Luminous will use the funding to double the size of its engineering team, build out its custom chips and software, and gear up for commercial-scale production
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19 May 2022
An Oxford-based silicon photonics startup has raised $11.5 million to develop a high-speed multi-chip processor combining photonics and electronics to accelerate exponential advances in AI
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13 May 2022
Laser World of Photonics attracted more than 15,000 trade fair visitors to Munich in April
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13 May 2022
Okmetic invests nearly €400m to build a new fab in Finland with aims to more than double its production capacity
The DQG is composed of a main sensor head standing at 175cm high, around 66 kg, connected to the ILS system, at around 33kg. The combined system can be operated with a power as little as 200W. Credit: iXblue
12 May 2022
The system can measure simultaneously the absolute values of both gravitational acceleration and its vertical gradient
Cuos researchers performing research on the applications of ultrashort laser pulsers (credit University of Michigan)
09 May 2022
UK-based Optical Surfaces has been selected by the Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science (CUOS) at the University of Michigan (USA) to provide beam expander optics for its zettawatt-equivalent ultrashort pulse laser system
09 May 2022
Marisa Edmund has established the Advancing Women in Optics Scholarship at the University of Arizona
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Sapphire fibre sensor opens up extreme temp monitoring
27 April 2022
Scientists at Oxford University have developed a sensor made of a sapphire optical fibre able to tolerate extreme temperatures
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Ligentec opens PIC research centre in France
27 April 2022
Ligentec France will act as an R&D centre to expand and add functionality to its silicon nitride photonic integrated circuit technology
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Ayar Labs raises $130m for silicon photonics optical I/O
27 April 2022
The $130 million of investment will be used to drive the commercialisation of its optical I/O solution for new computing architectures
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SI Stuttgart Instruments wins innovation prize at Laser Munich
26 April 2022
The winners of the six innovation award categories were also announced
Dr Peter Leibinger, CTO of Trumpf, speaking at the World of Quantum forum at Laser World of Photonics. Credit: Matthew Dale
Quantum race will be long: Peter Leibinger in Munich
26 April 2022
Dr Peter Leibinger, CTO of Trumpf, has called for a joined-up strategy on quantum technologies on the first day of Laser World of Photonics in Munich
Photonic chips can overcome the expected limit to Moore’s Law and will help tackle energy sustainability issues. (Image: PhotonDelta)
Dutch photonic chip ecosystem PhotonDelta secures €1.1bn funding
20 April 2022
The funding will be used to invest in photonic startups and scaleups, expand production and research, attract and train talent, drive adoption, and develop a world-class design library
Nanoscribe won the 2019 Innovation Award (credit: Messe Munchen GmbH)
Finalists for Laser Munich Innovation Award announced
08 April 2022
15 finalists have been selected by a panel of expert judges for the award, which will be presented at Laser World of Photonics later this month
Artistic representation of a neural network containing optically-interconnected Mach-Zehnder interferometers. The interferometer is the main component of the quantum memristor. (Credit: Equinox Graphics, University of Vienna)
Accelerating artificial neurons with photonic circuits
05 April 2022
Physicists at the University of Vienna have demonstrated a new device, called a quantum memristor, which may allow scientists to combine AI and quantum computing, in order to unlock unprecedented capabilities for research.
Chromacity partners with Tematys
05 April 2022
The new partnership will see Tematys align the technological sourcing requirements of French organisations with the capabilities of Chromacity’s ultrafast lasers
The plasma-based Spatial ALD system operates with rotation and can precisely coat even complex-shaped optics. (Image: LZH)
New ALD system can precisely coat complex-shaped optics
04 April 2022
The system achieves higher deposition rates than previously possible, and could apply to the automotive lighting or VR/AR sectors
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Tests validate anti-bacterial effectiveness of UVC LEDs
22 March 2022
Researchers at Guangzhou Institute of Microbiology have shown that UVC LEDs from Bolb achieve a 99.95 per cent kill rate for airborne viruses and bacteria
Luna acquires €20m LIOS sensing business from NKT
14 March 2022
NKT Photonics has divested its LIOS sensing business to the American company Luna Innovations Incorporated for €20m
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Building a new semiconductor fab can cost more than €10bn. Credit: Imec
Proposed multi-billion dollar and euro packages look set to increase uptake of leading-edge lithography, including for photonic technologies, finds Andy Extance
Manx Precision Optics’ polishing lap. Credit: Manx Precision Optics
Benjamin Skuse asks why, after 400 years of polishing optics, the process hasn’t been automated
Mathias Bochow, GFZ Helmholtz Centre, Potsdam, is working on the Trace project to track marine plastic. Credit: Frank Schweikert, Aldebaran Marine Research & Broadcast (www.aldebaran.org/en/)
Abigail Williams speaks to scientists tracking marine plastic using satellite spectral imagery
James Webb: A technician inspects the primary mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope. The team’s improvements involving a Shack-Hartmann sensor have opened up applications for eye doctors examining human eyesight (image credit: NASA/Chris Gunn)
How the Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing technique can be used to simply and quickly assess the quality of optical systems
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A look at the market for spectroelectrochemistry and some of the products and solutions available
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A look at the current market for Raman spectroscopy and some of the products and solutions available
The panel discussion at Laser Munich, with Leibinger holding the microphone (credit Messe Munchen)
Laser firms could really benefit from quantum computing, which should not just be reserved for the world's big challenges, finds Jessica Rowbury
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As Ayar Labs secures investment to develop its silicon photonics technology, Robert Roe speaks to Hugo Saleh about the firm's plans
GasSight is a low-cost imager based on quantum technology that can produce real time video of methane gas. (Credit: QuantIC)
Matthew Dale asks whether quantum technologies are ready to be seen on the global stage at one of the world’s largest photonics exhibitions
