Current Headlines

  1. Enhanced Efficiency In Tin-Based Perovskite Solar Cells: Optimizing The Electron Transport Layer 5/29/2025

    Researchers at University of Tsukuba have elucidated the mechanism that allows for higher open-circuit voltage in environmentally friendly tin-based perovskite solar cells by optimizing the electron transport layer through electron spin resonance.

  2. Aeluma And Thorlabs Unveil Breakthrough with Large-Diameter Wafer Manufacturing Platform for Quantum Computing and Communication 5/29/2025

    Aeluma, Inc., a semiconductor company specializing in high-performance, scalable technologies, together with Thorlabs, a vertically integrated photonics products manufacturer, today announced a major advancement in silicon photonics that could accelerate adoption of quantum computing and communication at commercial scale.

  3. Drut Technologies Announces Collaboration With Ranovus To Deliver Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) Solution For AI, ML And HPC Computing Clusters 5/29/2025

    Ranovus Inc., a leading provider of next-generation AI-optimized interconnect solutions, and Drut Technologies specialize in transforming data center infrastructure through innovative, software-defined photonic solutions.

  4. SPIE Announces $323,000 In Student Scholarships 5/28/2025

    The annual optics and photonics scholarship awards range from $3,000 to $11,000

  5. Free-Space Terabit/s Coherent Optical Links Via Platicon Frequency Microcombs 5/28/2025

    Optical frequency combs technology has become a core technology in information systems over last decade.

  6. An Openly Accessible Foundry Process Aims To Accelerate Quantum Commercial Realities 5/27/2025

    Considerable advancements during the last decade have begun to reveal the critical role of integrated photonics for the successful construction and scaling of quantum systems.

  7. NTT Achieves World's First Real-Time, International Co-Production Using IOWN All-Photonics Network 5/27/2025

    At Expo 2025, NTT Corporation (NTT) debuted “CHO KABUKI Powered by IOWN,” a theater performance synchronizing live and virtual performers in Osaka, Japan and Taipei City, Taiwan using the NTT Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) All-Photonics Network (APN).

  8. Santec AOC Unveils LCOS-Based SLM-310 For 1kW-Class Near-Infrared Laser Processing 5/27/2025

    Santec AOC Corporation (hereinafter "Santec AOC"), headquartered in Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture, has announced the development of its latest product, the SLM-310, a liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS)-based spatial light modulator engineered to withstand 1kW-class laser power in the near-infrared spectrum (1-micrometer band).

  9. New Technique Turns 'Noisy' Lasers Into Quantum Light 5/27/2025

    Scientists have discovered a way to convert fluctuating lasers into remarkably stable beams that defy classical physics, opening new doors for photonic technologies that rely on both high power and high precision.

  10. Nanophotonics: A More Efficient Way Of Coupling Light And Matter 5/26/2025

    In the nanometer range (billionth of a meter), interactions occur between light and matter that do not happen on larger scales.