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Telecom Leader Vodafone Partners with Silicon Photonics Companies
MÁLAGA, Spain, Sept. 25, 2023 — In a push to develop and deploy silicon photonics technology, telecommunications leader Vodafone detailed plans to expand its workforce and announced partnerships with European photonic chip developers iPronics and Salience Labs. Vodafone seeks to integrate photonic chips into its mobile base stations to enable an ultralow-latency, highly programmable, and more efficient network. The company identified the photonics firms as among the first startups to collaborate at the company’s
Global Foundries Awarded $3.1B DOD Contract; Camtek Adds FormFactor's Metrology Business: Week in Brief: 09/22/23
MALTA, N.Y., Sept. 22, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) awarded Global Foundries (GF) a 10-year, $3.1 billion contract for a supply of securely manufactured, U.S.-made semiconductors for use across a range of aerospace and defense applications. In addition to secure...
Policy, Technology Innovation Take Focus at Second SPIE Photonics Industry Summit
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 22, 2023 — SPIE will bring together photonics industry stakeholders and U.S. government representatives and elected officials at its second Industry Summit, taking place Sept. 27 in Washington, D.C. The single-day event features discussions, presentations, and...
SLAC’s Upgraded XFEL Registers 'First Light'
MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 21, 2023 — SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory reported that the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) x-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) has produced its first x-rays following a $1.1 billion upgrade. The improvements, more than 10 years in the making, allow the...
SuperLight Photonics Secures Seed Funding Round
ENSCHEDE, Netherlands, Sept. 21, 2023 — SuperLight Photonics, a spinout company from the University of Twente, has completed a seed investment round to develop its wideband laser platform technology into products, systems, and subsystems, the company said. SuperLight aims to develop its...
Cepton Appoints CCO; Swave Photonics Adds Digital Holography Fellow: People in the News: 09/20/2023
SAN JOSE, Calif — Lidar Solutions developer Cepton Inc. appointed Mitch Hourtienne CCO, a newly created role for the company. Hourtienne joined Cepton in 2018 and helped establish the company’s center of excellence in Detroit. Prior to Cepton, Hourtienne held...
Indie Semiconductor Acquires EXALOS AG
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Sept. 19, 2023 — Automotive technology solutions developer indie Semiconductor, a fabless semiconductor company whose technology supports driver safety and automation, has acquired EXALOS AG. The Swiss photonics company specializes in the design of high-performance...
Multicore Fiber Enables High-Speed Communications Milestone
TOKYO, Sept. 19, 2023 — The NTT Corp. and Kitami Institute of Technology (KIT) achieved a milestone in high-speed communications. The two organizations were able to deliver electric power exceeding 1 W to a remote location 10 km distant using a single optical fiber....
DARPA Selects Design Teams for Power Beaming Relay Initiative
ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 18, 2023 — DARPA has selected three teams, led by RTX Corp., Draper, and BEAM Co., to develop wireless optical power relays for its Persistent Optical Wireless Relay (POWER) program. The program, which will develop energy distribution through airborne wireless...
Prisma Photonics Secures $20M in Funding
TEL AVIV, Israel, Sept. 18, 2023 — AI-driven infrastructure monitoring startup Prisma Photonics has raised approximately $20 million in a series C round. The investment will accelerate the company’s entrance into the global power and renewable energy market while supporting...
Excelitas Technologies to Acquire Heraeus Noblelight
WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 15, 2023 — Excelitas Technologies has signed a definitive agreement with Heraeus Group to acquire the Heraeus Noblelight business. Heraeus Noblelight specializes in the development and manufacture of specialty light sources and solutions used within analytical...
Astrape Networks to Develop Sustainable Data Center; Xenics Expands in North America: Week in Brief: 09/15/23
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, Sept. 15, 2023 — Integrated photonics-based optical networks developer Astrape Networks secured a pre-seed funding round of €1.6 million ($1.7 million) to develop sustainable data centers by eliminating multiple electrical-optical conversions during use. The...
Lithuanian Laser Laboratory Opens in Taiwan
VILNIUS, Lithuania, Sept. 14, 2023 — Citing the Lithuanian Ministry of Economy and Innovation, the Central European Initiative reported the establishment and opening of the Lithuanian Laser Laboratory in Taiwan. The laboratory will serve to expedite the development of laser and other...
