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28 Sep 23
ams-Osram announces refinancing plan for large debts used to fund 2020 acquisition

Strategic reorganisation involves €2.25 billion in rights issue plus bonds; firm calls EGM for October 20th.

28 Sep 23
LZH working on lasers for ‘3rd generation’ gravitational wave detectors

As part of "3G-GWD: Third- Generation Gravitational Wave Telescopes" joint research project across Germany.

28 Sep 23
St. Andrews develops electrically-driven organic semiconductor laser

New approach said to overcome major difficulties of such lasers, while retaining operational benefits.

28 Sep 23
Vuzix opens 'unique' waveguide facility

Maker of smart glasses says it has begun sampling waveguide components fabricated at its new Rochester facility.

27 Sep 23
EPFL builds all-glass femtosecond laser cavity

Miniaturized design could solve alignment challenges for novel optical systems.

27 Sep 23
Doped materials allow windows to be tuned to block targeted wavelengths

Researchers at NCSU block wavelengths by doping glass with Li ions and e- in tungsten oxide hydrate.

27 Sep 23
UK's Vulcan laser set for £85M upgrade to 20PW output

Central Laser Facility funding is expected to deliver the world's most powerful laser pulses.

26 Sep 23
Silicon-based multijunction solar cell hits record 36.1% efficiency

Fraunhofer ISE and NWO-Inst AMOLF presented the result at EU PVSEC 2023.

26 Sep 23
Laser speckle detects postpartum hemorrhage

WUSTL wearable optical sensor tackles a leading cause of maternal mortality.

26 Sep 23
MantiSpectra lands €4M for chip-scale spectroscopy

Eindhoven startup backed by Netherlands' PhotonDelta scheme to scale production of its miniaturized spectrometers.

26 Sep 23
German Military completes laser weapons trials at sea

More than 100 test firings achieve integration and testing of laser weapon demonstrator on frigate “Sachsen”.

21 Sep 23
Germany and Bavaria to invest €300 million in opto-semiconductor innovations at ams Osram

Company predicts 400 new high-tech jobs, developments in UV-C LEDs, NIR emitters for lidar, and microLEDs for novel displays.

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