The addition of NeoPhotonics is designed to expand Lumentum's opportunity in the optical components market, particularly for cloud and telecom network infrastructure
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Lumentum acquires NeoPhotonics in $918m deal
17 November 2021
The addition of NeoPhotonics is designed to expand Lumentum's opportunity in the optical components market, particularly for cloud and telecom network infrastructure
Salvo Technologies buys Graflex
17 November 2021
'While upgrading our manufacturing capabilities, the addition of Graflex also upgrades our global distribution footprint for our new and existing products' - Salvo Technologies
Rockley Photonics partners with Caltech on photonics AI health sensors
15 November 2021
Rockley has invested in Caltech’s Sensing to Intelligence (S2I) centre to support a range of projects, including the development of new integrated spectrometer technologies using advanced photonics sensors
Hübner Photonics acquires Valo Innovations
15 November 2021
Valo's fibre laser technology delivers pulse lengths of <50 fs and peak powers of >2 MW
The new method recorded 6GB of data in a one-inch silica glass sample, with each square measuring just 8.8 x 8.8mm. (Image: Yuhao Lei and Peter G. Kazansky, University of Southampton)
Ultrafast laser writing could enable 500TB optical disc storage
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Such discs would offer storage 10,000 times denser than Blu-Ray discs
Dr Valentin Gapontsev has been IPG’s chairman since the company’s founding and was its CEO until April 2021 (Image: IPG Photonics)
IPG Photonics founder Dr Valentin Gapontsev dies aged 82
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Gapontsev, 82, founded IRE-Polyus, IPG’s predecessor, in 1990. He has been IPG’s chairman since the company’s founding and was its CEO until April 2021
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Jenoptik buys 3 companies from Berliner Glas
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The company will acquire a 100 per cent stake in BG Medical Applications (Berliner Glas Medical), SwissOptic AG and Chinese company SwissOptic (Wuhan)
The programme aims to inspire more than 3,500 local students aged 13-18 with first-hand experiences of engineering. (Image: Shutterstock/Gorodenkoff)
GE invests £2.5m in next generation of engineers
15 October 2021
The programme aims to inspire more than 3,500 local students, providing first-hand experiences of engineering, and awarding financial support to pursue further education
A metasurface made of arsenic trisulfide nanowires (yellow) transmit an incoming near-infrared frequency (red) as well as its third harmonic ultraviolet frequency (violet), which would normally be absorbed by the material. Image: Duke University
Researchers find how to extend useable wavelength of chalcogenide glasses
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Chalcogenide glasses could now find a home in applications such as underwater communications, environmental monitoring and biological imaging
Glasgow Uni launches Quantum centre, co-invests in $1m career fund
11 October 2021
The centre will be a key supplier of skilled personnel into industry
Precision Optics buys Lighthouse Imaging
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Precision Optics and Lighthouse Imaging believe up to four new projects should transition from engineering to production in the coming year
Ouster to buy Sense Photonics, create lidar automotive group
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Ouster plans to establish Ouster Automotive, a new functional division of the company focused on driving mass-market adoption of digital lidar
