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Headwall Appoints CEO
BOLTON, Mass., Dec. 14, 2023 — Headwall Photonics, a manufacturer of hyperspectral imaging systems and OEM optical spectroscopy devices for applications in remote sensing and industrial machine vision, has appointed Mark Willingham as CEO. Mark Willingham. Courtesy of Headwall Photonics. Willingham is a seasoned executive with a diverse background in both engineering and business having previously served as vice president and general manager of Dover Motion, a Fortive operating company, as well as senior leadership
Myrias Optics Secures $3M to Support Optics Offerings
AMHERST, Mass., Dec. 14, 2023 — University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst spinout company Myrias Optics has secured a $3 million seed investment. Myrias, a developer of all-inorganic printed meta-optics, said that it will use the funding to meet growing customer demand and...
Rochester’s LLE Awarded More Than $500M
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 14, 2023 — The University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have finalized a cooperative agreement for more than $503 million over five years....
Laser Technology Mobilizes Head Trauma Assessment
BIRMINGHAM, England, Dec. 14, 2023 — The decisions made about patient care in the hour following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) are critical to patient outcome. A hand-held diagnostic device to assess the severity of the injury immediately, at the point of care, could make the...
Self-Assembled Resonator for Optical Chips Confines Light at Atomic Scale
KONGENS LYNGBY, Denmark, Dec. 14, 2023 — Optical resonators increase the strength of light-matter interaction by storing light over a long period of time. The smaller the resonator, the tighter the confinement of light will be, resulting in an even stronger interaction that can be used to...
Ayar Labs Names CEO; Bia Analytical Taps Executives: People in the News: 12/13/2023
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 13, 2023 — Ayar Labs appointed company co-founder and CTO Mark Wade CEO. Prior to founding Ayar, Wade and his co-founders invented technology at MIT and the University of California from 2010 to 2015 that led to the formation of the silicon photonics company....
$10B Earmarked for Extreme-UV Lithography Center
ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 13, 2023 — A high-numerical aperture extreme-ultraviolet (NA EUV) lithography center is set to be built at the NanoTech Complex semiconductor research facility in Albany, N.Y. The state of New York partnered with IBM, Micron, Applied Materials, and Tokyo...
BAE Systems Is Recipient of First CHIPS Act Funding Award
FALLS CHURCH, Va., Dec. 13, 2023 — BAE Systems has received an approximately $35 million award from the U.S. Department of Commerce to modernize its Microelectronics Center (MEC) in Nashua, N.H. The award is the first funding announcement as part of the CHIPS and Science Act, which...
EUV Sources Track Molecular Dissociation in Tandem
HEIDELBERG, Germany, Dec. 12, 2023 — Reportedly for the first time, scientists have combined a broadband extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) probe pulse from high-order harmonic generation (HHG) with a free-electron laser (FEL) pump pulse to observe photodissociation pathways leading to...
Optofluidics Yields a Better Reflective Display
GUANGZHOU, China, Dec. 12, 2023 — With the advent of the IoT, there is increased need to display large amounts of information to people quickly and without distortion in all types of lighting conditions. Though transmissive and emissive displays such as LEDs and OLEDs are widely...
BluGlass Wins Laser Development Contract, Buys GaNWorks Foundry
NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia, Dec. 11, 2023 — BluGlass has signed a $1.8 million contract with North Carolina State University (NCSU) for laser development as part of the Commercial Leap Ahead for Wide Bandgap Semiconductors (CLAWS) Hub. This initial contract is for development work in fiscal...
DOE Unites Fusion Research Trailblazers with $42M Injection
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 11, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has unveiled a $42 million initiative to establish three research hubs — at the University of Rochester (UR), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and Colorado State University (CSU) — to...
James Wyant, University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences Namesake, Dies at 80
TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 8, 2023 — James Wyant, the founding dean and namesake of the University of Arizona James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences, died Dec. 8, the University of Arizona announced. Wyant was 80 years old. Wyant’s research focused on applying interferometry...
