Latest Headlines

  1. Scientists Discover Surprising New Way To Control Light 4/28/2026

    Scientists at the University of East Anglia have uncovered a hidden property of light that allows it to twist, spin and behave differently - without mirrors, materials or special lenses.

  2. Skoltech Team Develops Modulator For Compact Photonic Integrated Circuits 4/28/2026

    Researchers at Skoltech (part of the VEB.RF group) have developed an ultra-compact electro-optic modulator based on silicon photonics and plasmonics that enables high-efficiency optical signal control within a small device footprint.

  3. Seoul Viosys Eyes The $60B AI Data Center Optical Communication Market With Opto Semiconductors 4/27/2026

    Seoul Viosys, a company specializing in opto-semiconductor devices, is accelerating its entry into the next-generation photonics market supported by its proprietary “No-wire” and “No-package” fundamental patents—essential technologies for micrometer (μm)-scale miniaturization of opto-semiconductors—as well as its competitiveness in VCSEL technology.

  4. Luceda Photonics Announces Availability Of DRC Deck For Advanced Micro Foundry (Now Part Of Globalfoundries) 4/24/2026

    Luceda Photonics today announced the availability of a dedicated Design Rule Check (DRC) deck for Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF), now part of GlobalFoundries (GF).

  5. Indigenously Developed Silicon Photonics Technology Solutions Launched 4/24/2026

    Shri S. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, launched two Silicon Photonics technology solutions: (a) Silicon Photonics Process Design Kit (PDK) for photonics chip manufacturing, and (b) Universal packaged PPIC (Programmable Photonic Integrated Circuit) Test Engine indigenously developed at MeitY sponsored CoE-CPPICS, IIT Madras, in presence of Shri Amitesh Sinha, Additional Secretary, MeitY and CEO of India Semiconductor Mission (ISM), Prof Shanti Bhattacharya, HoD DoEE, IIT Madras, Governing Council Members of the centre.

  6. Riding The Quantum Wave: Quasiparticles Reveal A Magneto-Optical Transport Phenomenon 4/24/2026

    A Dresden-based research team from the Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat has discovered a novel transport phenomenon.

  7. Quantum Materials: Volkswagen Foundation Provides € 2M For Eckhardt Endowed Professorship At Goethe University 4/24/2026

    Physicist Olena Fedchenko conducts research at Goethe University on novel quantum materials that will be key to future technological breakthroughs.

  8. Q.ANT Brings Commercial Photonic Computing To The United States, Appoints Bruno Spruth As CTO 4/23/2026

    Q.ANT, the pioneer in commercial photonic computing, today announced the opening of its U.S. headquarters in Austin, Texas, and the appointment of semiconductor veteran Bruno Spruth as Chief Technology Officer.

  9. Ultra-Thin Optical Film Sharpens 3D Printing Precision 4/23/2026

    Researchers have developed an ultra-thin optical film that improves the quality of the light used in LCD resin-based 3D printers.

  10. Vitrealab And poLight ASA Partner To Tackle Coherence Artifacts In Laser-LCoS AR Displays 4/23/2026

    Vitrealab GmbH and poLight ASA today announced a collaboration to advance laser illumination architectures for LCoS-based augmented reality (AR) displays, with a focus on mitigating coherence-related image artifacts while preserving system efficiency and compactness.