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1. PsiQuantum Raises $1B To Build Million-Qubit Scale, Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers 9/10/2025

   PsiQuantum today announced it has raised $1B in funding for its Series E round to build the world’s first commercially useful, fault-tolerant quantum computers.

2. The Infrastructure Behind The Algorithms: FICG's Optical Transceivers Are Shaping The Future Of AI 9/10/2025

   As artificial intelligence continues to reshape the global economy, the underlying infrastructure enabling its growth is drawing increasing attention. At the heart of this transformation is a little-known but critical component — optical transceivers — and FIC Global Inc. (TWSE: 3701; FICG), a leading expert in packaging and installing semiconductors on optical modules, is drawing on over 16 years of expertise to take the lead in this space.

3. Butterfly Wings Inspire Solution To Impossible Problem 9/10/2025

   The iridescent blue of butterfly wings has inspired researchers to find a solution to a challenge previously considered insurmountable – dynamically tuning advanced optical processes at visible wavelengths.

4. Measuring Electron Pulses For Future Compact Ultrabright X-ray Sources 9/10/2025

   In a step toward making ultrabright X-ray sources more widely available, an international collaboration led by the University of Michigan—with experiments at the U.K.’s Central Laser Facility—has mapped key aspects of electron pulses that can go on to generate laser-like X-ray pulses.

5. Université Laval Professor Simon Thibault Appointed Series Editor Of SPIE Field Guides 9/9/2025

   Thibault will lead the SPIE Press series starting in January 2026.

6. UZH Device Searches For Light Dark Matter 9/9/2025

   Superconducting sensors can detect single low-energy photons. UZH researchers have now used this capability to search for light dark matter particles in the universe.

7. REDIMadrid Launches End-To-End Quantum Secure Data Transport Project With Ciena 9/9/2025

   REDIMadrid, the research network of Comunidad de Madrid, managed by IMDEA Software, recently collaborated with Ciena on the optical network foundation required to launch its End-to-End Quantum Secure Data Transport Project.

8. Scintil Photonics Raises $58M To Scale Integrated Photonics For AI Factories 9/9/2025

   Scintil Photonics, a global technology leader in Heterogeneous Integrated Photonics for AI infrastructure, today announced the completion of a $58 million (€50M) Series B funding round led by Yotta Capital Partners and NGP Capital, with participation from NVIDIA.

9. New Milestone For RIBER In Silicon Photonics With A ROSIE Order In The United States 9/8/2025

   8:00 am - RIBER, a global market leader in molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) equipment for the semiconductor industry, announces a new order for a ROSIE system from a new US-based customer specialized in quantum computing.

10. Shedding Light On Insulators: How Light Pulses Unfreeze Electrons 9/8/2025

    Metal oxides are abundant in nature and central to technologies such as photocatalysis and photovoltaics.