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Surface-enhanced silicon photodiodes and AI combine to extend device's sensitivity, utility.
Aim is to support US data center buildout; Corning to expand its manufacturing facility in North Carolina.
The Dutch maker of semiconductor lithography equipment has become Europe's most valuable company.
Winners span lasers, quantum, sensors, optical materials, components, and XR technologies.
LZH and partners developing hybrid-lidar approach as part of EU project HALLOA.
UK-based photonic computing startup has developed hardware for encrypted blockchain applications.
 27 Jan 26 |
Optical atomic clock combines single-ion accuracy and multi-ion stability Partnership between German PTB and Thai metrology institute NIMT creates clock based on ytterbium 173 ions. |
 27 Jan 26 |
Neurophos raises $110M for photonic chips based around metamaterial modulators Texas startup's series A round backed by Bill Gates, Microsoft, Aramco, Bosch, and others. |
 27 Jan 26 |
Heriot-Watt University studies use of deep-UV for tissue ablation EPSRC project investigates laser ablation as surgical technique beyond cornea procedures. |
 26 Jan 26 |
Tokyo group observes positronium beam as ‘quantum matter wave’ Matter-wave diffraction in short-lived electron-positron atom. |
 26 Jan 26 |
€50M European Photonics For Quantum pilot project launched ‘P4Q’ to make photonic chips for quantum apps more reliable and scalable. |
 22 Jan 26 |
SPIE PW2026: CEA-Leti advances silicon-integrated quantum cascade lasers Photonics West presentations compare three complementary hybrid laser architectures. |
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 | Transforming Laser Material Processing: Digital Beam Shaping for High Power Lasers 10 Dec 2025 Hamamatsu Photonics Europe Hamamatsu Photonics has advanced LCOS-SLM technology to enable dynamic digital beam shaping for high-power lasers. Thermal innovations like sapphire glass and water-cooling boost precision, efficiency, and multi-beam capability, raising power tolerance to 750 W. Ideal for applications such as laser powder bed fusion, Hamamatsu delivers flexible, high-throughput solutions compatible with AI systems, setting new standards in optical beam shaping |
 | Identifying Optical Materials with Precision Accuracy 04 Mar 2025 Knight Optical Precision accuracy is a critical necessity with any optical component. Rigorous testing to ensure strict compliance with given requirements will always be essential; it is a vitally important demand within any industry sector. Dimensional, surface profiling and optical performance testing are significant aspects of this process, but an additional layer of assurance and quality can be achieved with the use of material verification, employing methods such as refractive index, density testing and transmission measurement. This White Paper explores advanced techniques for precise optical material verification, overcoming the limitations of traditional testing methods. |
 | Surface Quality Control for Maximizing LIDT in High-PowerLaserOptics 06 Oct 2025 Optoman in collaboration with Dioptic In high-power laser systems, the optical components' resilience to laser-induced damage directly determines performance, reliability, and service life. Even minor surface or subsurface imperfections can severely compromise the laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT), introducing failure points that limit system capability. |
 | Choosing the best spectrometer for NIR OCT 02 Apr 2025 Wasatch Photonics Near infrared optical coherence tomography has traditionally been limited to imaging depths of just a few millimeters, but with our expanded line of OCT spectrometers, up to 12 mm is possible. In this tech note, we explore and compare three different drop-in spectrometer models designed to serve a wide range of resolution, depth, and size requirements in NIR OCT imaging. |
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