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Optalysys, Google HEIR, Deploy Silicon Photonics to Boost Fully Homomorphic Encryption
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 16, 2024 — Optalysys, a company developing silicon photonics technology for secure computing, has partnered with Google HEIR in a collaboration that aims to integrate Optalysys' photonic processing technology into HEIR’s compiler toolchain for fully homomorphic encryption (FHE). This integration aims to address the computational challenges of FHE, making it more commercially viable.
Silicon Photonics Company Xscape Photonics Raises $44M
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 15, 2024 — Silicon photonics startup Xscape Photonics has raised $44 million in a series A funding round. The company plans to use the funds to accelerate development of its ChromX platform, a scalable multi-color, programmable photonics platform for AI data...
Meridian Innovation Secures $12.5M to Accelerate Growth
SINGAPORE, Oct. 14, 2024 — Meridian Innovation Pte Ltd, a developer of thermal imaging sensors, has raised $12.5 million in to scale its operations, accelerate product development, and expand its reach into broader consumer and commercial markets. The funding brings...
Fraunhofer IOF Team Delivers Optical Assembly for Emissions Monitoring Mission
JENA, Germany, Oct. 11, 2024 — Researchers from led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF have delivered an optical assembly for the spectrometers on board the satellites for the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Copernicus Anthropogenic...
PhotonDelta Debuts Integrated Photonics-Themed Engineering Contest
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, Oct. 9, 2024 — Netherlands-based photonic chip industry accelerator PhotonDelta is launching a Global Photonics Engineering Contest to stimulate the creation of new applications for photonic chips. Rolled out in collaboration with Wevolver, a knowledge and...
Toshiba Teli Corporation Takes Home 2024 VISION Award
STUTTGART, Germany, Oct. 9, 2024 — Toshiba Teli Corporation has won the 2024 VISION award. The company earned the title, presented at VISION 2024 in Stuttgart, Germany, for its OneShotBRDF integrated surface flaw detection scope technology. Toshiba Teli earned the VISION Award 2024...
Morphotonics Appoints CEO: People in the News: 10/9/24
VELDHOVEN, Netherlands, Oct. 9, 2024 — Nanoimprint technology developer Morphotonics appointed Hugo da Silva as its CEO. Da Silva has over 20 years of experience in advanced materials, manufacturing, and commercialization. He most recently served as vice president of strategy and...
NUBURU Secures $65 Million, Including $50M in Equity Credit
CENTENNIAL, Colo., Oct. 9, 2024 — Industrial blue laser developer NUBURU, Inc. has secured a comprehensive funding program of approximately $65 million. The funding comprises $15 million of direct investment and an additional $50 million equity line of credit provided through hedge...
Vishay Precision Acquires Laser-Based Measurement Solution Developer Nokra
MALVERN, Pa., Oct. 8, 2024 — Vishay Precision Group, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of specialized sensors, weighing solutions, and measurement systems, has acquired Nokra Optische Prueftechnik & Automation GmbH. Nokra, headquartered in Germany, is a designer and...
Lynred Acquires New Imaging Technologies
GRENOBLE, France, Oct. 7, 2024 — Infrared sensors developer Lynred has acquired New Imaging Technologies (NIT), a Paris-based developer of SWIR imaging modules and sensors. In a strategic move to consolidate its leadership in infrared sensors, Lynred said, the deal with expand its...
Union Park Capital Acquires iiM GmbH
BOSTON, Oct. 7, 2024 — Via its holding company Exaktera, private equity investment firm Union Park Capital has acquired iiM GmbH, a manufacturer of LEDs for machine vision applications. Terms of the deal were not announced. (From left) iiM managing directors Heiko Freund...
BIOLASE Pursuing Sale Through Bankruptcy Code
LAKE FOREST, Calif., Oct. 7, 2024 — Dental laser developer BIOLASE has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the company said in a statement this week. The company is pursuing a sale process under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code in conjunction with the filing. The decision...
