Iris Light Technologies, Inc.
Founded: 2018
Northwestern Inventor:
Mark C. Hersam
McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Materials Science and Engineering
Iris Light is pioneering ‘difficult to integrate’ components for the rapidly growing silicon photonics market, including the perennial challenges of on-chip lasers & LEDs. Our mission is to accelerate the growth and reach of the $1 billion/year silicon photonics (‘light chip’) market driven by applications in optical communications, medical devices, autonomous vehicle LIDAR, optical chem-bio sensors, and beyond.