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European Consortiums Advance Quantum Computing Tech: Week in Brief: 3/18/22
BERNIN, France, March 18, 2022 — Semiconductor materials producer Soitec will establish a fabrication facility at its headquarters in Bernin, France. The facility will be used to produce Soitec’s SmartSic wafers developed at the Substrate Innovation Center at CEA-Leti, using Soitec’s SmartCut technology. The facility will support the company’s 300-mm silicon-on-insulator activities. ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Panoramic imaging technology startup Circle Optics was awarded $1.75 million in funding. The
SWIR Microscope to Enable Imaging Through Blood, Soft Tissue
BIELEFELD, Germany, March 17, 2022 — Collaborators on a project called BetterView will develop a SWIR microscope that will overcome challenges faced by conventional visible spectrum surgical microscopes, such as seeing through blood, cartilage, soft tissue, and biofilms. The aim is to...
Zebra Technologies Acquires Matrox Imaging
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., March 15, 2022 — Zebra Technologies will acquire Matrox Imaging, the Montreal-based provider of machine vision components and systems and a division of Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. The $875 million deal marks the mobile computing company’s third major...
Quantum Processor to Support Operation at Cryogenic Temps
FREIBURG IM BREISGAU, Germany, March 16, 2022 — A collaborative project led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid-State Physics IAF will develop a compact, scalable quantum computer processor — based on spin photons in synthetic diamond — that can be connected to classical...
Federal Funding to Fuel NY Quantum Research
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 15, 2022 — The Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, N.Y., will receive more than $293 million in funding for fiscal year 2022 to support the Innovare Advancement Center and SkyDome, an indoor unmanned aerial system test facility, marking a $15 million...
Luna Innovations Acquires LIOS Sensing
ROANOKE, Va., March 15, 2022 — Optics firm Luna Innovations has purchased LIOS Sensing, a division of NKT Photonics, for €20 million (~$21.92 million). In a separate move, the company has divested its own Luna Labs division as it shifts its focus to purely fiber-oriented...
NASA to Demonstrate Self-Healing Quantum Communications Tech
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 14, 2022 — An experiment launching to the International Space Station later this year could provide the building blocks for a future global quantum network. Called the Space Entanglement and Annealing Quantum Experiment (SEAQUE), it involves a milk-carton-size...
Thermo Fisher Completes Max Analytical Acquisition: Week in Brief: 3/11/22
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 11, 2022 — Lumentum Holdings and Ayar Labs have entered a strategic partnership to deliver CW-WDM MSA compliant external laser sources in high volume. The light sources are critical to power Ayar Labs’ optical I/O solution, which delivers high bandwidth,...
Tech Transfer Streamlines Implementation of Asphere Standards
BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany, March 10, 2022 — The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB, the National Metrology Institute of Germany) reported that it has developed standards for aspheric optics. The standards are intended to improve the calibration of aspheric and freeform surface...
EFFECT Photonics Augments Its Coherent Technology Business
SAN DIEGO, March 9, 2022 — EFFECT Photonics has signed a definitive agreement with Viasat to acquire the global communications firm’s coherent optical digital signal processing (DSP) business. As part of EFFECT’s recent push to develop its coherent technology, the...
GlobalFoundries Debuts Silicon Photonics Platform, Announces Collaborations
MALTA, N.Y., March 8, 2022 — Concurrent with the introduction of its GF Fotonix silicon photonics platform, GlobalFoundries has announced several high-profile collaborations with the potential to significantly boost the platform’s market reach. The GF Fotonix platform...
NeoPhotonics Charges Forward in 800G Transceiver Race: Week in Brief: 03/04/22
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 4, 2022 — NeoPhotonics Corp. reported that it successfully used its indium phosphide-based coherent receiver and coherent modulators, coupled with its ultranarrow linewidth tunable lasers or distributed feedback lasers to demonstrate 120-Gbaud operation in...
High-Speed Camera Tackles Data-Sensitive Applications
EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 3, 2022 — A team from Heriot-Watt University has developed a high-speed, high-definition camera that its designers said overcomes the common limits of existing high-speed imaging devices: poor resolution at a high frame rate and high cost. The team’s...
Imaging Method Gauges Quality of 3D-Printed Metal
SINGAPORE, March 3, 2022 — Researchers at Nanyang Technological University developed a fast, low-cost imaging method that can analyze the structure of 3D-printed metal parts to assess the quality of the material. The system uses an optical camera, a light source, and a...
Optica Names 2022 Award Winners for Service in Photonics
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 2, 2022 — Optica has announced 20 recipients of its 2022 awards and medals. The awards celebrate individuals who have achieved significant technical, research, education, business, leadership, and service accomplishments across optics and photonics. The 2022...
Rescue Act Funds AIM Photonics' Production of Lab-on-Chip Tests
GAITHERSBURG, Md., March 2, 2022 — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has earmarked more than $10 million for photonic technologies addressing the ongoing pandemic. More than $5 million — split across multiple projects...
UpNano Hires Erika Bechtold as Company Expands US Presence: People in the News: 03/02/22
ZURICH, March 2, 2022 — ABB has made changes to the leadership of two business areas within the executive committee, effective April 1. Morton Wierod, currently president of motion, will become president of electrification. Tarak Mehta, currently president of...
Optica Adds Former EPIC CTO Pozo to Executive Team
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 1, 2022 — Optica has named Jose Pozo, former CTO of the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC), to the same position on its executive team. Pozo will lead efforts to build relationships across the diverse community of optics and photonics companies...
IPG Photonics Appoints COO
OXFORD, Mass., March 1, 2022 — IPG Photonics promoted Felix Stukalin to COO. Stukalin assumed the role Feb. 18, having served as the company’s senior vice president of North American operations since 2013. Prior to joining the company, he was vice president of components...
OCT Improves Process Stability During Laser Metal Deposition
AACHEN, Germany, March 1, 2022 — Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT, in collaboration with five industry partners, have equipped a laser metal deposition (LMD) system with an OCT system. The combination mechanism enabled the scientists to...
Canada Invests in Domestic Semiconductor and Photonics Industries
OTTAWA, Ontario, Feb. 28, 2022 — Seeking to address the semiconductor shortage, the government of Canada today invested 240 million CAD ($189.1 million) in its domestic semiconductor and photonics industries. Of the funding, 150 million CAD ($118.17 million) is designated for the...
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition to Spotlight Top Networking Trends
Feb 28, 2022 — The premier international event for the latest advancements in optical communications and networking returns to San Diego in March. The Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC) will feature a five-day technical conference March...
Sensata Acquires Elastic M2M: Week in Brief: 02/25/22
WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 25, 2022 — Olympus has opened another discovery center, this one at the University of Montreal’s Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Brain and Learning. The facility will provide researchers access to advanced microscopy tools to study the neural...
Ocean Insight Acquires ILT, Adds Light Measurement Capabilities
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 23, 2022 — Ocean Insight has acquired International Light Technologies (ILT), a producer of light measurement and detection systems and customized light source solutions. ILT’s offerings are used in biomedical, environmental, agricultural, food and...
PowerPhotonic Names CEO for Its US Venture: People in the News: 02/23/22
PARIS, Feb. 23, 2022 — The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) appointed Ulrike Helfferich COO to supervise daily business operations, lead key initiatives, and implement organization-wide strategies. Helfferich has more than 30 years of experience in the areas...

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