Two laser manufacturing giants are set to merge following Lumentum's announcement that it will acquire Coherent for $5.7 billion
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The micro loudspeaker proves that microactuators can be produced in seconds and at low costs using inkjet printers and lasers. (Image: Fraunhofer ILT)
Researchers print cost-effective MEMS loudspeaker
19 January 2021
The process could be used as a faster and more affordable alternative to vacuum- and mask-based piezo-MEMS manufacturing methods
Silicon PIC processor promises faster data speeds
13 January 2021
The discovery, made by researchers at the Universities of Oxford, Münster, Exeter, Pittsburgh, EPFL and IBM Research Europe, is the first to apply frequency combs in the field of artificial neural networks
Newly-funded PIC NIR sensors to push towards mass production
12 January 2021
Dutch start-up MantiSpectra has received investment from PhotonDelta and Innovation Industries, while Senorics is set to receive more than €2 million from the Development Bank of Saxony
The new RGB laser light source architecture offers a colour gamut coverage almost 50 per cent beyond that of high-end cinema (Image: Hisense/CES)
Laser TV at CES 2021 'better than cinema'
12 January 2021
The TV, which contains a newly-developed RGB laser light source, offers a colour gamut coverage almost 50 per cent beyond that of high-end cinema
2D arrangement of 44,400 light stopwatches enables scanless fluorescence lifetime imaging. Credit: Institute of Post-LED Photonics
New fluorescence microscopy method opens up study of dynamic processes
12 January 2021
The fluorescence microscopy technique uses frequency combs and no mechanical parts to observe dynamic biological phenomena
Luna Innovations boosts fibre optic sensing capabilities with OptaSense purchase
12 January 2021
Luna Innovations has acquired OptaSense from parent company, QinetiQ for £29m
Prism Award finalists announced
12 January 2021
Judges reviewed 149 applications from 18 countries to select finalists in the fields of quantum, manufacturing, healthcare, smart sensing, and autonomous transportation
Photonics West switches to online format
12 January 2021
As a result of the pandemic’s ongoing disruption to international travel, SPIE will be hosting Photonics West as a virtual conference this year in March
A PIC chip from Effect Photonics designed for telecomms applications
EU pilot line launches services for indium phosphide PIC production
16 December 2020
The JePPIX pilot line has introduced its design and manufacturing services for indium phosphide (InP) photonic integrated circuit (PIC) production
MicroLED chips on 300mm silicon wafers pave way for mass production
16 December 2020
French start-up Aledia has manufactured microLED chips produced on 300mm (12 inch) silicon wafers, opening up the possibility for mass-production of microLED displays with commercially available processes and equipment
Sivers Photonics receives £325k to develop quantum-based lidar
16 December 2020
Sivers Photonics has received £324,800 of UK government funding for its part in Spidar, a quantum project to develop range finding and 3D imaging systems for driver assisted and autonomous vehicles
