Munich-based MEMS lidar startup wins backing from Continental and Osram, among others.

University of Adelaide project could prove useful for many beam-shaping applications.

Interactions between backside plastics, weather, environment and design thought to be speeding up degradation.

HELIOS system meets US Navy requirements; to be integrated on Arleigh Burke destroyer in 2021.

Aerobornitride is a highly porous material made of white graphene enabling new laser light applications.

…while Infinera achieves “record” 800G transmission over 950 kilometers.

With its mix of live and virtual events, San Diego expo showcased technical research, new commercial solutions, multivendor demonstrations.

Canceled Strasbourg event is reborn online for April 6-10; other US SPIE events following suit.

Ahren Innovation Capital makes the silicon photonics technology developer its latest investment.

University of Utah enhances depth of focus through nanostructures on the lens surface.

Researchers at Southampton's Zepler Institute for Photonics say this technology "will soon eclipse conventional optical fiber rates."

"Labokomp" project significantly reduces drilling time per hole; an efficient process for series components.