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10 Sep 25
Honda Prize 2025 awarded to VCSEL pioneer Kenichi Iga of Japan…

…and Asian VCSEL foundries choose Eulitha’s lithography tool for 6-inch fabrication, as market booms.

10 Sep 25
Jenoptik to splash millions in expanded optics manufacturing facilities

Investing ”in the low double-digit millions of euros” at its base in Jena, Germany, later this year.

09 Sep 25
Global R&D group collaborates to deliver laser expertise to Starfire energy project

Starfire hub, funded by U.S. DOE, is developing fusion energy solutions, led by LLNL.

03 Sep 25
Applications open for 2026 SPIE Startup Challenge

Annual pitch competition welcomes participants leveraging optics or photonics technologies or applications as the basis for a viable business.

27 Aug 25
Sentinel Photonics launches new laser detection and intelligence systems…

…and BAE Systems investing to accelerate chip production for U.S. defense with Chips Act funding.

12 Aug 25
Industry to gather at Washington-based SPIE Photonics Summit in September

Program to feature U.S. agencies for federal policy, funding, product development, and procurement.

11 Aug 25
San’an and Inari to acquire Lumileds in $239 million deal...

...and Tokyo Inst. of Science achieves “lowest” operating voltage for white OLEDs

11 Aug 25
SPIE Optics + Photonics 2025: Analyzing from above the Earth to deep below

Plenary sessions highlight wide-ranging optical engineering challenges.

06 Aug 25
SPIE Optics + Photonics 2025: Puente’s Kyle Myers elected to SPIE presidential chain

Next VP has worked across industry, government, and academia, and is a longstanding contributor to the community.

06 Aug 25
SPIE Optics + Photonics 2025: Government affairs update

SPIE’s Jennifer O’Bryan details issues around Trump’s policies and how industry can respond.

06 Aug 25
SPIE Optics + Photonics 2025: Plenary talks assess organic materials for opto-electronics

Session ranged from triplet-to-singlet upconversion, to organic photodetectors and OLEDs, and ink-jet printing of photonics.

05 Aug 25
SPIE Optics + Photonics 2025: toward the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Breann Sitarski of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center updates conference on progress of telescope design.

 
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