Potential $430M merger expected to complete later this year; should make femtosecond laser approach more cost-effective.

Discrepancy between manufacturers’ specifications and ISE measurements has increased, based on 70,000 tests since 2012.

Long-term deal with Italian cable giant will see Florida startup's advanced fiber produced at facility in Eindhoven.

Near-IR technique spots microplastics and monitors water uptake of plants.

“Cutting Assistant” uses AI to determine parameters; can be fitted to all 6 kW+ TruLasers.

Based on silicon photonics and MEMS tech, startup’s sensors are “inspired by gravitational wave detection principles.”

Potential applications are in optical communications, chiral sensing, and vortex mode generation.

'Top-ten' auto maker signs development and production deals that may see it adopt chip-scale lidar across multiple vehicles.

Nanjing University group uses optical computing to boost accuracy and efficiency of fiber-optic sensing.

Smaller and less expensive platform should assist biomedical research and renewable energy studies.

New ultrafast component transmits high data volumes in optical networks; with multiple applications.

Lumentum and Coherent both involved in effort announced at the AI computing pioneer's 'GTC' event in San Jose.