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AIM Photonics Awarded $321M from Air Force, SUNY
ALBANY, N.Y., Oct. 25, 2021 — AIM Photonics has signed a seven-year agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Research Foundation of the State University of New York. The agreement includes support totaling more than $321 million. The funding includes $165 million awarded by AFRL on behalf of U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and $156 million from other sources, including more than $60 million previously awarded from New York state as part of a $250 million commitment to establish the institute,
IPG Founder Valentin Gapontsev Dies at 82
OXFORD, Mass., Oct. 25, 2021 — Valentin Gapontsev, founder, chairman, and former CEO of IPG Photonics, has died. “Valentin’s passing is a tremendous loss for the IPG community and the larger photonics world,” said Eugene Scherbakov, IPG Photonics’ CEO....
Imec and MiDiagnostics to Commercialize COVID-19 Breath Sampler
LEUVEN, Belgium, Oct. 25, 2021 — Imec, a research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technology, has signed a nonexclusive licensing agreement with miDiagnostics, a spinoff of imec in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, to commercialize technology that...
Seeing Red: InGaN Microdisplay Sharpens AR Glasses
CAMBRIDGE, England, Oct. 25, 2021 — A microdisplay developed by University of Cambridge spinout Porotech is expected to accelerate the development and commercialization of augmented reality glasses. The company reports that the microdisplay is the first based on native red indium...
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 10/22/21
Oct 22, 2021 — CINCINNATI — In Place Machining (IPM), parent company of Exact Metrology, has acquired OASIS Alignment Services LLC as part of a long-term growth strategy to expand its reach and service offerings in North America. Paired with its acquisition...
Toshiba Achieves Chip-Based QKD Tech
CAMBRIDGE, England, Oct. 22, 2021 — Toshiba Europe has developed a chip-based quantum key distribution (QKD) system that could enable mass manufacturing of quantum security technology for a broad range of applications, including Industry 4.0. A QKD chip under test at Toshiba’s...
$4.4M Grant to Build Next-Gen Night-Vision Tech
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Oct. 21, 2021 — Researchers at the University of Arkansas received a $4.4 million award from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to develop the next generation of infrared sensors used in night-vision technology. Three researchers — electronic engineering...
National University of Singapore Launches Functional Intelligent Materials Research Center
SINGAPORE, Oct. 20, 2021 — The National University of Singapore (NUS) has launched the Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials (I-FIM), an institute dedicated to the design, synthesis, and application of functional intelligent materials. Nobel Prize-winning materials...
Jenoptik Grows its Components Portfolio Through Acquisitions
JENA, Germany, Oct. 19, 2021 — Jenoptik will acquire Berliner Glas Medical Applications GmbH from ASML. Jenoptik will additionally acquire SwissOptic AG, and SwissOptic (Wuhan) Co. Ltd. Berliner Glas was acquired by lithography systems manufacturer ASML in 2020. “Jenoptik...
Novanta Establishes Novanta IMS
BEDFORD, Mass., Oct. 15, 2021 — After closing on its acquisition of Schneider Electric Motion (SEM), Novanta is renaming the acquired company Novanta IMS. Novanta acquired SEM in August for $115 million. The acquisition will bring Novanta into the automation and robotic...
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 10/15/21
Oct 15, 2021 — MENLO PARK, Calif. — Deepcell, a life science company focused on AI-powered cell classification, will collaborate with the Levesque Lab at the University of Zurich to identify and sort rare melanoma cells, profile melanoma tissues to gain a...
Cree Rebrands as Wolfspeed, Strikes Deal with GM
DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 13, 2021 — The semiconductor solutions developer formerly known as Cree Inc. has officially launched under a new name, Wolfspeed Inc. The company, credited with developing the first blue LED and, in 1991, the first commercial SiC wafer, said the name change...
NIL Technologies Reports 94% Efficiency in Meta-Optical Lens
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Oct. 13, 2021 — Optical solutions company NIL Technology (NILT) reports that is has designed, built, and characterized multiple meta-optical element (MOE) lenses with 94% absolute efficiency. The demonstration was done with 940-nm NIR lens, with results being...
Messe Stuttgart Hails Vision 2021 a Successful Return
STUTTGART, Germany, Oct. 12, 2021 — After a three-year hiatus, more than 5400 visitors met in Stuttgart for VISION 2021, the majority of them from Europe. Despite travel and quarantine restrictions, some visitors from the United States, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan were able to attend....
Optical Method Enables Drug Toxicological Assessments in Early-Stage Tests
GENOA, ITALY, Oct. 11, 2021 — An Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)-coordinated project has received €3 million ($3.47 million) from the European Union to develop a biosensor based on a novel virtual mirror design. Researchers said the biosensor will be able to detect...
Photonics News: Week in Brief: 10/11/21
Oct 11, 2021 — STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Sivers Photonics, a subsidiary of Sivers Semiconductors, will develop CW-WDM MSA compliant laser arrays which support Ayar Labs’ optical I/O solution. The announcement follows Ayar Labs’ demonstration of a...
Indie Semiconductor Creates Vision Processing Capabilities Unit
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Oct. 8, 2021 — Automotive semiconductors and software platforms developer indie Semiconductor established a business unit, VisionQ, focused exclusively on high-quality perception-enabled vision processing solutions. The unit will address what indie says is the...
Facility at SLAC to Pair Petawatt System with X-Ray FEL
MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 7, 2021 — A new facility at the U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will combine petawatt lasers with an x-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) to further the scientific understanding of matter in extreme conditions. Coupled to...
NSF Allots Nearly $18M for Semiconductor Fab
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Oct. 7, 2021 — Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas received $17.87 million from the NSF to build and operate a national silicon carbide research and fabrication facility. The unique and open-access facility at the university will serve to fill a...
People in the News: 10/6/21
Oct 6, 2021 — JENA, Germany — Carl Zeiss Meditec President and CEO Ludwin Monz will step down from the company’s executive board on Dec. 31. Markus Weber will succeed Monz, effective Jan. 1, 2022. Weber is a member of the executive board of Carl Zeiss...
Ouster to Acquire Sense Photonics
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5, 2021 — Lidar sensor developer Ouster will acquire Sense Photonics, developer of a digital solid-state lidar sensor for automotive series production. Following the close of the acquisition, which is expected to happen in the fourth quarter of this year,...
Tibidabo Acquires Scientific Imaging Systems Developer Lambert Instruments
DUBLIN, Oct. 4, 2021 — Tibidabo Scientific Industries, a developer and supplier of technology for the scientific research, aerospace, and industrial markets, acquired Lambert Instruments BV, a specialist developer and manufacturer of low-light detection and high-speed...
Ericsson, PowerLight Demonstrate Fully Wireless 5G Base Station
SEATTLE, Oct. 4, 2021 — Multinational telecommunications firm Ericsson and Seattle-based PowerLight Technologies reported the successful demonstration of a fully wireless-powered 5G base station. The proof-of-concept used PowerLight’s optical beaming capabilities to...
SPIE Funding Backs UK Optics and Photonics Education Initiatives
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Oct. 4, 2021 — SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, will provide support through its Endowment Matching Program to two initiatives at universities in the U.K. The program has provided $500,000 to the University of Glasgow to support a...
EU-Funded PULSATE Project Names Winners of 1st Technology Transfer Experiments
BRUSSELS, Oct. 1, 2021 — Ten small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been named winners of the EU-funded PULSATE project’s first Technology Transfer Experiments. PULSATE’s open call for consortia sought companies and their proposals that could demonstrate an...

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