The company developed the technology in a close cooperation with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. We are cooperating with independent research organizations and companies on our development projects.

Our expertise goes back to 1996 when we started developing materials and devices in the mid-IR area. In 2003 the company Intopto AS was established (later known as Integrated Optoelectronics) and a prototype laser was demonstrated at CLEO 2004 in San Francisco.

After a number of years as a laser and photosensor producer, the company was restructured to focus on research and developement of new semiconductor products. The main focus was to reduce product cost in order to bring new III-V based devices to the market.

Some of the techniques and concepts we developed for earlier products, showed exciting possibilities for high efficiency solar cells. We decided to explore these opportunities further, and did so in cooperation with some of the best solar energy expertise in Norway and Europe. Since this project is so different from our laser applications, we have organized it as a separate company: Integrated Solar AS.

One of the main concepts of our solar cell development was to get a high efficiency cell with a low price. The technological aspects to achieve this was to deposit III-V materials such as GaAs directly on Silicon. A byproduct of this development was to make GaAs photosensors and Zener diodes directly on Silicon. The unique way our technology works means that we only use a very small amount of GaAs compared to traditional products.

Integrated Optoelectronics has access to high quality research capabilities. Over the years, we have been the largest external user of the modern cleanroom facilities at NTNU NanoLab. Our primary focus is currently to develop advanced devices in cooperation with commercial and academic partners.