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30 May 17
AIM Photonics at 'inflection point' as latest grant is approved

$81M tranche released for construction and tool installation at test, assembly and packaging facility in Rochester.

24 May 17
NASA ditches Earth observation missions amid 'troubling' US science budget

Trump proposals slammed but space agency and others remain committed to some key optics-related developments, including LIGO and telescopes.

24 May 17
Screen stars win at Display Week and LightFair

Leti shows WVGA 10µm GaN microdisplays, Nanosys Q-dot wins Component of The Year; Soraa Laser picks up innovation prizes.

22 May 17
Schott casts giant mirror blank for Extremely Large Telescope

European Southern Observatory says 4.2 m-diameter secondary mirror will weigh 3.5 tonnes.

17 May 17
Lumileds’ Craford recognized for contribution to LED lighting

George Craford, Lumileds’ Solid State Lighting Fellow, awarded IEEE’s Edison Medal for disruptive developments that revolutionized lighting.

16 May 17
Strathclyde acquires one of the world’s most powerful lasers

350TW pulsed laser from Thales will drive seven beam lines to research cancer treatments and particles.

16 May 17
Judge orders Uber to return 'purloined' lidar files

But request for injunction over patent infringement claim is denied; judge criticizes parts of Waymo case as ‘nothing more than Optics 101.’

03 May 17
New design for interference microscopy lenses wins Rudolf Kingslake Medal

Optical Engineering article reports how Zygo pair extend range of applications for flexible microscope platforms to larger fields of view.

25 Apr 17
EPIC group appoints Avantes’ Oderkerk as president

300-member industry group is "on a mission to build a strong network of trusted industry experts and leaders".

25 Apr 17
Industry partners set up fiber-optic sensing association

New US-based organization says it will focus on educating industry, government and the general public on the benefits of the technology.

20 Apr 17
IBM confirms AIM Photonics role

Intellectual property licensing agreement expected to aid development of silicon photonics technology.

14 Apr 17
SPIE DCS 2017: advice from Washington - engage, from Trump to City Hall

Photonics industry urged by lobbyist to keep an eye on Jared Kushner, amid potential opportunities in infrastructure, defense and medicine.

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