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22 Jan 25
European Commission gathers first five pilot lines together in Brussels

Aiming to position Europe as leading ecosystem provider for semi industry, alongside EU Chips Act.

21 Jan 25
National Ignition Facility laser at LLNL creates world's brightest X-ray source

Ultra-bright high-energy beams will assist understanding of plasmas and dense matter.

21 Jan 25
Twente laser process creates ordered semiconductor material at room temperature…

…and Dutch tech groups Demcon, TNO, and Twente partner to drive photonic chip innovation.

16 Jan 25
2025 winner of Nick Cobb Memorial Scholarship named as Clay Klein

Lithography-focused award honors the memory of the SPIE Senior Member and Mentor chief engineer.

16 Jan 25
NASA publishes simulated universe previews from upcoming ‘Roman’ telescope

More than one million images present the cosmos as Nancy Grace Roman Telescope will see it from 2027.

13 Jan 25
SPIE names its 2025 Society award winners

Twenty-one award recipients working across light-based sciences and technologies.

08 Jan 25
SPIE announces 47 new Fellow Members for 2025

Society recognizes leading photonics figures from across the globe.

06 Jan 25
Polar Light creates red light from its new pyramidal microLED

625 nm output from non-etching, bottom-up design is based on same source materials as previous green and blue sources.

31 Dec 24
Fraunhofer group develops building façade units with integral solar panels

Recyclable system combines power generation, weather protection, and insulation.

31 Dec 24
HSG Laser opens new manufacturing facility in China

Company also unveils ytterbium-doped fiber laser-based 120 kW laser cutter.

31 Dec 24
Laser retroreflector array set for 2026 lunar mission

Italian Space Agency and iSpace-Europe to deploy the palm-sized optical device on the dark side of the Moon.

18 Dec 24
Amplitude and Focused Energy agree $40 M high-energy laser deal for fusion

Aim is to develop two kilojoule-class high-rate lasers for new Focused Energy facility in San Francisco.

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