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20 Aug 25
KAIST develops wireless OLED contact lens

Ultrathin flexible lens simplifies diagnostic test for retinal function.

20 Aug 25
Lightmatter claims first 16-wavelength bidirectional link on single-mode fiber

An 8x “leap” in bidirectional wavelengths per fiber opens door for new AI data centers.

13 Aug 25
Navigating Europe’s deepest underground mine precisely – without GNSS

Hybrid system achieves position accuracy greater than 0.1% of distance traveled in 1.4km deep mine.

30 Jul 25
Fraunhofer IOSB and Düsseldorf district assess Ruhr using autonomous drone

With optical and sonar sensor combination, drone automatically maps riverbed and banks.

16 Jul 25
NKT Photonics fiber lasers enable deep-space communication

ESA has made Europe’s first deep-space optical link with NASA’s Psyche mission.

14 Jul 25
STMicroelectronics and Metalenz partner to drive metasurface optics adoption

Applications include smart phone, lidar and camera assist, robotics, gesture recognition, and object detection.

08 Jul 25
Scripps Oceanography microscope studies coral health and behavior

BUMP platform gives color and fluorescence data from underwater observations.

07 Jul 25
LASER 2025: Trumpf laser features AI to boost welding quality

Assisted by PFO 33 focusing optics, source produces complex components with integrated quality control.

07 Jul 25
US Army tests laser weapons, targeting future of energy-based air defense

At Fort Sill, OK, soldiers conducted live-fire trials with directed energy weapons and kinetic systems.

03 Jul 25
Fraunhofer spin-off ready to scale up telescopes for laser satellite links

Jena-based Spaceoptix looking to make 50 units per year in collaboration with Tesat.

01 Jul 25
Tunoptix unveils ‘breakthrough’ meta-optical platform

Aim is to access valuable mobile-scale spectral imaging and sensing markets

26 Jun 25
LASER 2025: Toptica launches Optical Quantum Clock for quantum metrology

OQC is based on laser-cooled trapped ytterbium ion for stability and precision.

 
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