Infleqtion, Thorlabs Partner on Quantum Commercialization: Week in Brief: 10/4/24
OXFORD, England, Oct. 4, 2024 — Infleqtion, a neutral atom quantum technology company, has signed a licensing agreement with Thorlabs to commercialize Infleqtion’s integrated optical fiber collimation package. The package delivers a linearly polarized collimated beam with...
Valens Semiconductor Develops MIPI A-PHY-Compliant Chipsets
HOD HASHARON, Israel, Oct. 4, 2024 — Valens Semiconductor, a developer of chipsets, has developed the VA7000 and VS6320 chipsets for industrial machine vision applications. Designed initially for automotive, the VA7000 chipset complies with the MIPI A-PHY standard, which provides...
NTT and NEC Enable Sensing in IOWN All-Photonics Network
TOKYO, Oct. 3, 2024 — NTT Corporation, NTT EAST Corporation, NTT WEST Corporation and NEC Corporation have devised a connection configuration to add optical fiber sensing functions to the IOWN All-Photonics Network (APN). By applying this configuration to multiple routes...
Polar Light, Finetech Partner on Micro-LED Tech
LINKÖPING, Sweden Oct. 2, 2024 — In collaboration with Finetech, Polar Light Technologies has introduced novel gallium nitride (GaN) pyramidal microLEDs that are directly bonded to indium pads on a silicon chip. The new method, in which LEDs are built from the bottom up, avoids the...
TOPTICA Photonics Appoints Two to C-Suite Positions: People in the News: 10/2/24
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 2, 2024 — Optica’s membership has elected Turan Erdogan as vice president and Christine P. Hendon as director-at-large. Erdogan currently serves as the president of Plymouth Grating Laboratory, Inc. and previously was site leader of Melles Griot and CTO...
European Initiative's Quantum Sensors to Deliver Climate Insights
BRUSSELS, Oct. 1, 2024 — A research project launched by the European Commission, with support from the EU's Quantum Flagship initiative, is developing quantum-enabled space-based sensors that aim to provide a sharper view of environmental changes on Earth. The project will...
IonQ Awarded $54.5M Contract with U.S. Air Force Research Lab
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 1, 2024 — Quantum computing company IonQ has signed a $54.5 million contract with the United States Air Force Research Lab (AFRL). The focus of the AFRL partnership is to design, develop, and deliver technology and hardware that enables the scaling,...
ZEISS Plans for 2025 CEO Transition
OBERKOCHEN, Germany, Sept. 30, 2024 — The supervisory board of Carl Zeiss AG has appointed Andreas Pecher president and CEO of the company. The appointment will be effective April 1, 2025 and follows current CEO Karl Lamprecht’s decision not to seek a contract extension.
SPIE Industry Summit Spotlights Policy Priorities, Business Development
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 30, 2024 — Policymakers, industry leaders, and investors convened last week for SPIE’s third Photonics Industry Summit for updates on the U.S. government’s plans and priorities for the industry and progress reports from government programs and...
$13.5M Project to Aid Photoacoustic Lung Cancer Diagnosis
BOSTON, Sept. 30, 2024 — Northeastern University professor Soner Sonmezoglu has been awarded $13 million through the Advanced Research Project Agency for Health to lead a project developing photoacoustic imaging technology for diagnostic lung assessment. The technology is...
NASA’s Terabyte Infrared Laser Demo Completes Mission
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 30, 2024 — NASA’s TBIRD (TeraByte InfraRed Delivery) demonstration and its host spacecraft — the Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator -3 (PTD-3) — have completed their technology demonstration. The TBIRD payload spent the past two years...
Nicslab’s Fabless Chip Earns First Place at Luminate 2024
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 27, 2024 — Nicslab, a Silicon Valley-based fabless chip company, was awarded top prize as the Cohort 7 winner of the Luminate NY Accelerator Competition. The company received $1 million in follow-on funding with the title, which was announced yesterday evening...
Marvel Fusion Closes $70M Funding Round: Week in Brief: 9/27/24
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Sept. 27, 2024 — Jabil will add capabilities to its facility outside Ottawa, Ontario, as the company makes continued investment in silicon photonics-based products and capabilities to support the increasing demands of hyperscalers and next-wave cloud and AI data...

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