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  1. Photons With Record Quality And On Demand 2/10/2026

    Research teams from the Universities of Stuttgart and Würzburg have jointly realised a single photon source that generates photons in the telecommunication C band with unprecedented quality and on demand.

  2. IOWN Global Forum And Open Compute Project Join Forces To Deliver On The Next Wave Of AI 2/10/2026

    The Innovative Optical and Wireless Network Global Forum (IOWN Global Forum), the international industry association developing next-generation, photonics-driven networks, and the Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP), the global non-profit organization bringing hyperscale innovations to all, today announce a cooperative framework, called the AI Computing Continuum, to deliver a seamless computational infrastructure from centralized to edge deployments.

  3. New Compact Silicon Avalanche Photodiode Series Launched 2/9/2026

    Hamamatsu Photonics introduces the S17268 Series, a new silicon avalanche photodiode series (Si APD) designed for high-precision optical detection in the UV to VIS regions for industrial, research, and environmental applications.

  4. VIGO Photonics At SPIE Photonics West – Technology Potential In Real-World Applications 2/9/2026

    VIGO Photonics once again presented its latest achievements in infrared radiation detection during the SPIE Photonics West 2026 exhibition in San Francisco.

  5. Measuring Time At The Quantum Level 2/9/2026

    “The concept of time has troubled philosophers and physicists for thousands of years, and the advent of quantum mechanics has not simplified the problem,” says Professor Hugo Dil, a physicist at EPFL.

  6. Seeing The Unseen: Scientists Demonstrate Dual-Mode Color Generation From Invisible Light 2/6/2026

    Ultraviolet and near-infrared light are widely used in modern technologies but are invisible to the human eye.

  7. Argonne Celebrates Successful Completion Of The Advanced Photon Source Upgrade 2/5/2026

    The upgraded APS is now the brightest synchrotron X-ray light source in the world, and extraordinary new scientific experiments are underway.

  8. Tower Semiconductor Teams With NVIDIA To Advance AI Infrastructure With 1.6T Data Center Optical Modules 2/5/2026

    Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ/ TASE: TSEM), the leading foundry of high value analog semiconductor solutions, today announced it is scaling AI infrastructure deployments with high performance silicon photonics for 1.6T data center optical modules designed for NVIDIA networking protocols.

  9. Polariton Ships Ultra-Fast Plasmonic Modulator Samples To Industry Opinion Leaders 2/4/2026

    Polariton, a technology leader in optical connectivity for next-generation communication infrastructure, announces today the shipping of high-speed silicon photonics transmit chips, enhanced with its proprietary plasmonic modulators, to three leading transceiver manufacturers.

  10. First Atomic Scale Images Of Monolayer Transition Metal Diiodides 2/4/2026

    Two-dimensional (2D) materials promise revolutionary advances in electronics and photonics, but many of the most interesting candidates degrade within seconds of air exposure, making them nearly impossible to study or integrate into real-world technology.