Ocean Insight Names President; Bluglass, TeraXion Add to Executive Teams: People in the News: 09/13/2023
OBERKOCHEN, Germany, Sept. 13, 2023 — ZEISS CFO Christian Müller will step down from the executive board at the end of this month. Company president and CEO Karl Lamprecht will temporarily take over CFO duties. Christian Müller. Courtesy of Carl Zeiss AG. ORLANDO, Fla. —...
£520 million to add three beamlines to U.K.’s National Synchrotron
OXFORDSHIRE, England, Sept. 12, 2023 — A nearly £520 million ($648.3 million) investment in the U.K.’s national synchrotron, Diamond Light Source, will lead to the implementation of three new flagship beamlines, as well as upgrades to existing beamlines. The U.K. Department...
Quanergy, Teledyne FLIR Collaborate on Infrastructure Security
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 12, 2023 — Lidar security solutions provider Quanergy and Teledyne FLIR have partnered to develop an integrated solution that addresses security challenges facing critical infrastructure environments. The collaborators will fuse Quanergy’s Q-Track 3D...
Shoei Chemical Acquires Quantum Dot Business from Nanosys
TOKYO, Sept. 11, 2023 — Advanced materials manufacturer Shoei Chemical Inc., together with its North American subsidiary, Shoei Electronic Materials, has completed a definitive asset purchase agreement with Nanosys to acquire substantially all the assets associated with...
Underwater Laser Cutting Method Optimizes Efficiency
DRESDEN, Germany, Sept. 11, 2023 — The need for modern technologies to dismantle existing underwater infrastructure is growing due to increasing demand for renewable energy sources. For example, to bring a wind power plant in the sea up to higher powers, the existing old steel...
DRDC Awards Immervision $5.7M to Develop Panoramic Imaging Systems
MONTREAL, Sept. 9, 2023 — Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) has awarded advanced vision systems provider Immervision a $5.7 million contract from for the design and development of panoramic imaging components and systems. Immervision’s technology offerings...
Tower Semiconductor, InnoLight Pair for Silicon Photonic Optical Transceivers: Week in Brief: 09/08/23
MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, Sept. 8, 2023 — Tower Semiconductor and data center optics company InnoLight Technology will develop multigeneration high-speed optical transceivers based on Tower’s silicon photonics process platform. The partnership is expected to enable cutting-edge...
Envisics Closes Series C Funding Totaling over $100M, M&G Becomes Investor
MILTON KEYNES, England, Sept. 7, 2023 — Dynamic holographic technology developer Envisics completed its series C funding round, raising more than $100 million. The round saw investment from M&G Investments and Van Tuyl Companies. In March, Envisics said that the first phase had raised...
Imec Spinout Axithra Raises $10M for Chip-based Raman Tech
LEUVEN, Belgium, Sept. 7, 2023 — Axithra, a spinout of imec and Ghent University, has raised €10 million ($10.7 million) in a seed round to develop a chip-based Raman spectroscopy platform to monitor drug concentration in the blood. The seed round, which saw backing from...
President of Coherent’s Lasers Segment Retires, Prisma Expands US Team: People in the News: 09/06/2023
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 6, 2023 — Mark Sobey, president of Coherent’s lasers segment, has retired. Sobey held the position since July 2022, when II-VI merged with Coherent. Before the merger, Sobey served as Coherent’s COO from 2020 to 2022. From 2010 to 2016, he was...
TriLite Partners with ams OSRAM on RGB Diodes for AR Displays
VIENNA, Sept. 6, 2023 — Display technology company TriLite has collaborated with ams OSRAM to further develop TriLite’s Trixel 3 laser beam scanner (LBS). The Trixel 3 LBS is an ultracompact projection display geared toward augmented reality (AR) applications,...
SPIE Unveils New Biophotonics Journal
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Sept. 5, 2023 — SPIE will launch Biophotonics Discovery, the 15th publication from the society. The journal will serve as a peer-reviewed outlet for research presented at the Photonics West BiOS Symposium, SPIE said. The journal will provide at will complement the...

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