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12 Dec 24
KTU Lithuania and Japanese researchers develop silver nanolaser

Based on silver nanocubes; promises applications in medical diagnostics, data comms, security.

12 Dec 24
2025 SPIE-Franz Hillenkamp Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded to Morgan Fogarty…

…and Paul Corkum awarded American Physical Society’s 2025 APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research.

12 Dec 24
University of Cambridge surface imaging offers improved quality control

Directional reflectance microscopy assesses microstructures of safety-critical components.

11 Dec 24
IBM claims co-packaged optics ‘breakthrough’ for data centers

Polymer optical waveguide design achieves 5x reduction in power consumption when scaling GenAI.

11 Dec 24
Electrically-pumped CW semiconductor laser developed for silicon integration

Stuttgart, Jülich, Leibniz, and CEA-LETI group create laser solely from Group IV elements.

11 Dec 24
Hesai seals exclusive lidar deals with Chinese auto giants

Great Wall Motor and Changan Automobile expected to deploy new 'ATX' sensor in large volumes.

10 Dec 24
Coherent lines up $33M CHIPS Act boost for InP wafer fab in Texas

Photonics giant signs preliminary agreement to help scale device production with advanced wafer fabrication equipment.

10 Dec 24
MIT’s new photonic processor promises ultrafast AI computing

Optical operations of deep neural network on chip promises high-efficiency learning in real-time.

10 Dec 24
Semiconductor laser market tipped to top $5BN by 2029

Analysts at Yole Intelligence see telecoms and automotive lidar applications in China growing fastest.

10 Dec 24
Imperial College spots brain injury complications to assist clinical care

Platform using specialized optical fibers tracks six biomarkers simultaneously.

06 Dec 24
Imagia announces ‘breakthrough’ in optical feature detection

Promises low-power, high-speed detectors for AI, image recognition, and other imaging applications.

05 Dec 24
Aeva extends SICK collaboration for factory automation

Industrial firm's high-performance contactless sensors set to incorporate FMCW lidar.

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