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  1. Lumentum, Qualcomm, And Corning To Demonstrate High-Density 1060 nm VCSEL Optical D2D Connectivity For AI Scale-Up At ECOC 2026 9/21/2026

    Lumentum Holdings Inc. (“Lumentum”) today announced plans for a joint demonstration together with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) of a high-density die-to-die (D2D) optical interconnect showcase for AI scale-up architectures at ECOC 2026.

  2. Credo To Showcase 1.6T Optical Connectivity Solutions For AI Scale-Out Fabrics At ECOC 2026 9/18/2026

    Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (Credo) (NASDAQ: CRDO), an innovator in providing connectivity at scale through fast, reliable, and energy-efficient system solutions, will showcase its latest optical connectivity technologies and silicon photonics innovations at ECOC 2026, taking place September 21-23 at FYCMA in Málaga, Spain.

  3. AFL And Alcyon Photonics Collaborate To Advance Next-Generation Fiber To PIC Coupling For AI Infrastructure 9/15/2026

    AFL, an industry-leading manufacturer of fiber optic cables, connectivity, equipment and related services, and Alcyon Photonics, a leader in photonic integrated IP (intellectual property) and design, today announced a strategic collaboration to develop advanced, high-efficiency optical coupling solutions for next-generation fiber-to-PIC coupling supporting multi-core connectivity in AI and hyperscale data center applications.

  4. Polaris Electro-Optics Secures $50M Series B To Scale Next-Gen Optical Engine Platform For AI Infrastructure 9/15/2026

    Polaris Electro-Optics, Inc. today announced $50M in new financing to bring its FenGlass electro-optic modulator platform to production.

  5. Credo Expands ZeroFlap Portfolio With 224G-Based 1.6T Optical Transceivers, Addressing The Growing Demand For AI Network Infrastructure 9/15/2026

    Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (Credo), an innovator in providing connectivity at scale through fast, reliable, and energy-efficient system solutions, today announced its 224G-based family of ZeroFlap (ZF) optical transceivers for AI networks.

  6. World's First: Kyocera And Tohoku University Develop Technology To Integrate Optical Isolators Directly Onto Silicon Photonics Chips*1 9/10/2026

    Kyocera Corporation (President: Shiro Sakushima; "Kyocera") and the Research Institute of Electrical Communication (RIEC), Tohoku University (Director: Kazushi Ishiyama; "Tohoku University") have developed a new technology*1 for integrating optical isolators onto silicon photonics chips using "laser annealing," a localized, laser-based heat-treatment method.

  7. OpenLight And Tower Semiconductor Expand PH18DA Photonics Ecosystem To Accelerate Photonic IC Development 8/11/2026

    OpenLight, a leader in heterogeneous III‑V‑on‑silicon photonic integration and custom Photonic Application‑Specific Integrated Circuits (PASICs), and Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ/TASE: TSEM), the leading foundry for high-value analog semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of OpenLight’s photonic Process Design Kit (PDK) for Tower Semiconductor’s PH18DA indium phosphide (InP)-on-silicon photonics platform in Cadence’s electronic design automation (EDA) tools.

  8. Aeva Launches Optical Connectivity Business, Signs First Customer Agreement For A Major Hyperscaler 8/5/2026

    Aeva, a leader in next-generation sensing and perception systems, today announced the launch of Optical Connectivity, a new business focused on bringing Aeva’s proprietary high-power optical source and silicon photonics technology to next-generation artificial intelligence data centers.

  9. Quantum Corridor, Ciena, And Toshiba Complete World's First 1.6 Tb/s Quantum-Safe Optical Encryption Milestone On Live Commercial Network 8/4/2026

    Quantum Corridor, Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) and Toshiba have completed a successful trial of high-speed quantum-safe networking on Quantum Corridor’s live commercial network in the Midwest United States.

  10. Aliro Technologies And Zerothird Demonstrate Operational Quantum Networking With Cisco 7/14/2026

    Cisco is now testing Aliro Orchestrator as the quantum network management layer at its Cisco Photonics Center in Vimercate, Italy, to operate and manage a live entanglement-based quantum key distribution (eQKD) network built on zerothird’s eQKD system.