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Marlin Equity Partners, a global investment firm, has unveiled Elenion Technologies, Inc., a company focused on driving innovation in silicon photonics technology and the development of associated products. The company, which has been operating in stealth mode since 2014, was originally incubated alongside another Marlin-owned company, Coriant, a global supplier of packet optical networking and data center interconnect solutions. Elenion continues as a separate business led by its own seasoned executive team and world-class experts in silicon photonics, lasers, electronics and advanced packaging.

Silicon photonics is an emerging technology that dramatically reduces the cost and increases the performance of optical communications by repurposing the silicon microelectronics ecosystem to build silicon chips that can manipulate light as well as electrical signals.

Larry Schwerin, a proven executive with more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications and photonics industries, will continue to head the business in the role of CEO of Elenion. Mr. Schwerin’s former positions include CEO of Silicon Lightwave Services, a ground-breaking silicon photonics design services company, and Capella Intelligent Subsystems, a leading supplier of Wavelength Selective Switch technology acquired by Alcatel-Lucent in 2013. In addition, Michael Hochberg, a renowned silicon photonics expert and co-founder of Luxtera, will continue to serve as the CTO.