News: Suppliers
2 March 2026
Veeco books multi-system Lumina and Spector orders for InP datacom laser manufacturing
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that a global leader in optical communications laser manufacturing has placed orders for multiple Lumina metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) systems and multiple Spector ion beam sputtering (IBD) optical coating systems. These tools will be used to fabricate indium phosphide (InP) lasers for innovative optical communication solutions in the datacom industry. The order establishes Lumina as the customer’s production tool of record for InP epitaxy, while the Spector systems are used to deposit high-quality optical coatings on laser diode facets.
“This order builds on the momentum generated in the past year by our Lumina system for the production of optical transceivers,” says Adrian Devasayham, senior VP of product line management. “The additional orders for our Spector systems, long established as the production tool of record in the industry, firmly position Veeco as a critical player in the InP laser manufacturing ecosystem.”
The transceiver market is poised to continue its rapid growth over the next several years, in step with record capital deployment by the world’s leading hyperscalers. According to market research firm LightCounting, sales of optical transceivers and related products exceeded $23bn in 2025, up 50% from 2024.
Veeco says that its MOCVD TurboDisc technology underpins Lumina’s uniformity and low defectivity over long campaigns, with no need for reactor cleaning, ensuring exceptional throughput, yield and flexibility while also driving uniform injection and thermal control for excellent thickness and compositional uniformity. With a seamless wafer-size transition, the Lumina can deposit high-quality InP epitaxial layers on wafers up to 8-inches in diameter, adds the firm. The Spector IBD platform enables high-reliability InP laser facet coatings by delivering ultra-dense, low-loss optical films with precise optical thickness and reflectivity control. The result is reduced catastrophic optical damage (COD) risk, stable high-power operation, and extended device lifetime.
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