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1. Applications open for 2026 SPIE Startup Challenge 9/2/2025

   The annual pitch competition welcomes participants leveraging optics or photonics technologies or applications as the basis for a viable business.

2. Countdown to Innovation: CIOE 2025 Opens Its Doors in Just One Week! 9/2/2025

   The 26th China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) will take place from September 10 to 12, 2025, at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center. As the global benchmark event for the optoelectronic industry, CIOE 2025 will bring together over 3,800 leading enterprises showcasing innovations across the entire industry chain—from information and communication to precision optics, lasers, AR/VR, infrared applications, intelligent sensing, and display technologies.

3. Powerful Nodes For Quantum Networks 8/22/2025

   Researchers at the University of Innsbruck have created a system in which individual qubits — stored in trapped calcium ions — are each entangled with separate photons.

4. Photonic Inc. Earns Coveted Spot In Canadian Defence Challenge To Advance Quantum Networking 8/21/2025

   Photonic Inc., a global leader in distributed quantum computing, announced today that it has been selected as a semi-finalist in the Canadian Department of National Defence’s Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) NORAD Modernization Science and Technology Contest.

5. Symmetry-Based Floquet Optical Selection Rules For Light-Induced Sidebands 8/21/2025

   Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD), in collaboration with international partners, have developed momentum-resolved Floquet optical selection rules.

6. Denmark Can Now Contribute To Producing World-Class Chips 8/21/2025

   TECH For the first time, Denmark is establishing production of microchip wafers at the leading standard.

7. izmomicro Achieves Breakthrough In Silicon Photonics Packaging, Establishing India's Leadership In Advanced Semiconductor Integration 8/21/2025

   izmomicro, a specialized division of izmo Ltd., today announced a major milestone in silicon photonics packaging, underscoring its role as a pioneer in India's semiconductor ecosystem and advancing the country's position in the global race toward next-generation data and AI infrastructure.

8. Researchers Use Photonic Origami To Fold Glass Into Microscopic 3D Optical Devices 8/21/2025

   Researchers have developed a technique to fold glass sheets into microscopic 3D photonic structures directly on a chip — a process they call photonic origami.

9. IonQ Fortifies Quantum Leadership With Groundbreaking Patents, Surpassing 1,000 Total IP Assets 8/20/2025

   IonQ, the leading commercial quantum computing and quantum networking company, today announced significant advancements in its intellectual property portfolio.

10. Sticking To Innovation: The Surprising Role Of Tape In terahertz Photonics 8/20/2025

    Could the key to next-generation photonic devices be hiding in your drawer? For Professor Jean-Michel Ménard, an ordinary roll of tape proved essential in building groundbreaking terahertz filters that are set to transform wireless tech, imaging and diagnostics.