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The 22 award recipients represent wide range of stellar achievements across light-based technologies.
Company has also created wearable aerial display that “reproduces images with natural depth perception”.
Meijo University’s semiconductor source promises compact medical, biotech, and manufacturing tools.
Fabrication approach could bring advanced, customizable imaging within reach of more researchers.
Capasso Lab’s discovery promises robust optical devices using large-scale chip-making methods.
New system achieves both high spectral and spatial resolution, bypassing long-standing tradeoff.
 14 Jan 26 |
QinetiQ awarded £67M to deliver laser weapons to Royal Navy... ...and nLIGHT reports better-than-expected preliminary Q4 2025 results on back of defense uplift. |
 14 Jan 26 |
Luminar agrees $22M sale of lidar unit Bid from Quantum Computing, which is already acquiring Luminar's photonics business, is subject to bankruptcy court approval. |
 13 Jan 26 |
PlayNitride and Brillink collaborate on green microLED interconnects Taiwanese pair look to develop new technology for next-generation high-performance computing and AI deployments. |
 13 Jan 26 |
Photonic adds C$180M in new round Microsoft again backs the developer of distributed quantum computing based around silicon color centers and fiber-optic links. |
 12 Jan 26 |
UCLA and Duke University identify thyroid cancer margins more precisely
Optical contrast technique could assist surgeons during removal of malignant tissue. |
 08 Jan 26 |
KAIST develops 3D printing method to make ‘vertical nanolasers’ Korean team from the Institute and POSTECH target high-density optical integrated circuits. |
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 | 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. |
 | 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 |
 | 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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