 TORONTO, Sept. 14, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- POET Technologies Inc. POET or the Company TSX Venture: PTK; OTCQX: POETF, the designer and developer of the POET Optical InterposerTM and Photonic Integrated Circuits PICs for the data center and tele-communication markets, today reported that the Company has shipped its first 100G Transmit Tx Optical Engine sample to a leading European optical systems company. The Company also confirmed that additional samples will be delivered to several other interested companies over the next month. Several prospective customers are expected to participate in POETs demonstrations of its Optical Interposer-based optical engine solutions this week, concurrent with the CIOE conference in Shenzhen. 