The Swiss Center for Optoelectronics Integration appointed Peter Moselund Chief Executive Officer

The Swiss Optoelectronic Integration Center (Swiss PIC) has announced the appointment of Peter Moselund, a 13-year industrial experience in the field of optoelectronics, as its Chief Executive Officer.

Peter Moselund has been a development and Chief research scientist for NKT Photonics for more than a decade and has worked tirelessly to make his contribution to the Photonics industry.

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In 2021, he founded fiber laser startup PM2 Photonics and last fall was hired as Chairman of Shute Sensing Solutions, a developer of polymer fiber sensor systems. He holds a master's degree from DTU Microtechnology and has more than 15 years of experience in board operations management.

Commenting on the new appointment, Peter Moselund said: "I am excited to take on this new role and to help bring the power of the Swiss Optoelectronic Integration Centre to a wide range of applied innovations, from sensing and communications to quantum technologies. In the future, we will empower our customers to quickly develop and produce smaller, faster and more energy efficient systems."

"We are pleased to welcome Peter Moselund as CEO of the newly established Swiss Photonics Integration Center," Swiss PIC said in a statement. Peter Moselund is a photonics expert with 13 years of industry experience and holds a PhD in fiber optics photonics and a Master's degree in optical microfluidic Lab-on-a-chip systems."

"He led the development of mid-infrared light sources at NKT Photonics, translating the technology into manufacturable and reliable products. He then moved into management, leading the company's involvement in funding projects and assembling a 10-person research team to tackle them. Peter Moselund has spent the past two years working at his own tech startup, helping to bring disruptive new technologies to market." "Swiss PIC added.

In early January 2023, Switzerland established the Swiss Photonics Integration Center (Swiss PIC), located in the Swiss Innovation Park, which will provide the transfer of know-how from academic partners for the photonics industry.

The center will focus primarily on microphotonics hybrid photonic systems, photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and quantum photonics, and will primarily serve start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (smes). Its services will cover a range of areas, from consulting to design to building a bespoke, comprehensive photonic packaging infrastructure, allowing customers to start small batch production. It will provide a resource platform for companies that need to manufacture optical components but do not have the opportunity to test them on larger devices, while providing support to the photonics industry in key aspects of photon packaging, assembly, testing and approval of photonic systems.

Source: OFweek