Bright Silicon Technologies is pioneering the state-of-the-art in solid-state beam control in both free space and fiber optics. Our technology platform, the Lightfield Directing Array (LDA), offers a unique combination of speed, precision, stability, and digital flexibility for the exquisite control of light. The LDA will revolutionize optical systems by enabling the next generation of high-speed, highly parallelized, low loss optical switches for data centers and optical communications terminals for free-space networks.  

We invented a chip-scale solution for steering light far more precisely than ever before. It’s a MEMS segmented micromirror array, driven by a stack of analog and digital logic integrated into the unit to ensure high speed, large range and precision feedback operation. The LDA concept was initially developed as a side project during graduate school. Originally envisioned as a cool way to make 3D TVs that don’t need glasses, it has gone through many revisions and application ideas. For over a decade the underlying technology was nurtured in the national laboratory system until they achieved a functional benchtop demonstration. Bright Silicon Technologies was established in 2020 to transform the laboratory bench demonstration of the LDA into a commercial unit and develop products utilizing this revolutionary technology.

Beyond BST’s present focus, further systems applications, including intelligent LIDAR for autonomous cars and drones, laser additive manufacturing, and laser surgical systems are all possible. We are open to partnering with other system designers to understand how the LDA could improve their performance.