Pilot Photonics

Pilot Photonics is a Dublin-based laser product development company founded in 2011, specializing in unique photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based laser products exceeding capabilities of current market offerings. The company was spun out from DCU and Tyndall National Institute based on a decade of photonics research at two Irish centers of excellence. Pilot Photonics developed the world's only photonic integrated comb laser source, an optical comb source bringing benefits to optical communication networks, gas sensing, and atomic clocks used in satellites for GPS navigation. In 2025, Pilot Photonics secured major European funding to develop key technologies for Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) scaling. Based at DCU Alpha in Dublin, the company serves telecommunications, sensing, and quantum technology markets with advanced laser and PIC solutions enabling quantum computing and quantum communication applications.