Spin-out from UK’s Central Laser Facility will use seed funding to bring cutting-edge lasers ‘out of the lab and into the field’. 14 April 2026 Proven DiPOLE laser technology will be used as a high ...

Experiments with laser-like EUV light can usually only be conducted at expensive large-scale research facilities. Now Jena, Germany-based scientist Robert Klas has developed a compact extreme ...

Trumpf Photonic Components (TPC), which develops VCSEL and photodiode solutions for data communication, is this week showcasing its 100Gbps VCSEL performance at the Optical Fiber Communication ...

Bridger Photonics, the Bozeman, Montana, company that has developed airborne lidar sensors for mapping methane gas, says it has raised $55 million from local investors. The Beaverhead Partners ...

The high-power semiconductor and fiber laser manufacturer nLight says it has won another significant contract to provide a high-energy source for a laser weapon. It has signed a $34.5 million deal to ...

California-based photonics giant Lumentum says that it is investing heavily in indium phosphide (InP) manufacturing capacity, to ensure that supply can meet the expected surge in demand over the next ...

Typically touted for their suitability in next-generation displays and mixed reality hardware, microLEDs now look set to make an impact in a completely different application area - AI infrastructure.

Xscape Photonics, a Silicon Valley startup aiming to reduce the enormous power consumption of AI-focused data centers with novel silicon photonics technology, has raised $44 million in a round of ...

Diversified laser and photonic component manufacturer Coherent has posted record-breaking sales of just under $1.5 billion for its latest financial quarter, up 24 per cent year-on-year as demand ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) computing giant Nvidia has announced details of how it is adopting silicon photonics and co-packaged optics (CPO) technology to deliver massive scaling in AI architecture ...

A project at Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology has developed a metasurface-enabled biosensor that could help move medical testing from hospitals to patients' homes. Described in ACS Sensors ...

Ayar Labs, the Silicon Valley startup at the forefront of high-speed optical interconnect development, says it has raised another $155 million in venture support as it looks to accelerate a move to ...