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  1. HyperLight, UMC, and Wavetek Announce Strategic Partnership For High-Volume Foundry Production Of TFLN Chiplet Platform 3/11/2026

    HyperLight Corporation (“HyperLight”), United Microelectronics Corporation (“UMC”), and Wavetek Microelectronics Corporation (“Wavetek”), a wholly owned subsidiary of UMC, today announced a strategic manufacturing partnership for high-volume foundry production of HyperLight’s TFLN (thin-film lithium niobate) Chiplet Platform on both 6-inch and 8-inch wafers.

  2. Xscape Photonics Announces $37M In New Funding, Launches Eight-Wavelength Laser For AI Data Center Networks 3/11/2026

    Xscape Photonics (“the Company”), a semiconductor startup developing photonic solutions for next-generation AI data center fabrics, today announced $37M in additional funding, bringing the company’s total Series A funding to $81M.

  3. Acoustic Driving Enables Controlled Condensation Of Light And Matter On Chip 3/11/2026

    An international research team led by Alexander Kuznetsov at the Paul Drude Institute for Solid State Electronics (PDI) in Berlin has demonstrated a fundamentally new way to control the condensation of hybrid light-matter particles.

  4. A Dynamic Twist Of Light's 'Handedness' 3/11/2026

    Researchers in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have created a chip-scale device that can dynamically control the “handedness” of light as it passes through – also known as its optical chirality – with a simple twist of two specially designed photonic crystals. 

  5. New Photonic Device Efficiently Beams Light Into Free Space 3/11/2026

    Photonic chips use light to process data instead of electricity, enabling faster communication speeds and greater bandwidth.

  6. New 'Vacuum Ultraviolet' Laser May Improve Nanotechnology, Power Nuclear Clocks 3/11/2026

    The researchers say the device could one day allow scientists to observe phenomena currently out of reach for even the most powerful microscopes—such as following fuel molecules in real time as they undergo combustion, spotting incredibly small defects in nanoelectronics and more.

  7. CEA-Leti And NcodiN Partner To Industrialize 300 mm Silicon Photonics For Bandwidth-Hungry AI Interconnects 3/11/2026

    CEA-Leti and NcodiN, a French deep-tech startup pioneering nanolaser-enabled photonic interconnects, today announced a strategic collaboration to industrialize NcodiN’s optical interposer technology on a 300 mm integrated photonics process.

  8. Salience Labs Launches Industry's Highest Performing 32-Port All-Optical Silicon Photonic Switch To Transform The Networking Layer Of AI Datacenter Infrastructure 3/10/2026

    Salience Labs Limited, a leader in photonic solutions targeting connectivity for AI datacenter infrastructure, today announced the availability of the industry’s highest performing all-optical 32-port switch.

  9. La Luce Cristallina Releases Beta Version Of 200-mm BaTiO₃ Wafer For Co-Packaged Optics And AI-Scale Photonics 3/10/2026

    La Luce Cristallina today announced that the beta version of its 200-mm (8-inch) barium titanate (BaTiO₃) wafer is now available to customers for evaluation in advanced electro-optic modulators for telecommunications and data communications applications.

  10. Photon Design Will Use OFC 2026 To Release Its HAROLD QD Laser Simulator And Launch Its Silicon Modulator Design Tool 3/10/2026

    Photon Design, a global leader in photonic simulation CAD software, will showcase its newly released HAROLD QD laser simulator and silicon modulator design tool, at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2026), 15–19 March 2026, Los Angeles, California, booth #1155.