Kymata Ltd. Information

Kymata was founded in early 1998 by Richard Laming and Brendan Hyland. The company is based in Livingston, Scotland, Europe's leading centre for both opto-electronic research and semiconductor manufacture. Kymata offers a family of planar optical devices based on proven, versatile and industry accepted silica-on-silicon technology. Current product families include: Arrayed Waveguide Gratings (AWG) multiplexer/demultiplexers; Variable Optical Attenuators (VOA) which provide broadband attenuation of optical signals; and Thermo-optic Switches (TOS) which enable quick, efficient and reliable switching of signals from one optical fibre to another. These products provide the building blocks for higher functionality integrated optical modules and sub-systems required to support the explosive growth anticipated in telecommunications and data communications.