About
Aluvia Photonics is a provider of photonic integrated circuits based on a proprietary aluminium oxide (AlOx/Al2O3) material platform, founded in 2022 as a University of Twente spin-off. The technology was developed over more than a decade at the University of Twente by cofounder Prof. Sonia Garcia Blanco and her research team. Aluvia's AlOx platform offers a broad spectral range from 200 nm to mid-IR (around 3 µm), covering UV, visible, and infrared applications. It delivers ultra-low propagation losses, as low as roughly 1 dB/cm at 369 nm and 5 dB/m at 1550 nm, and on-chip optical amplification through rare-earth ion doping with Er3+, Yb3+, Nd3+, and Tm3+. Built on 200mm CMOS-compatible materials, the platform works with established manufacturing infrastructure for cost-effective scalability. Applications include quantum computing (ion traps), advanced telecommunications, sensing, optical amplifiers, O-band switches, and biomedical fields. Aluvia provides turnkey solutions including multi-project wafers, dedicated runs, and custom process development. In October 2025, Aluvia secured investment from PhotonDelta, and it has run a joint evaluation programme with Nokia Bell Labs on erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers for next-generation coherent communications.
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