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28 Jan 26
PW2026: SPIE announces best new products at its 18th annual Prism Awards

Winners span lasers, quantum, sensors, optical materials, components, and XR technologies.

28 Jan 26
Monitoring greenhouse gases from space – by laser

LZH and partners developing hybrid-lidar approach as part of EU project HALLOA.

27 Jan 26
Optalysys eyes US expansion with £23M

UK-based photonic computing startup has developed hardware for encrypted blockchain applications.

27 Jan 26
Optical atomic clock combines single-ion accuracy and multi-ion stability

Partnership between German PTB and Thai metrology institute NIMT creates clock based on ytterbium 173 ions.

27 Jan 26
Neurophos raises $110M for photonic chips based around metamaterial modulators

Texas startup's series A round backed by Bill Gates, Microsoft, Aramco, Bosch, and others.

27 Jan 26
Heriot-Watt University studies use of deep-UV for tissue ablation

EPSRC project investigates laser ablation as surgical technique beyond cornea procedures.

26 Jan 26
Tokyo group observes positronium beam as ‘quantum matter wave’

Matter-wave diffraction in short-lived electron-positron atom.

26 Jan 26
€50M European Photonics For Quantum pilot project launched

‘P4Q’ to make photonic chips for quantum apps more reliable and scalable.

22 Jan 26
SPIE PW2026: CEA-Leti advances silicon-integrated quantum cascade lasers

Photonics West presentations compare three complementary hybrid laser architectures.

22 Jan 26
Greater Rochester Enterprise and New York Photonics announce partnership

To promote the region as a “leader in photonics, imaging, and laser technologies.”

22 Jan 26
PhotonDelta launches €2M photonics engineering contest

With a prize of up to €2M investment and €100K in services

21 Jan 26
Leadoptik announces FDA approval for lung biopsy procedures

OCT-guided LIA device is "missing link in bronchoscopy workflow."

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