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31. Machine Learning Designs Mirrors For High-Power Lasers 2/2/2026

    Plasma mirrors capable of withstanding the intensity of powerful lasers are being designed through an emerging machine learning framework.

32. Snu Researchers Successfully Implement Topological Non-Abelian Photonic Computing Platforms Using Photonic Integrated Circuits 2/2/2026

    Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a research team led by Prof. Sunkyu Yu and Prof. Namkyoo Park of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in collaboration with Prof. Xianji Piao of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Seoul and Prof. Jensen Li of the University of Exeter (UK), has successfully implemented a programmable spinor lattice on a photonic integrated circuit (PIC).

33. Breakthrough In nonlinear Electrophotonics: 2000%-V⁻^¹ Electric Enhancement Of Nonlinear Light Generation Using An Angstrom-Scale Plasmonic Junction 2/2/2026

    Conventional nanoscale electroplasmonic structures provide limited electrical tunability of nonlinear optical responses.

34. Ultra-Thin Metasurface Chip Turns Invisible Infrared Light Into Steerable Visible Beams 2/2/2026

    The invention of tiny devices capable of precisely controlling the direction and behavior of light is essential to the development of advance technologies.

35. Controlling Light Emission Improves Organic Solar Cell Performance 2/2/2026

    ICFO researchers have enhanced the performance of an organic solar cell by optimizing the fluorescence quantum yield (FQY), that is, by favoring light emission instead of heat dissipation after light absorption.

36. Quantum Computing Inc. Completes Acquisition of Luminar Semiconductor, Inc. 2/2/2026

    Quantum Computing Inc. ("QCi" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: QUBT), an innovative, quantum optics and integrated photonics technology company, today announced the completion of acquiring Luminar Semiconductor, Inc. ("LSI"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Luminar Technologies, Inc. ("Luminar") (Nasdaq: LAZR), in an all-cash transaction valued at $110 million (the "Transaction").

37. HKU Scientists Unveil Groundbreaking Discovery: Natural Magnetic Materials Control Light In Unprecedented Ways 2/1/2026

    Imagine shining a flashlight into a material and watching the light bend backward – or in an entirely unexpected direction – as if defying the law of physics.

38. Record-Breaking Photons At Telecom Wavelengths — On Demand 1/30/2026

    A team of researchers of the University of Stuttgart and the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg led by Prof. Stefanie Barz (University of Stuttgart) has demonstrated a source of single photons that combines on-demand operation with record-high photon quality in the telecommunications C-band—a key step toward scalable photonic quantum computation and quantum communication.

39. Scientists Develop New Crystal, Achieving Breakthrough In Vacuum Ultraviolet Laser Output 1/30/2026

    Scientists have developed a new type of crystal, marking a significant advance in the field of vacuum ultraviolet laser light, according to the Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

40. New Device Switches Terahertz Pulses Between Electric And Magnetic Skyrmions 1/29/2026

    Researchers have created an optical device that can generate both electric and magnetic vortex-ring-like light patterns.