Veeco Announces LUMINA®+ MOCVD System Order for Manufacturing Indium Phosphide Lasers
Rhea-AI Summary
Veeco (NASDAQ: VECO) announced that a global leader in optical and photonic technologies has ordered its LUMINA®+ MOCVD system to manufacture indium phosphide (InP) lasers for datacom optical transceivers. This extends LUMINA+ adoption across major arsenide and phosphide epitaxial applications, including the rapidly growing InP laser market.
Veeco highlights that LUMINA+ offers the largest As/P batch size in the MOCVD market, best-in-class throughput and low cost per wafer, enabled by TurboDisc technology. According to LightCounting, the optical transceiver market is projected to reach $39 billion in 2026, up 53% from 2025, supporting demand for expanded InP laser capacity.
Positive
- New LUMINA+ MOCVD order for InP laser manufacturing
- LUMINA+ adopted across major arsenide and phosphide epitaxial applications
- Targets fast-growing optical transceiver market projected at $39 billion in 2026
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- None.
Market reaction after InP laser MOCVD order: VECO +3.85%
Following this news, VECO has gained 3.85%, reflecting a moderate positive market reaction. Argus tracked a peak move of +12.7% during the session. Our momentum scanner has triggered 10 alerts so far, indicating notable trading interest and price volatility. The stock is currently trading at $55.00.
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Key Figures
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | 24h Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22 | conference scheduling | Neutral | -1.0% | Scheduling notice preceded a negative 24-hour reaction despite containing no operating result. |
| Jun 11 | LUMINA+ qualification | Positive | +8.5% | Commercial acceptance and qualification of LUMINA+ for high-volume As/P production. |
| Jun 09 | annealing system order | Positive | +10.1% | Follow-on NSA500 order followed successful evaluation and tool acceptance. |
| May 21 | investor conferences | Neutral | +1.9% | Investor-conference participation announcement preceded a positive 24-hour reaction. |
| May 05 | InP equipment orders | Positive | +25.2% | More than $250 million in InP equipment orders supported laser manufacturing expansion. |
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Recent positive equipment announcements aligned with positive 24-hour reactions, while the conference-call scheduling notice diverged with a negative reaction.
Key Terms
mocvd technical
indium phosphide technical
epitaxial technical
optical transceivers technical
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Breakthrough system enables optical transceiver manufacturing at scale, in step with unprecedented capital deployment by the world’s leading AI hyperscalers
PLAINVIEW, N.Y., Aug. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) today announced that a global leader in optical and photonic technologies has selected its LUMINA®+ Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) system to fabricate indium phosphide (InP) lasers for innovative communication solutions in the datacom industry. The LUMINA+ system has now been adopted across all major applications in the arsenide and phosphide (As/P) epitaxial space, including the fast-growing InP laser market.
“Following a series of recent orders and qualifications, this order extends the strong position of our LUMINA+ system for high-volume As/P production,” said Anil Vijayendran, Vice President of MOCVD Products at Veeco. “Offering the same great process performance as the original LUMINA system, the LUMINA+ system achieves breakthrough productivity, bringing much-needed scale to the optical transceiver industry.”
The fully automated LUMINA+ system has the largest As/P batch size in the MOCVD market, best-in-class throughput and lowest cost per wafer supported by Veeco’s TurboDisc® technology. This makes it the ideal choice for expanding InP laser production capacity. With a seamless wafer-size transition, LUMINA+ can deposit high-quality epitaxial layers on InP wafers of any size.
Optical transceivers are high-speed devices that convert electrical signals into optical signals. They are essential for handling massive data flows with low latency by connecting AI servers across racks inside a data center (scale-out), within racks as a replacement for copper connections (scale-up), and across multiple data center facilities (scale-across).
According to LightCounting, a market research firm, sales of optical transceivers and related products are expected to reach
About Veeco
Veeco (NASDAQ: VECO) is an innovative manufacturer of semiconductor process equipment. Our laser annealing, ion beam, metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), single wafer etch & clean and lithography technologies play an integral role in the fabrication and packaging of advanced semiconductor devices. With equipment designed to optimize performance, yield and cost of ownership, Veeco holds leading technology positions in the markets we serve. To learn more about Veeco’s systems and service offerings, visit www.veeco.com.
To the extent that this news release discusses expectations or otherwise makes statements about the future, such statements are forward-looking and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. These factors include the risks discussed in the Business Description and Management's Discussion and Analysis sections of Veeco's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, and in our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and press releases. Veeco does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances after the date of such statements.
Veeco Contacts:
Investor Relations: Alex Delacroix | (516) 528 1020 | adelacroix@veeco.com
Media: Brenden Wright | (410) 984-2610 | bwright@veeco.com
