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1. XY-Rotation Stage With Frictionless Bearings Is Less Than 40mm Tall 9/17/2025

   The A-361 air-bearing XY-rotation stage from PI delivers ultra-precise, frictionless nanopositioning with high stability, compact design, and six-degree-of-freedom flexibility for semiconductor, photonics, and advanced manufacturing applications.

2. New Material Set To Boost Quantum Tech And Biomedical Imaging 9/17/2025

   A new paper from researchers at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo details the fabrication and application of a new material that can capture light and control the location of its absorption with unprecedented accuracy, advancing the development of next-generation photodetectors.

3. Jenoptik Exhibits Photonics Innovations At Thuringia's Largest High-Tech Trade Fair 9/16/2025

   The W3+ Fair Jena has established itself as a new high-tech hotspot in central Germany and continues to grow. Jenoptik will be showcasing its range of products and technologies for growth industries and offering insights into new production approaches.

4. Hamamatsu Photonics Launches The Next Generation In InGaAs APD 9/16/2025

   Hamamatsu Photonics is proud to announce the release of the G15978-0020P, a new InGaAs photodiode (InGaAs APD) representing the next step in miniaturized sensor technology.

5. World's First Integrated System For Quantum Key Distribution And High-Speed Data Transmission In A Large-Capacity Optical Transmission System Demonstration Environment For IOWN Open APN 9/16/2025

   Toshiba Corporation (“Toshiba”), NEC Corporation (“NEC”), and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (“NICT”) have successfully conducted the world’s first demonstration of multiplexed transmission of quantum key distribution (QKD) signals and key generation within a system environment designed for the IOWN all-photonics network.

6. 'Wiggling' Atoms May Lead To Smaller, More Efficient Electronics 9/16/2025

   Researchers at Michigan State University have figured out how to use a fast laser to wiggle atoms in a way that temporarily changes the behavior of their host material.

7. OPROCESSOR INC Announces Breakthrough VCSEL-Based Photonic Interposer Technology Published In Photonics And To Be Presented At IEEE Photonics Conference 2025 9/16/2025

   OPROCESSOR INC, incorporated in Boston, Massachusetts in 2018 with research operations in Daejeon, South Korea, today announced a breakthrough in VCSEL-based Photonic Interposer technology that overcomes the GPU–HBM interconnect bottleneck for next-generation AI and high-performance computing systems.

8. Measuring The Quantum W State 9/16/2025

   The concept of quantum entanglement is emblematic of the gap between classical and quantum physics. Referring to a situation in which it is impossible to describe the physics of each photon separately, this key characteristic of quantum mechanics defies the classical expectation that each particle should have a reality of its own, which gravely concerned Einstein.

9. SES Partners With Cailabs To Test Next-Generation Laser Communication Technology 9/15/2025

   SES, a leading space solutions company, announced today it will test new optical ground stations built by France-based Cailabs to send data from space using laser beams instead of radio waves.

10. Uniting The Light Spectrum On A Chip 9/12/2025

    Focused laser-like light that covers a wide range of frequencies is highly desirable for many scientific studies and for many applications, for instance quality control of manufacturing semiconductor electronic chips. But creating such broadband and coherent light has been difficult to achieve with anything but bulky energy-hungry tabletop devices.