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  1. Accelerating Development Of Mass-Production Technologies For Photonics-Electronics Convergence Devices To Support Next-Generation AI Computing 10/20/2026

    NTT, Inc. (NTT), NTT Innovative Devices Corporation (NTT Innovative Devices), Japan Semiconductor Corporation* (Japan Semiconductor), Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (Furukawa Electric), and SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. (Shinko Electric Industries) today announced that a four-company joint R&D proposal led by NTT Innovative Devices has been selected under the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)'s Research and Development Project of the Enhanced Infrastructures for Post-5G Information and Communication Systems / Development of Manufacturing Technologies for Advanced Semiconductors.

  2. Advanced Photonics Coalition Announces Portfolio Of Specifications And Best Practice Documents To Accelerate High Volume Manufacturing Of Optical Networking Gear 10/20/2026

    The Advanced Photonics Coalition (APC) today announces a portfolio of specifications and recommended practices documents to accelerate the adoption of high-volume, lower-cost manufacturing of photonics for AI and data center infrastructures.

  3. Resolight Shares First Standard Support For Nanosecond OCS: Enabling A Step Change In AI Workload Economics 10/20/2026

    Resolight.ai the pioneer of nanosecond OCS for the AI data plane, applauded CPO specifications from the Advanced Photonics Coalition (APC) addressing the protocol integration needed to enable native photon routing through nanosecond optical circuit switching (OCS).

  4. 'Light Can Do Much More Than Simply Make Something Visible' 10/19/2026

    From ultra-fast internet and medical scanners to photonic chips and highly sensitive sensors, photonics is increasingly present in our daily lives.

  5. Discrete Optical Solitons Observed In Warm Rubidium Vapor 10/19/2026

    Scientists from the Quantum Technologies Group at the Institute of Physics, Vjekoslav Vulić, Neven Šantić, and Damir Aumiler, in collaboration with Hrvoje Buljan from the Department of Physics at the Faculty of Science (PMF), have experimentally demonstrated for the first time the existence of discrete one-dimensional (1D) solitons in an optically induced photonic lattice in warm rubidium vapor.

  6. Researchers Use Light To Reprogram A Photonic Device 10/19/2026

    A new technique that allows optical components to be reprogrammed by laser light could open the way for a new generation of telecommunications and signal processing technology.

  7. Highway Instead Of A Racetrack: Strong Coupling Of Light And Sound In An Optical Fiber 10/16/2026

    For the first time, scientists have achieved strong coupling between light and long-lived acoustic vibrations in an optical fiber.

  8. New Chip-Based 'Tape Measure' For Light Could Revolutionize Mobile Timekeeping And Enhance National Security 10/16/2026

    Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have demonstrated a new way to generate a miniature tape measure for light.

  9. $7.5M Grant To Establish Foundations For Visual Computing With Light 10/15/2026

    With potential applications in areas including autonomous driving, vision-aided navigation and biomedical imaging, Cornell is leading a new $7.5M research project to develop the scientific foundations for computing with light.

  10. Gemtek Partners With Starman On U.S. Manufacturing Joint Venture To Target Hyperscaler Optical Interconnects 10/15/2026

    Gemtek Technology Co., Ltd. and Starman New Photonics, a Starman Holding company, today announced a strategic partnership under which Gemtek initially plans to invest $15M and Starman plans to invest $30M to form a joint venture to manufacture optical transceivers in the United States, targeting optical interconnect opportunities in hyperscale data centers.