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SI Stuttgart Instruments wins innovation prize at Laser Munich
26 April 2022
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
Scantinel's solid state parallelised FMCW 5D+ PIC
Scantinel achieves parallelised FMCW lidar on chip
12 March 2022
The first demonstrators will be available by the middle of this year
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Effect Photonics buys business unit from Viasit
12 March 2022
Effect will obtain coherent optical digital signal processing (DSP) and forward error correction (FEC) technology as well as an experienced engineering team
Picoquant employees donate €20k to Ukrainian refugees
12 March 2022
Employees contributed more than €10.000 out of their own pockets and Picoquant doubled this sum
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The ongoing commercialisation of the space sector is creating numerous opportunities for photonics technologies, Matthew Dale learns
Preliminary testing of the quantum gravity gradiometer designed by Michael Holynski and colleagues at the University of Birmingham, which has now been shown to locate an underground tunnel with a positional accuracy of 20cm. Credit: Crown Copyright
Susan Curtis explores the new breed of quantum gravimeters finding their way onto the slopes of Mount Etna and into tunnels deep under Birmingham
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At this year’s EPIC AGM Matthew Dale learned that advocacy efforts need to be targeted to ensure an ideal future for the European photonics industry
At this year’s EPIC AGM Matthew Dale learned that increasing advocacy efforts is a must to ensure an ideal future for European photonics
