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NVIDIA Strikes Quantum Supercomputing Partnership Agreements
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 15, 2024 — NVIDIA has partnered with quantum computing centers in Germany, Japan, and Poland who will each adopt the company’s open-source NVIDIA CUDA-Q platform. The sites will utilize the platform to power their respective quantum processing units (QPUs). The CUDA-Q platform is designed as an open-source platform for integrating and programming quantum processing units, GPUs and CPUs in one system through a unified and open programming model. According to NVIDIA, CUDA-Q enables
Lightium Receives $2.9M to Commercialize Data Center Tech
ZÜRICH, May 14, 2024 — InnoSuisse, the Swiss Innovation Agency, has awarded Lightium AG a 2.67 million CHF ($2.9 million) grant. The grant will accelerate commercialization of Lightium’s proprietary thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) platform. Lightium aims to open...
Aquark Unveils, Details Plans to Develop Cold Atom Clock
SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 10, 2024 — Quantum technology company Aquark Technologies has won a £3.4 million (~$4.3 million) contract from Innovate UK to develop its high-performance cold atom clock, AQlock. The system will be the U.K.’s first commercially available cold atom...
ZEISS Expands Dresden Innovation Hub: Week in Brief: 5/10/24
REDDING, Calif., May 10, 2024 — DataRay Inc., a laser beam profiling and analysis company, will be moving its offices to Monterey, Calif. The company believes that the new location will provide it increased business development and growth along with the benefit of being in close...
NIL Technology Raises $31M to Scale Manufacturing
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 9, 2024 — Flat optics developer NIL Technology (NILT) has raised €29 million (~$31.2 million) in new capital to help scale its manufacturing organization and capabilities. According to the company, with demand for its technology increasing, the company...
ams OSRAM Sells Passive Optical Components Assets to Focuslight
PREMSTAETTEN, Austria, May 8, 2024 — China-based laser diode components and materials developer Focuslight Technologies has agreed to acquire ams OSRAM's Passive Optical Components business in a deal worth €45 million (~$48.4 million). The sale relates to the company’s “Re-Establish...
Toku Adds to its Board: People in the News: 5/8/24
WESTBOROUGH, Mass., May 8, 2024 — Kopin Corporation, a provider of optical solutions and micro-displays, has appointed Greg Truman to its newly created position of vice president of business development for Europe, Middle East, and Asian/Pacific markets. Truman has held various...
Functional Materials Developer to Lay off 80% of Workforce
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May 7, 2024 — The board of advanced materials and nanotechnology company Meta Materials has approved a workforce reduction of approximately 80% of its employees, the company said in a statement. The Halifax, Nova Scotia-based company expects to enact the plan...
Luminar Restructuring Includes 20% Workforce Cut
ORLANDO, Fla., May 7, 2024 — Lidar company Luminar Technologies intends to implement cost-cutting measures, including the outsourcing of industrialization to existing partners and reduction of its workforce by approximately 20%, according to a statement issued by company...
Hamamatsu’s NKT Photonics Acquisition Gets Green Light
BIRKERØD, Denmark, May 6, 2024 — The Danish Business Authority has approved the sale of NKT Photonics to Photonics Management Europe S.R.L., a 100% owned subsidiary of Hamamatsu Photonics K.K, Japan. Closing of the transaction was subject to regulatory approvals which were obtained...
Imec Venture Fund Launches with $323M for Startups
LEUVEN, Belgium, May 6, 2024 — Imec’s venture capital fund, imec.xpand, has launched a €300 million ($323 million) fund designed to promote the growth of semiconductor and nanotechnology innovations. Established as a collaborative effort with imec, the fund will invest in...
Programmable Processing Provides Multifaceted Networking Boost
VALENCIA, Spain, May 6, 2024 — A team from the Photonics Research Laboratory (PRL)-iTEAM of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the company iPRONICS have developed a multifunctional, programmable photonic processor for applications in the...
