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1. ITMO Researchers Learn To Quick Control Metasurfaces With Light 7/16/2025

   A team of researchers from ITMO University, Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy), and the University of Brescia (Italy) have developed a new approach to control the properties of metasurfaces using laser radiation.

2. ICFO Spin-Off Radiantis Is Acquired By Hawthorn Photonics 7/16/2025

   Hawthorn Photonics, a global leader in nonlinear optical solutions and parent company of Covesion Ltd. in the UK and AdvR Inc. in the US, has acquired Radiantis, the first spin-off company of ICFO, innovator in advanced tunable laser technology and Optical Parametric Oscillators (OPOs).

3. NKT Photonics Fiber Lasers Enable Groundbreaking Deep-Space Communication 7/16/2025

   On July 7, ESA, the European Space Agency, successfully established Europe’s first deep-space optical communication link with NASA’s Psyche mission using a high-power fiber laser system from NKT Photonics.

4. TU Wien And Harvard Create New Kind Of Laser 7/15/2025

   Researchers in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), opens an external URL in a new window and TU Wien (Vienna, Austria) have invented a new type of tunable semiconductor laser that combines the best attributes of today’s most advanced laser products, demonstrating smooth, reliable, wide-range wavelength tuning in a simple, chip-sized design.

5. Connect Four: New Semiconductor For Future Computer Chips 7/15/2025

   Researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Leibniz Institute for Innovative Microelectronics (IHP) have developed a material that has never existed before: a stable alloy of carbon, silicon, germanium, and tin.

6. University Of Cambridge Chooses AIXTRON Tool For Next Generation 2D/Layered Materials-Based Photonic Devices 7/15/2025

   The University of Cambridge in United Kingdom has purchased a Close Coupled Showerhead system for 2D materials from AIXTRON SE for its research and development in the field of photonics and optoelectronics.

7. Laser Linewidth Dramatically Narrowed 7/15/2025

   Macquarie University researchers have demonstrated a technique to dramatically narrow the linewidth of a laser beam by a factor of over ten thousand – a discovery that could revolutionise quantum computing, atomic clocks and gravitational wave detection.

8. Lightning-Fast And Highly Reliable: Sharing Data Via Photonic Integrated Circuits 7/15/2025

   In the PUNCH project, researchers at Fraunhofer IZM are working on a solution to a challenge that many people in the industry have been asking for.

9. Quantum Experts To Speak At Inaugural SPIE Quantum Catalyst Event 7/14/2025

   Registration is now open for the two-day gathering of leaders working on quantum 2.0 applications taking place 12-13 November in the heart of Colorado’s burgeoning quantum industry

10. indie's LXM-U Laser Powers Next-Gen Quantum Technologies With Ultra-Low Noise Performance 7/14/2025

    indie, an automotive solutions innovator, is rapidly gaining industry adoption in its photonics portfolio, with indie’s latest ultra-low noise LXM-U lasers enabling next-generation quantum applications by delivering industry-leading frequency stability and integration flexibility.