Brings together nine key facilities; Department of Energy investing $6.8 m over next two years.

Lumitron system using laser-Compton X-ray source will offer higher resolution for medical and industrial uses.

Fraunhofer IWS scientists expect animal testing ban, so microsystems are needed for medical and cosmetic tests.

Accelerated development should see next-generation tool shipped by the end of 2022.

Successful culmination of year-long installation of the L1-ALLEGRA laser, the L1-E1 beam transport, and of the HHG beamline near Prague.

Fraunhofer HHI joins new Q.Link.X consortium, funded by Ministry of Education & Research; aims to achieve secure optical networks.

Japanese photonics giant delivers stable source equivalent to xenon lamps; allows high-precision measurements.

Revealing analysis of Alabama’s landscape achieved by Teledyne’s Earth-scanning Muses platform.

Fraunhofer project employs NV-doped diamond as a laser medium.

Development at Columbia University overcomes problem of dispersion of different wavelengths; diverse applications.

57 new “Clusters of Excellence” – several focused on photonics – and substantial funding for next seven years.

Pilot safety development product contracts are worth up to $98 million each, deliverable by 2024.