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13 May 25
Megawatt laser weapon development drives up nLight sales

Stock price on the up as shipments of critical components for US DoD project rise and China tariffs fall back.

13 May 25
CSEM spins off lithium niobate photonic integrated circuit foundry

'CCRAFT' claimed to be first production-ready pure-play foundry to offer thin‑film lithium niobate chips.

13 May 25
Rice University spots soil contamination more rapidly

Raman and machine learning are combined in a new strategy for identifying hazardous pollutants.

12 May 25
Korea’s POSTECH develops sub-millimeter waveguide to shrink AR glasses

Researchers significantly reduce thickness and weight using a single-layer waveguide.

12 May 25
SPIE calls on photonics industry to defend US investment in science and technology

International society for optics and photonics raises the alarm to protect US Federal Funding.

08 May 25
New €100 million Jenoptik fab officially opened in Dresden

“State-of-the-art plant” to manufacture of micro-optics for semiconductor sector.

08 May 25
Microoled partners with Vortex Optics on weapon sights, opens US operation…

…and Polar Light shows its pyramidal microLEDs can be hybridized to mainstream CMOS drivers, creating new micro-display.

08 May 25
Coherent sales hit new high as CEO points to supply-chain resilience

Shipments for AI data center and telecoms applications continue to grow quickly despite macroeconomic tension.

07 May 25
eyeo raises €15 million in seed funding to develop camera perception

Novel color-splitting photonics approach triples light sensitivity and breaks sensor resolution limits.

07 May 25
WISDOM project aims for sharper machine vision

Singapore/US program combines optics, optoelectronics and electronics in sensor research.

07 May 25
U.S. Naval Research Lab’s NIKE laser refocused from NIF to nuclear deterrence…

...and Florida Atlantic University awarded $2.1 M to establish U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence.

07 May 25
Lumentum confident of sales ramp as cloud and AI demand strengthen

Photonic component and industrial laser company sees quarterly revenues rising to $500M by the end of 2025.

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