The funding from Innovate UK will support the building of photonic neural networks for high-performance computing and machine vision applications
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The funding will support Lumai in building and launching optical networks for next-generation artificial intelligence models
Lumai awarded £1.1m for work on next-gen optical AI
17 February 2023
Nanophotonics use in consumer electronics, defence, biotechnology, communication, and solar power conversion is driving the global market (Image: Shutterstock/Pixels Hunter)
Nanophotonics market 'to hit $200bn by 2033'
17 February 2023
Nanophotonics use in consumer electronics, defence, biotechnology, communication, and solar power conversion is driving the global market
Wyatt Technology acquired for $1.36bn
17 February 2023
Wyatt Technology, a light-scattering instrument developer, was acquired by Waters Corporation, an international developer of analytical instruments and software
A line of green laser pulses captured by an observatory camera over Mauna Kea, Hawaii, have been met with alarm in some circles online
What caused the 'mystery' green laser wall in Hawaii?
16 February 2023
A wall of ‘mystery’ green laser pulses captured by a camera at the Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii has been making headlines worldwide
An artificial lotus effect has been used to create liquid droplets that act like tunable lasers and can retain stability for up to a month. (Image: NotjungCG/Shutterstock)
Droplet laser development could reduce optical communications costs
15 February 2023
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba used an artificial lotus effect to create liquid droplets that act like tunable lasers and can retain stability for up to a month
Trumpf is developing and manufacturing indium-phosphide-based SWIR VCSELs at its cleanroom production facility in Ulm (Image Trumpf)
Trumpf industrialising InP-based VCSEL production
13 February 2023
The new industrial production platform will expand on Trumpf's current portfolio of GaAs-based VCSELs
Photonics chips use up to 10-times less power and can be 20-times faster than electrical chips, while processing far more information
iPronics delivers first reconfigurable photonic microchips
08 February 2023
iPronics, a photonics start-up based in Valencia, has delivered its first shipments of a plug-and-play, programmable photonic microchip
The new financing round will be used to accelerate the ADAS firm’s series production development with major OEMs. (Image: Shutterstock/0pen)
Phantom AI secures new funding for autonomous driving platform
06 February 2023
Silicon Valley start-up Phantom AI said it raised $36.5m in funding for its driver assistance platform featuring computer vision, sensor fusion and control capabilities
Jenoptik’s Ralf Kuschnereit, far left, Swave co-founder and Chief Product Officer Theo Marescaux, Swave CEO Mike Noonen, and 2023 SPIE Vice-President Peter de Groot.
Swave Photonics wins SWIE Startup Challenge at Photonics West 2023
02 February 2023
Swave Photonics, with its Holographic eXtended Reality chips based on proprietary diffractive photonics technology, is the winner of the $10,000 top prize at the 13th annual SPIE Startup Challenge at Photonics West 2023.
QART Medical, utilising biophotonics and data for 3D analysis of sperm cells during IVF, received $5,000 and was placed second. PhosPrint came in third, winning $2,500, with its novel bioprinting technology that repairs in vivo human tissue during surgery.
The Quantum Workforce Development panel at Quantum West
Quantum workforce: positive outlook
02 February 2023
Workforce development is an issue for every one employed in the photonics industry, as was discussed at a Quantum West panel discussion this afternoon
Tadashi Maruno – the new Representative Director and President at Hamamatsu
Hamamatsu names new President
01 February 2023
Tadashi Maruno has worked at the company for 40 years and has held senior roles in the System Division
The panel at Photonics West 2023 believes sensors are critical to bringing down road casualty rates
Imaging critical to drive down road casualty rates
01 February 2023
Bringing down road casualty rates by using photonics technology in cars remains one of the biggest industry priorities
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A mockup of Trixel 3 in action (Image: TriLite)
The XR industry might be going through tough times right now, but photonics innovators continue to drive the hardware forward, finds Benjamin Skuse
M Squared has worked with the University of Strathclyde to develop the Maxwell quantum-computing platform, shown here during commissioning works (Courtesy: M Squared)
Photonics is proving key to recent advances being made in quantum technologies, finds Susan Curtis
Electro Optics’ Matthew Dale tries out a pair of smart glasses equipped with Lumus’ reflective waveguide technology at SPIE AR | VR | MR
At SPIE AR | VR | MR in San Francisco, Matthew Dale learnt that reflective waveguides are now poised to enter consumer technologies
Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Nu Quantum; Scott Faris, Infleqtion; and Denise Ruffner, Women in Quantum shared their thoughts on quantum challenges at Photonics West
Quantum executives cited everything from staff shortages and production scaling to a need for new laser technologies, smaller optics, more industry investment and clearer commercial use cases
Shining a light on the latest laser filters and related products on the market.
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A look at the commercial offerings of the main players in optical prism technology and equipment.
Daniel Bukaty, President of PG&O, on how a more flexible approach to material selection could protect optics manufacturing lead times against material shortages
Daniel Bukaty, President of PG&O, on how a more flexible approach to material selection could protect optics manufacturing lead times against material shortages
