolis CTO. “Our goal is to continue innovation, and do everything possible to bring these to market as soon as possible.”

Release Date: November 8, 2013
Source: Brolis Semiconductors