Fraunhofer Completes their Board and LightPath Acquires G5 InfraredFraunhofer’s newly named vice president of research and transfer is officially in place with Constantin Haefner officially assuming those duties. LightPath Technologies acquires G5 Infrared for $27M....
2/20/2025
GlobalFoundries' Leadership Shuffle, Relativity Networks Raises $4.6m in Pre-Seed FundingGlobalFoundries names their next CEO and Executive Chair. Jason Eichenholz comes out of retirement to advance fiber optics with Relativity Networks. Nuburu makes changes to its board after regaining...
2/13/2025
Lumentum Makes a Change at CEO, Image of Warship Firing Laser Weapon Goes ViralLumentum is making a change at CEO. An employee of a Lithuanian laser maker is accused of selling tech to the Russian military. VueReal secures more than $40M to help ramp up production. And an image...
2/6/2025
Recapping the Biggest Announcements and Happenings from Photonics West 2025Photonics Spectra Now is coming to you from the biggest event in our industry, Photonics West! We're speaking with officials from SPIE to learn more about what's new in this year's show, and to see...
1/30/2025
GlobalFoundries' Packaging and Photonics Center in N.Y., Metal Foam Enables Brightest X-Ray SourceGlobalFoundries announces plans to create an advance packaging and photonics center at its facility in Malta, NY. In acquisition news, Headwall acquires EVK and Praevium becomes a division of...
1/23/2025
Photonics Takes Center Stage at CES, SPIE Names Fellows and Award WinnersA number of photonics innovations dominated the tech at CES 2025 including AI systems from NVIDIA and autonomous machines from John Deere. SPIE names 47 fellows of the society and gives out some big...
1/16/2025
HKUST Work Speeds Up Semiconductor Production; German Consortium on Laser-Based Fusion TargetsA major breakthrough from HKUST could impact lithography machines and the production of semiconductors. A German consortium lead by Fraunhofer Institute aims to develop inertial fusion targets....
1/9/2025
Photonics Spectra Now Reviews the Biggest Stories from 20242024 was packed with big business headlines, powerful team-ups, changes of leadership for leading organizations, and life-changing breakthroughs. But before we recap the year's top headlines,...
1/2/2025
Major Development in the Quantum Teleportation of Data, Optimax Discusses Future of 'Space Economy'A new demonstration could be the key to a quantum internet. How teleportation is involved. Starris: Optimax Space Systems is sharing new details on their deal with the Lawrence Livermore National...
12/26/2024
Ayar Lands Funding from Big Companies, R&D News: Electrically Pumped Laser Grown on Silicon WaferAyar Labs lands $155 million in funding from big names including NVIDIA, AMD Ventures, and Intel Capital. Lightwave Logic announces a change in leadership. A German research team makes a breakthrough...
12/19/2024