Nüvü Enters into Quantum Compute Effort with Infleqtion, Riverlane
ESSEX, Conn., Dec. 8, 2023 — Nüvü Cameras, a developer of ultrasensitive imaging technology, has partnered with quantum computing company Riverlane and quantum technology firm Infleqtion to develop imaging systems to measure qubit states — considered a vital...
Pulsar Photonics to Relocate Corporate Office; Applied Materials, CEA-Leti Form Joint Lab: Week in Brief: 12/8/23
HERZOGENRATH, Germany — Pulsar Photonics held a groundbreaking ceremony to launch construction of a corporate headquarters to be located in Aachen, Germany. The company was originally located on the premises of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT (Fraunhofer...
Sivers, LioniX, Chilas Partner on Narrow-Linewidth Tunable Lasers
KISTA, Sweden, Dec. 7, 2023 — Sivers Photonics, a subsidiary of Sivers Semiconductors, has partnered with LioniX International and Chilas BV to develop and supply a narrow-linewidth integrated O-band continuous-wave tunable 1310-nm laser. The laser, introduced by LioniX,...
Lasers, Spectroscopy, and OCT Cut Bone Safely
BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 7, 2023 — Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a system that increases the safety and precision of lasers used to cut bone in surgical settings. The system is able to cut bone, control the cutting depth, and differentiate between tissues,...
Brilliance Lands Investment from PhotonVentures and Oost NL
ENSCHEDE, Netherlands, Dec. 6, 2023 — Netherlands-based integrated laser technology startup company Brilliance has secured €2 million ($2.16 million) in seed funding from Oost NL and PhotonVentures. Brilliance’s silicon nitride-based PIC technology address the limitations of...
Optical Data Storage Dips Below the Diffraction Limit
NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2023 — Physicists at The City College of New York (CCNY) have developed a technique with the potential to enhance optical data storage capacity in diamonds. This is possible by multiplexing the storage in the spectral domain. “It means that we can...
Photonics and Semiconductor Firms Receive almost $10M from USPAE
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 6, 2023 — Seven microelectronics firms have received almost $10 million in combined funding to commercialize technologies of interest to the U.S. military as winners of the Defense Business Accelerator (DBX) Microelectronics Challenge. The Department of...
Polaris Electro-Optics Raises Seed Financing
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Dec. 6, 2023 — Colorado-based integrated photonics startup Polaris Electro-Optics has closed a $3 million seed financing round. The company, which develops technology for the communications and computing industries, will use the funding to advance material and...
SPIE Names 2024 Startup Challenge Finalists
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Dec. 6, 2023 — Seven early-stage startup companies have been selected to compete for a top prize of $10,000 at the 14th annual SPIE Startup Challenge at Photonics West on Jan. 30. The SPIE Startup Challenge is a competitive entrepreneurial platform for new...
ESCATEC Details CEO Transition: People in the News: 12/6/23
HEERBRUGG, Switzerland — Integrated electronics manufacturing services provider and MOEMS manufacturer ESCATEC Group named Charles-Alexandre Albin CEO. Albin, son of ESCATEC founder Christophe Albin, has been with the company since 2013. He has served in various roles as a...
ABB to Provide Hyperspectral Systems for GHGSat
QUEBEC CITY, Dec. 5, 2023 — ABB will build hyperspectral cameras for four GHGSat satellites set to launch in 2024. The hyperspectral camera systems will be provided for the C12, C13, C14, and C15 satellites — part of an expanding constellation of satellites that detects...
Nanowire Single-photon Detector Lets Machines See Through Walls
TIANJIN, China, Dec. 5, 2023 — Using a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) as the light-sensing element, researchers from Tianjin University demonstrated non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging at two infrared (IR) wavelengths, 1560 nm and 1997 nm. NLOS systems...

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