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  1. How Dream Photonics Is Helping To Transform Advanced Tech Manufacturing In B.C. 10/15/2026

    Like many start-up companies, it started with a dream. “My motivation was to create local employment,” said UBC engineering professor Dr. Lukas Chrostowski.

  2. How To Control Ferromagnetism Using Light 10/15/2026

    Despite being known for more mundane uses such as sticking notes to refrigerators or keeping bags shut, magnetization is one of the most fundamental and useful properties of a material.

  3. Hybrid GaP-On-Diamond Platform Strengthens Quantum-Light Interactions 10/15/2026

    Researchers have developed and demonstrated a new hybrid photonic platform that integrates quantum emitters with photonic devices, providing a way to reliably control the interaction between photons and quantum information carriers.

  4. New Chip-Scale Gyroscope Measures Rotation With Unprecedented Sensitivity 10/14/2026

    Researchers have developed a chip-scale optical ring-laser gyroscope that can measure rotation as slow as 37 degrees per hour.

  5. A New Way To Detect Stabilizing Properties Of Optical Devices 10/14/2026

    In optical fibers, chips and other light-guiding devices, minor defects can scatter photons and disrupt their path.

  6. CREOL Faculty Explores High-Speed Computing Using Chip-Scale Photonic Technology 10/14/2026

    As artificial intelligence and machine learning applications continue to grow, researchers are exploring new ways to process information faster and more efficiently.

  7. Salience Labs Secures $125M In Series B Funding To Scale Photonic Networking Chips For AI Datacenter Infrastructure 10/14/2026

    Salience Labs, a leader in photonic chips targeting connectivity for AI datacenter infrastructure, today announced the successful completion of an oversubscribed $125M Series B funding round.

  8. Finchetto To Develop Photonics Integrated Circuits Manufacturing In Partnership With Cardiff University, UKRI And Development Bank Of Wales 10/13/2026

    Finchetto, the company developing the world’s first fully optical packet switch for energy-efficient AI, today announced that it has commenced a ten-month programme of work to establish a manufacturing process for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) in Cardiff University’s sbarc|spark innovation building.

  9. Wits Scientists Create 'Light-Powered Brain' That Could Transform Future Communications 10/13/2026

    Scientists at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) have developed a “light-powered brain” that can recognise hidden information in complex patterns of light, potentially paving the way for faster communications systems.

  10. Voyant Photonics Advances Into AI Data Center Optical Circuit Switching (OCS) With Production-Proven Silicon Photonics Technology 10/13/2026

    Voyant Photonics, a leader in silicon photonics technology, today announced plans to develop a chip-scale optical circuit switching (OCS) engine for AI data center networks, adapting its production-proven silicon photonic switching architecture that has been industrialized for its FMCW LiDAR platform.