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VIGO Photonics – Strategic Infrared Sensor Technologies from Poland
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VIGO Photonics S.A. (WSE: VGO) is a Warsaw-listed photonics firm specializing in mid-infrared (IR) detectors and semiconductor modules.
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Platform publication · DFM Analysis report · 2026-06-13
VIGO Photonics S.A. (WSE: VGO) is a Warsaw-listed photonics firm specializing in mid-infrared (IR) detectors and semiconductor modules. Founded in 1987 as a spin-off from Warsaw’s Technical Military Academy (where its founder pioneered non-cryogenic IR detectors), VIGO has grown into a vertically integrated design-and-manufacture company with ~200 employees. Its core lies in advanced IR sensor technology – from epitaxial III-V wafers to focal-plane arrays (FPAs) – for use in defense, industry, transport and scientific instruments.
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