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30 Jan 25
Photonics West Show Daily: Thursday issue

SPhotonix brings 'Superman' memory tech to optics applications.

29 Jan 25
Photonics West Show Daily: Wednesday issue

How to build a quantum workforce.

28 Jan 25
Photonics West Show Daily: Tuesday issue

SPIE and Boston University announce joint $1M fund for student scholarships.

28 Jan 25
Photonics stocks slump on DeepSeek AI fears

Coherent, Lumentum, and Fabrinet valuations drop on news of 'Sputnik moment' for AI industry.

27 Jan 25
Ortel switches laser wafer fabrication to Canada

Communications component vendor transfers production of C-Band emitters to Ottawa facility.

23 Jan 25
Germany setting up first node for future quantum internet

Marking International Year of Quantum, Fraunhofer ILT to verify node and make first connections in country.

23 Jan 25
Trumpf and Schmid developing new process to cut cost of microchips

Combined laser etching process enables advanced packaging with glass instead of silicon.

22 Jan 25
GlobalFoundries to create new silicon photonics facility

Major investment to on-shore packaging, test, and assembly capabilities at Malta, New York, location.

22 Jan 25
European Commission gathers first five pilot lines together in Brussels

Aiming to position Europe as leading ecosystem provider for semi industry, alongside EU Chips Act.

22 Jan 25
HKUST develops smallest multifunctional biomedical imaging robot

Offers applications in interventional diagnosis, bio-sampling, drug delivery, and laser ablation.

22 Jan 25
Quantinuum to open photonics research center in New Mexico

Quantum computing pioneer says site will advance photonics technologies seen as critical to future product development.

21 Jan 25
National Ignition Facility laser at LLNL creates world's brightest X-ray source

Ultra-bright high-energy beams will assist understanding of plasmas and dense matter.

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