Alcyon Photonic IP Library & PIC Design Services

Alcyon Photonics SL is an integrated photonics design company registered in Madrid, Spain, with a team spread across Europe, America and Taiwan. It helps companies design photonic integrated circuits (PICs) faster by supplying fabrication-ready, silicon-validated photonic IP instead of starting each block from scratch.

Its offer includes PIP core photonic IP blocks and reconfigurable circuit topologies that complement foundry PDKs, IP libraries validated on foundry platforms such as Applied Nanotools, Tower Semiconductor and CompoundTek, end-to-end silicon photonics and indium phosphide design services, and the Alcyon Toolkit design platform. Libraries work with Luceda IPKISS and Synopsys OptoCompiler and are delivered as protected black-box designs under licence. Customers are developers of datacom, telecom, sensing, space, quantum and healthcare photonic chips.

• PIP core IP: reusable photonic building blocks and reconfigurable circuit topologies.
• Foundry IP libraries: validated designs for Applied Nanotools, Tower Semiconductor and CompoundTek platforms.
• Passive SOI functions: bends, routing, power dividers, mode and polarization (de)multiplexers and splitters.
• Silicon photonics design services: from concept to tape-out using IP, PDKs and custom blocks.
• InP design services: layer stacks, waveguides, SOAs, DFB lasers and compact models.
• Alcyon Toolkit: design platform compatible with Luceda IPKISS and Synopsys OptoCompiler.

Vietnamese chip design companies entering photonics can license validated IP blocks for their first PIC tape-outs on Singapore or US foundries. Universities can use the Alcyon Toolkit and libraries in photonics design courses. Telecom and sensor makers can outsource silicon photonics or InP design work to Alcyon.

Silicon-validated building blocks cut design iterations and tape-out risk. Designs are optimised for specific foundry process rules, which helps improve yield. Sub-wavelength grating components on CompoundTek are reported below 0.4 dB loss. Reconfigurable topologies can be tuned after deployment to compensate for manufacturing deviations.

Demand for silicon photonics in AI data centres, sensing and quantum is pulling many new design teams into PIC development, and reusable IP shortens their learning curve. Asian ecosystems in Taiwan and Singapore are building photonics design capacity. Vietnam's semiconductor workforce programmes can benefit from validated photonic IP and design tools.

Registered as Alcyon Photonic SL in Madrid, Spain; CEO Jimena García-Romeu. Team distributed across Europe, America and Taiwan. Collaborations with Tower Semiconductor (2025), CompoundTek (2025) and Taiwan Auto Design Co. (Cadmen, June 2026). Ecosystem partners include Luceda, Ansys, Synopsys and Applied Nanotools; EU funding logos (EIC, EISMEA) shown on its site.