PsiQuantum to Build Utility-Scale Quantum Computer in Australia
BRISBANE, Australia, May 3, 2024 — Quantum computing firm PsiQuantum will build a utility-scale quantum computer at a strategically located site near Brisbane Airport in Brisbane, Australia. The Australian Commonwealth and Queensland Governments will invest 940 million AUD ($620...
Tyndall, MIT Partner on Sustainable Chip Production Processes: Week in Brief: 5/3/24
CORK, Ireland, May 3, 2024 — Researchers from the Tyndall National Institute’s photonics packaging & systems integration group have been awarded funding by the National Science Foundation to diversify and strengthen the supply chain for manufacturing and packaging of...
Headwall Taps Jim Gareau to Lead Optical Components and Assemblies Unit
BOLTON, Mass., May 2, 2024 — Headwall Group has appointed Jim Gareau as vice president and general manager of the Optical Components and Assemblies (OCA) business unit. The unit governs Headwall’s manufacturing capabilities in microlens arrays, holographic gratings, and vacuum...
Cognex Names Former Siemens VP Dennis Fehr CFO
NATICK, Mass., May 2, 2024 — Cognex Corporation named Dennis Fehr as senior vice president of finance and CFO, effective May 3. Fehr succeeds former CFO Paul Todgham, whose resignation went into effect March 15. Fehr most recently served as the CFO of 6K Inc, a manufacturing...
AmeriCOM Adds President and CEO: People in the News: 5/1/24
ROCHESTER, N.Y., May, 1, 2024 — Weapons guidance, threat detection, and optical targeting and imaging systems developer AmeriCOM has added David Shelton as its president and CEO. Shelton has previous experience in the optics and materials science industries, most recently as an...
Machine Learning Pushes High-Power Lasing Limits
DOLNÍ BREŽANY, Czechia, May 1, 2024 — A team of international scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, and the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) collaborated on an experiment to optimize high-intensity high-repetition...
IPG Names Industry Veteran Mark Gitin CEO
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., April 30, 2024 — The board of IPG Photonics has appointed Mark Gitin as the company’s next CEO and member of the board, effective June 5. Gitin succeeds IPG co-founder Eugene Scherbakov who will remain a member of the board and will serve as an advisor to...
16th Biannual Optatec Conference Continues in Frankfurt
FRANKFURT, Germany, April 30, 2024 — Optatec, the international trade fair for optical technologies, components, and systems, returns to Messe Frankfurt May 14-16. Its 16th iteration, the event retains its focus on optoelectronics, machine vision, optics, laser components, fiber...
Celestial Surface Mapping Tech Combines Established Techniques
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., April 30, 2024 — A project sponsored by the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory will leverage NASA's free-flying robotic Astrobee system on the space station to test a 3D mapping technology that can produce detailed maps of remote environments....
TSMC Partnerships Target Integrated Photonics Capabilities
HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK, Taiwan, April 30, 2024 — Taiwan Semiconductor Company (TSMC) has detailed three partnerships — one each with Ansys, Synopsys, and Cadence — to further develop its silicon photonics integration system capabilities. The collaborations serve to integrate various software...
CLEO Heads to the East Coast
CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 29, 2024 — Featuring more than 2000 technical sessions across 29 topic categories, plus plenary sessions, special symposia, and short courses, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) 2024 kicks off at the Charlotte Convention Center in North...
Exail Signs LLNL Contract, Partners with Eelume
SAINT-GERMAIN EN LAYE, France, April 26, 2024 — Exail, a high-tech industrial group specializing in photonics technologies, has signed a contract with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to provide more than 60 dual-stage modulators to the equip the high-fidelity pulse shaping (HiFiPS)...
Menlo Moves U.S. HQ: Week in Brief: 4/26/2024
MARTINSRIED, Germany, April 26, 2024 — Menlo Systems’ U.S. subsidiary, Menlo Systems, Inc., has moved its headquarters from Newton, N.J. to Boulder, Colo. The new facility doubles the square footage of the previous location and will be partly under construction to build out...

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