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1. Researchers Build Ultra-Efficient Optical Sensors Shrinking Light To A Chip 3/23/2026

   CU Boulder researchers have built high performing optical microresonators opening the door for new sensor technologies.

2. Light Trapped In A Layer Thousands Of Times Thinner Than A Sheet Of Paper 3/19/2026

   Scientists from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, in collaboration with research groups from the Łódź University of Technology, the Warsaw University of Technology, and the Polish Academy of Sciences, have developed a structure that traps infrared light in a layer just 40 nanometers thick.

3. Lumotive Creates World's First 2D Photonic Beamforming Semiconductor 3/19/2026

   Lumotive, a pioneer in programmable optical semiconductor technology, today announced a landmark breakthrough with the successful demonstration of the world’s first programmable two-dimensional (2D) photonic beamforming chip based on its Light Control Metasurface (LCM) architecture.

4. Flexcompute Launches PhotonForge Connector For Cadence Virtuoso Studio, Advancing Integrated Photonic Design Workflows For AI Data Centers 3/19/2026

   Flexcompute, the physics company, announced the launch of the PhotonForge Connector for Cadence Virtuoso Studio, integrating its GPU-accelerated photonic simulation technology into the Cadence Electronic-Photonic Design Automation (EPDA) ecosystem.

5. LightSpeed Photonics And Infraeo Announce Strategic Collaboration 3/19/2026

   LightSpeed Photonics and Infraeo, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development, demonstration, and commercialization of next-generation optical interconnect technologies.

6. Turning Spin Waves Into Computer Signals 3/18/2026

   What will the computers of tomorrow look like? Chances are good that spintronics will play a decisive role in the next generation of computers.

7. Flexcompute And GlobalFoundries Enable Integrated Design And Simulation On GF Silicon Photonics Platform 3/18/2026

   Flexcompute, the physics company, today announced collaboration with GlobalFoundries (GF) to integrate GF's silicon photonics technology stack into PhotonForge, its photonic design and simulation platform powered by the Tidy3D multi-physics engine.

8. Lumentum Demonstrates Industry-Leading Technologies And Products For Scale-Out, Scale-Up And Scale-Across AI Infrastructure At OFC 2026 3/17/2026

   Lumentum Holdings Inc. (“Lumentum”), a global leader in photonic solutions, today announced its showcase of technology and product demonstrations designed to meet the accelerating demands of next-generation AI and data center infrastructure at the Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC) in Los Angeles.

9. Quantum-Inspired Laser System Delivers Distance Measurements With Sub-Millimetre Accuracy 3/17/2026

   A new laser range-finding technique, inspired by quantum physics, which can measure distances under strong solar background has been demonstrated by researchers at the University of Bristol.

10. Higher Performance, Less Energy: Q.ANT Deploys Second-Generation Photonic Processors At Supercomputing Center LRZ 3/17/2026

    Q.ANT today announced the deployment of its second-generation photonic processors in a high-performance computing (HPC) environment at the Leibniz Supercomputing Center (LRZ).