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  1. 'Research In Brief': Six New Insights Into FBH Research 10/22/2026

    The latest edition of “Research in Brief” presents six recent projects at Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH). They show how researchers control quantum systems, develop laser technology, and improve components and measurement methods for high-frequency electronics.

  2. EpoQ Wins 2026 Global Photonics Engineering Contest With Chip-Based Ultra-Precise Atomic Clock 10/21/2026

    Photonic chip industry accelerator PhotonDelta has announced EpoQ as the winner of its 2026 Global Photonics Engineering Contest for its development of a photonic chip-based trapped-ion atomic clock designed to bring laboratory-grade precision timing into real-world environments.

  3. 3M And AWS Collaborate To Advance Optical Connectivity Innovation 10/21/2026

    3M (NYSE: MMM) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced an expanded strategic collaboration.

  4. NVIDIA Unveils Next-Gen CPO Prototype With Optics On Silicon Interposer, Targets Higher Bandwidth Density 10/21/2026

    NVIDIA is advancing its next-generation co-packaged optics (CPO) technology, with prototypes designed to bring optical engines closer to computing chips.

  5. Red microLEDs Developed At UCSB Achieve Record Efficiency Of 20.8%, Operate At Up To 200°C 10/21/2026

    Gallium nitride has made highly efficient blue LEDs possible. Getting the same semiconductor to produce red light efficiently has proved much more difficult.

  6. PFN And Tenstorrent Selected For NEDO Project On 'xPU Design And Development Incorporating Photonics Electronics Integration Technology' 10/21/2026

    Preferred Networks, Inc. (PFN) and Tenstorrent USA, Inc. (Tenstorrent) have announced today that their joint proposal has been selected by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) for the theme "xPU Design and Development Incorporating Photonics-Electronics Integration Technology" (*1) under the NEDO-sponsored “Research and Development Project of the Enhanced Infrastructures for Post-5G Information and Communication Systems / Development of manufacturing technologies for advanced semiconductors.”

  7. indie Selected For Space-Qualified Satellite Program, Expanding Presence In High-Reliability Photonics Markets 10/21/2026

    indie Semiconductor, an automotive solutions innovator, today announced that superluminescent light-emitting diodes (SLEDs) from its photonics portfolio have completed final space qualification testing and have been selected for use in the Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging Mission for the Environment (CHIME).

  8. New Integrated Sensing And Communication Approach Awarded Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship 10/21/2026

    ECE PhD students Jinze Shi and Yang Lan developed an integrated photonics platform that could empower the future of 6G wireless networks, advancing driverless cars and more.

  9. Photon Bridge Raises €10M To Tackle AI's Emerging Laser Bottleneck 10/21/2026

    Photon Bridge has raised €10M to tackle an emerging bottleneck in AI infrastructure: producing the millions of lasers that will be needed to connect increasingly large clusters of AI processors.

  10. NSF Advances Plan To Build World's Most Powerful Laser 10/20/2026

    The National Science Foundation has awarded a round of funding toward a total of $13.7M to advance the development of the world’s most powerful laser into its final design phase.