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  1. Light Trapped In A Layer Thousands Of Times Thinner Than A Sheet Of Paper 3/19/2026

    Scientists from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, in collaboration with research groups from the Łódź University of Technology, the Warsaw University of Technology, and the Polish Academy of Sciences, have developed a structure that traps infrared light in a layer just 40 nanometers thick.

  2. Tiny LED Design Could Power Next-Generation Technology 3/19/2026

    From 3D movie screens to augmented-reality devices, many modern technologies rely on our ability to manipulate light. Doing so in a cost-effective and efficient way, however, is often a formidable task.

  3. Lumotive Creates World's First 2D Photonic Beamforming Semiconductor 3/19/2026

    Lumotive, a pioneer in programmable optical semiconductor technology, today announced a landmark breakthrough with the successful demonstration of the world’s first programmable two-dimensional (2D) photonic beamforming chip based on its Light Control Metasurface (LCM) architecture.

  4. Flexcompute Launches PhotonForge Connector For Cadence Virtuoso Studio, Advancing Integrated Photonic Design Workflows For AI Data Centers 3/19/2026

    Flexcompute, the physics company, announced the launch of the PhotonForge Connector for Cadence Virtuoso Studio, integrating its GPU-accelerated photonic simulation technology into the Cadence Electronic-Photonic Design Automation (EPDA) ecosystem.

  5. LightSpeed Photonics And Infraeo Announce Strategic Collaboration 3/19/2026

    LightSpeed Photonics and Infraeo, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development, demonstration, and commercialization of next-generation optical interconnect technologies.

  6. Turning Spin Waves Into Computer Signals 3/18/2026

    What will the computers of tomorrow look like? Chances are good that spintronics will play a decisive role in the next generation of computers.

  7. Record Efficiency For Perovskite-Silicon Triple-Junction Solar Cells 3/18/2026

    EPFL and CSEM researchers have achieved a record 30% efficiency for triple-junction solar cells, which combine two thin-film perovskite cells and one silicon cell on a single device.

  8. Flexcompute And GlobalFoundries Enable Integrated Design And Simulation On GF Silicon Photonics Platform 3/18/2026

    Flexcompute, the physics company, today announced collaboration with GlobalFoundries (GF) to integrate GF's silicon photonics technology stack into PhotonForge, its photonic design and simulation platform powered by the Tidy3D multi-physics engine.

  9. Sivers Semiconductors, O-Net And Enablence Technologies Announce External Light Sources For AI Datacenters 3/17/2026

    Sivers Semiconductors AB (STO: SIVE), a global leader in photonics and wireless technologies, today announced a strategic partnership with O-Net Technologies and Enablence Technologies Inc. (TSXV: ENA) to develop an advanced external light source (ELS) module with Sivers laser arrays to support Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) roll-out in AI datacenters and HPC systems.

  10. OpenLight And TFC Advance Silicon Photonics Back End Integration Supporting Up To 400G Data Rates On TGV Substrate 3/17/2026

    OpenLight, the world leader in custom PASIC chip design and manufacturing, today announced continued progress in its ecosystem partnership with Suzhou TFC Optical Communication Co., Ltd. (TFC), building on the collaboration first announced in 2025 to fast track the back end process for silicon photonics production and optical communication systems.