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20 Aug 24
Hesai margins improve despite production push-outs

Chinese lidar company again lowers full-year sales expectations, but highlights stronger financial resilience.

19 Aug 24
New Coherent CEO seeks tighter focus

Jim Anderson aiming to streamline the sprawling photonics company; says research spending currently 'spread too thin'.

15 Aug 24
Lumentum builds InP laser chip capacity for future growth

Demand for lasers and transceivers driven by cloud services and data center applications expected to boom in coming years.

14 Aug 24
Paul Scherrer Institute boosts resolution of EUV lithography to 5nm…

…and Vuzix improves optical waveguide manufacturing.

14 Aug 24
Sandia Labs uses SiPh microchip for atom interferometry quantum sensing

Toward the development of a “quantum compass” for navigation when GPS signal unavailable.

14 Aug 24
NASA receives Wide Field Instrument for Grace telescope

Key contractor BAE Systems delivers the fridge-sized camera that will generate panoramic views of the universe.

14 Aug 24
HKUST bioinspired compound eye set to enhance robot vision

Lens-free pinhole structure gives wide field of view and motion-tracking capabilities.

13 Aug 24
Max Planck Institute uses tunable laser for precise broadband spectroscopy

Precise tracking of wavelength of sweeping laser sets new standards for metrology, with practical applications.

13 Aug 24
SPIE announces 107 new Senior Members

Recognition honors scientific excellence and technical achievements in optics and photonics.

13 Aug 24
US lidar firms hang on for key orders

Latest results from Cepton, Luminar, AEye, and Aeva indicate that production ramps are still awaited.

12 Aug 24
Surface-enhanced Raman spots low levels of pesticide contamination

Anhui Agricultural University designs metal-coated membrane for testing of fruit and produce.

12 Aug 24
ams-Osram introduces 8-channel 915nm SMT pulsed laser

Company says technology is “ground breaking and heralds new era for lidar.”

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