Current Headlines

1. Sensitive Yet Tough Photonic Devices Are Now A Reality 6/25/2025

   Engineers at the University of California San Diego have achieved a long-sought milestone in photonics: creating tiny optical devices that are both highly sensitive and durable—two qualities that have long been considered fundamentally incompatible.

2. Boson Sampling Finds First Practical Applications In Quantum AI 6/25/2025

   For over a decade, researchers have considered boson sampling—a quantum computing protocol involving light particles—as a key milestone toward demonstrating the advantage of quantum methods over classical computing.

3. NSF Graduate Research Fellow's Work On Light Contributes To Nanodot Breakthrough  6/24/2025

   Americans spend a lot of time on their screens. The images on those screens are made of pixels — tiny dots that represent a single point of color.

4. 'A More Versatile And Powerful Foundation For Future Photonic Technologies' 6/24/2025

   The candidate pool for engineered materials that can help enable tomorrow’s cutting-edge optical technologies—such as lasers, detectors and imaging devices—is much deeper than previously believed.

5. PhotonDelta And Luminate NY Announce Collaboration To Create Transatlantic Growth Network For Photonics Startups 6/24/2025

   PhotonDelta, the Netherlands-based photonic chip accelerator, and Luminate NY, the world’s largest accelerator for startups with optics, photonics, and imaging enabled technologies, have entered into a strategic collaboration to support the growth of early-stage photonics companies across North America and the Netherlands.

6. Ever-Changing Universe Revealed In First Imagery From NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory 6/23/2025

   SLAC-built world’s largest digital camera brings the night sky to life like never before

7. Superlight Photonics Unveils Breakthrough Light Source For Next-Gen Spectroscopy Applications 6/23/2025

   SuperLight Photonics, a leading innovator in photonic technologies, today announced a major advancement in industrial spectroscopy with its compact, high-performance light source, purpose-built for the most demanding high-speed measurement applications.

8. IPG Photonics To Showcase Innovative Fiber Laser Technologies And New Product Launches At 2025 Laser World Of Photonics In Munich 6/23/2025

   IPG Photonics Corporation (NASDAQ: IPGP), the global leader in fiber laser technology, will showcase new and innovative fiber laser solutions at Laser World of Photonics, June 24-27, 2025 in Munich, Germany.

9. Laser Photonics Helps Bridge Labor Gaps With Smart Laser Automation 6/23/2025

   Laser Photonics Corporation (“LPC”), a leading global developer of industrial laser systems for cleaning and other material processing applications, highlights use of high-efficiency robotic laser systems in manufacturing amid labor shortages and an artificial intelligence push across all industries.

10. Researchers Confirm Fundamental Conservation Laws At The Quantum Level 6/23/2025

    Researchers at Tampere University and their collaborators from Germany and India have experimentally confirmed that angular momentum is conserved when a single photon is converted into a pair – validating a key principle of physics at the quantum level for the first time.