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1. Voyant Photonics Advances Into AI Data Center Optical Circuit Switching (OCS) With Production-Proven Silicon Photonics Technology 10/13/2026

   Voyant Photonics, a leader in silicon photonics technology, today announced plans to develop a chip-scale optical circuit switching (OCS) engine for AI data center networks, adapting its production-proven silicon photonic switching architecture that has been industrialized for its FMCW LiDAR platform.

2. New JQI Fellow Harnesses Light For Emerging Quantum Tech 10/13/2026

   Avik Dutt, JQI’s newest Fellow, has his feet planted in two neighboring academic fields: physics and engineering.

3. Using Light To Reveal Hidden Quantum Properties 10/12/2026

   Researchers at Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the University of Regensburg have developed a method for determining, using light, a quantum property of electrons that has hitherto been difficult to access.

4. Wiwynn Showcases Next-Gen AI Platforms, Thermal Engineering, And Optical Interconnect Technologies At 2026 OCP Global Summit 10/12/2026

   Wiwynn Corporation, a leading cloud IT infrastructure provider, today unveiled its latest AI infrastructure innovations at the 2026 OCP Global Summit (Booth C74, San Jose Convention Center), spanning next-generation AI rack platforms, breakthrough thermal technologies, and co-packaged optics (CPO) solutions.

5. Lightmatter Delivers Open Rack CPO Switch And XPU Scale-Up Server Through Independent Collaborations With Flex And Other Industry Partners 10/12/2026

   Lightmatter, the leader in photonic (super)computing, today unveiled Passage® co-packaged optics (CPO), Guide® DR external laser modules and vClick™ Optics integrated into a switch tray and an XPU tray built to Open Compute Project (OCP) rack and server specifications at the 2026 OCP Global Summit.

6. Vuzix To Showcase Vuzix Causeway™ Optical Interconnect Evaluation Platform At OCP Global Summit And PECC Summit 10/12/2026

   Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), a supplier of AI-powered smart glasses, waveguides and advanced optical components, today announced that it is participating in the 2026 OCP Global Summit, October 12–15 in San Jose, California, and will participate in the PECC Summit, October 20–21 in Sunnyvale, California.

7. Credo Unveils 1.6T ZeroFlap Active Light Cable, Industry's First Row-Scale, Wide-Parallel Optical Interconnect For AI Data Centers 10/12/2026

   Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (Credo), an innovator in providing connectivity at scale through fast, reliable, and energy-efficient system solutions, today shared details of its 1.6T ZeroFlap active light cable (ALC), the industry’s first row-scale, wide-parallel optical interconnect solution built for AI scale-out and front-end networks.

8. Celestica Introduces The DS6005 Data Center Switch With Co-Packaged Optics To Enable Power-Efficient AI Fabrics 10/12/2026

   Celestica Inc. (NYSE: CLS) (TSX: CLS), a global leader in data center infrastructure and advanced technology solutions, today introduced the Celestica DS6005, a co-packaged optics (CPO) data center switching system designed to address the bandwidth density, power, latency, and reach requirements of next-generation AI data center networks.

9. Cisco Advances Scalability And Openness At OCP 2026 10/12/2026

   Today at the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit 2026, Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) introduced new silicon, systems and optical innovations that advance open AI infrastructure from rack-scale compute to distributed AI capacity.

10. Li-Fi TinySpot: Compact, Ultra-Low-Power Optical Data Link 10/9/2026

    Fraunhofer IPMS presents Li-Fi TinySpot, a miniaturized, energy-efficient optical transceiver for wireless data communication in applications with limited power supply, such as sensors, wearables, and embedded devices.