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04 Feb 26
Strathclyde deploys machine learning to design mirrors for high-power lasers

Plasma mirrors will cope with powerful lasers designed with “emerging ML framework”.

04 Feb 26
Lumentum CEO senses 'industry pivot' from copper to optics

Key supplier of photonics for AI infrastructure predicts 'game-changing' shift to optical scale-up from late 2027.

04 Feb 26
Stuttgart-Würzburg researchers develop novel single-photon source

“Record-breaking” photons at telecom wavelengths made available on demand.

03 Feb 26
LLNL tunes light intensity for precise control of 3D printing

Regulating crystallinity in thermoplastics opens new possibilities for advanced manufacturing.

03 Feb 26
Boom continues as Fabrinet posts 36% surge in sales revenues

Contract manufacturer of in-demand photonics components sees additional opportunity in co-packaged optics.

28 Jan 26
UC Davis shrinks spectrometer for diagnostics and sensing

Surface-enhanced silicon photodiodes and AI combine to extend device's sensitivity, utility.

28 Jan 26
ASML rise continues on renewed confidence in sustained AI boom

The Dutch maker of semiconductor lithography equipment has become Europe's most valuable company.

28 Jan 26
Corning and Meta agree ‘up to $6 billion’ fiber deal

Aim is to support US data center buildout; Corning to expand its manufacturing facility in North Carolina.

28 Jan 26
PW2026: SPIE announces best new products at its 18th annual Prism Awards

Winners span lasers, quantum, sensors, optical materials, components, and XR technologies.

28 Jan 26
Monitoring greenhouse gases from space – by laser

LZH and partners developing hybrid-lidar approach as part of EU project HALLOA.

27 Jan 26
Optalysys eyes US expansion with £23M

UK-based photonic computing startup has developed hardware for encrypted blockchain applications.

27 Jan 26
Optical atomic clock combines single-ion accuracy and multi-ion stability

Partnership between German PTB and Thai metrology institute NIMT creates clock based on ytterbium 173 ions.

 
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