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31. Xanadu And DISCO Announce Collaboration On Advanced Wafer Processing For Photonic Quantum Computing 8/12/2025

    Xanadu, the leading photonic quantum computing company, and DISCO Corporation, renowned precision machine and processing tool manufacturer, are developing advanced wafer processing techniques for ultra-low loss photonic integrated chips.

32. RPI Researchers Join Expertise At The Frontier Of Light And Materials Research 8/12/2025

    Researchers with the schools of science and engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) are exploring new ways to manipulate matter with light to unlock a new generation of computer chips, photovoltaic cells and other advanced materials.

33. Luceda Photonics Joins Forces With Semitronix To Accelerate Innovation In Integrated Photonics 8/12/2025

    Luceda Photonics, a leading provider of photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design software, is proud to announce its acquisition by SMTX Technologies Singapore Pte. Ltd., part of Semitronix Group.

34. Industry Leaders, Policymakers To Gather At DC-Based SPIE Photonics Industry Summit 8/11/2025

    With its focus on optics and photonics as a key enabler of emerging technology and economic growth, the day-long program will feature US government agencies speaking on federal policy and funding, product development, and the procurement process to an audience of key industry and community representatives.

35. CoolLED And Optoprim: Illuminating New Possibilities In Photonics And Microscopy 8/11/2025

    Driven by a vision to make microscopy cleaner, simpler and more sustainable, our LED light sources eliminate the need for hazardous mercury, significantly reduce power consumption, and deliver virtually maintenance-free operation.

36. Ripples Of The Future: Rice Researchers Unlock Powerful Form Of Quantum Interference 8/11/2025

    Just as overlapping ripples on a pond can amplify or cancel each other out, waves of many kinds — including light, sound and atomic vibrations — can interfere with one another.

37. The Efficiency Of Photon Design's MT-FIMMPROP Simulator Is Unmistakable Using A Pulley Coupler Example. 8/11/2025

    Photon Design, a global leader in photonic simulation CAD software, has developed its Multi-Topology (MT)-FIMMPROP simulator to model PICs and passive waveguide devices, within a single design environment.

38. New Solar Cells Could Power Devices From Indoor Light 8/11/2025

    An international team led by UCL researchers has developed durable new solar cells capable of efficiently harvesting energy from indoor light, meaning devices such as keyboards, remote controls, alarms and sensors could soon be battery free.

39. MMA Space Reveals FlexArray Solar Array System At Small Satellite Conference In Salt Lake City Utah 8/11/2025

    MMA Space has developed a low-cost solar array capable of generating tens of kilowatts that can be manufactured in a fraction of the time of conventional solar arrays. The new FlexArray Solar Array system utilizes proprietary thin-film membranes to mount and deploy solar cells, resulting very high power-to-volume ratios.

40. Using Lasers To Control Vibrations 8/11/2025

    Using new techniques, Yale researchers have demonstrated the ability to use lasers to cool quantized vibrations of sound within massive objects to their quantum ground state, the lowest energy allowable by quantum mechanics.