FormFactor's fast photonic wafer probers enable rapid tests through faster photonic alignment than previously possible. (Credit: FormFactor Inc)
Integration, automation, collaboration, customisation and designing for testing and manufacturability will help component and system makers lower costs and increase production, finds Andy Extance
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
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
A PIC chip from Effect Photonics designed for telecomms applications
The JePPIX pilot line has introduced its design and manufacturing services for indium phosphide (InP) photonic integrated circuit (PIC) production
VLC Photonics' headquarters
Going forwards, Hitachi High-Tech will provide a more complete one-stop service for photonic integrated circuits
The Quantum Dots on Silicon (QUDOS) programme will investigate new ways of integrating all the parts that are needed for high capacity optical communications and signal processing on a single silicon chip
Pixapp's grating coupling package
Pixapp, the EU-funded photonic integrated circuit (PIC) assembly and packaging pilot line, has introduced two new prototype packaging platforms to enable the early-stage testing and evaluation of integrated photonic devices
Photonic crystals are responsible for the iridescent colours of a butterfly's wings.
Researchers have devised a new way of generating thin 3D photonic crystals that show promise for miniaturising photonic integrated circuits
The independent foundry for photonic integrated circuits announces a €35m Series C investment from a Dutch consortium led by Innovation Industries
An illustration of lidar waves. Credit: Johann Riemensberger
In a study published in Nature, researchers at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) demonstrate a new way to speed up a type of lidar engine by using photonic circuits
Keely Portway looks at the latest advances in diamond turning, including new properties and functions for optics
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Joerg Volpp and Adrien da Silva, at the Luleå University of Technology, investigate beam shaping possibilities for high-power processing, co-authored by Alexander Laskin, from Adloptica
Carlos Lee, Epic’s director general, talks to Maria Chiara Ubaldi, co-founder and chief executive of Milan-based CareGlance
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Gemma Church details Universal Quantum’s work building a million-qubit quantum computer and what’s needed from optics and lasers
Daniel Holder is a research associate for laser material processing at the University of Stuttgart's IFSW.
Daniel Holder, of the IFSW at the University of Stuttgart, shares how new USP laser technologies could facilitate the rapid micromachining of silicon wafers
