Manufacturing InGaAs photodetectors directly on CMOS silicon revolutionises shortwave infrared sensors for consumer markets.

In quite a number of applications there is much demand for scalable, low-cost, high-performance sensors. Such sensors are wanted for autonomous systems, robotics, defence and aerospace technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), mobile phones, smart watches, and augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR).

Within the sensor portfolio, those based on silicon CMOS dominate detection in the visible as well as in the near-infrared at wavelengths u…