Startups Moria Lase, Irisiome and Spark Lasers join Aquitaine’s growing photonics and optics group.

Official closing ceremony of year-long celebration of light takes place in Mérida in early February.

EPSRC allocates £10 million in central funding for ‘national hub in high-value photonic manufacturing’ in Southampton.

Gathering of the clans in Glasgow gives a foretaste of optical breakthroughs to come.

Karl Deisseroth and Ed Boyden win $3M each and rub shoulders with the likes of Russell Crowe and Pharrell Williams on the red carpet in Silicon Valley.

Photonics technologies dominate university research competition; won by Jonathan Roberts, of Lancaster University.

Newly-established UK quantum imaging hub wins $150,000 prize nine months after opening.

François Hollande reviews school and recent industrial and medical photonics businesses.

Long-awaited high-power facility now ready to receive researchers – and lasers.

But still awaiting world’s “highest power sources” - which should start test-firing from 2018.

Innovative students presented with $85,000 worth of EO optical products to support research.

SPIE’s annual competition for photonics entrepreneurs closes November 20th.