Two photonics technology developers in Taiwan are collaborating on a novel approach to optical interconnects that combines green microLEDs with metasurface optics. PlayNitride, which has been ...

Teramount's 'Universal Photonic Coupler' is said to offer 100-times better assembly tolerances by using self-aligning optics. Photo: Teramount. Molex, the major global electronics company, has agreed ...

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 ...

Quebec City startup Femtum has developed mid-infrared fiber lasers that are expected to find employment in the production of silicon photonics PICs and co-packaged optics needed for next-generation ...

Innoviz Technologies, the Tel Aviv company specializing in lidar technology for automotive, industrial, and security applications, has posted annual sales of $55.1 million for 2025, more than double ...

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 ...

SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, welcomes 40 Members as new Fellows of the Society in the 2026 cohort. They join their Fellow Member colleagues in being honored for their ...

Microsupercapacitors powering an electronic watch. Credit: Jilin University. A project at China's Jilin University has demonstrated a method for turning natural leather into a flexible wearable energy ...

Dutch startup secures investment from PhotonVentures and Oost NL; CTO due to discuss technology at SPIE AR/VR/MR event. Brilliance, a Netherlands startup developing tiny laser modules for augmented ...

Terahertz (THz) waves, which are located between microwaves and infrared light in the electromagnetic spectrum, can pass through many materials without causing damage, making them useful for security ...

Researchers from CEA-List and CEA-Leti last week unveiled at ISSCC 2026 (the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference) what they describe as “the first electro-optical router with dynamic, ...

Engineers from NASA are to test a suite of new laser technologies from an aircraft this summer for Earth science remote sensing. The lidar instruments could also be used to improve models of the ...