FLORENCE, Italy, May 29, 2024 — A research group from the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (CNR-INO), National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) have built a prototype fiber optic gyroscope for high resolution, real-time monitoring of ground rotations caused by earthquakes in the active volcanic area of Campi Flegrei in Naples, Italy. The team hopes use of the gyroscope will lead to a better understanding of the seismic activity in the area to

TUCSON, Ariz., May 28, 2024 — The high sensitivity, rapid response, and label-free nature of whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonators enable many biochemical applications, such as early diagnostics and prognostics, food and water quality inspection, chemical threat sensing, and...

COPENHAGEN, May 21, 2024 — Although MRI scanners provide 3D images of exceptional quality, they require frequent calibration and are limited in the types of scans they can perform. Their strong magnetic field can cause fluctuations that lead to errors in the scans. Due to the...

FRANKFURT, Germany, April 30, 2024 — Optatec, the international trade fair for optical technologies, components, and systems, returns to Messe Frankfurt May 14-16. Its 16th iteration, the event retains its focus on optoelectronics, machine vision, optics, laser components, fiber...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 29, 2024 — Featuring more than 2000 technical sessions across 29 topic categories, plus plenary sessions, special symposia, and short courses, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) 2024 kicks off at the Charlotte Convention Center in North...

SIMING, China, April 3, 2024 — Femtosecond (fs) fiber oscillators are a standard technology used to generate fs laser pulses. They offer a compact design, outstanding performance, and are cost-effective to use. However, the operating wavelengths for these oscillators are located...

SARATOGA, Calif., April 3, 2024 — Micro-LED developer Mojo Vision appointed Achin Bhowmik to its board of directors. Bhowmik is a former executive at Intel and current CTO of Starkey and president of the Society for Information Display. He has 23 years of experience in perceptual...

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, March 20, 2024 — EFFECT Photonics, a developer of integrated optical technologies, has secured $38 million in series D funding. The funding will be used to further accelerate the development and commercialization of EFFECT Photonics solutions and support ramping...

WUHAN, China, March 15, 2024 — Fiber, as a wearable material, offers breathability, flexibility, and resistance to wear, making it an ideal substrate for wearable devices. Using mature textile technology, color-changing fibers can be integrated into clothing to serve as an...

LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium, Dec. 21, 2023 — Co-packaged optics for high performance computing and other data center applications require dense integration of silicon PICs with electronic integrated circuits (EICs). Stacking an electronic chip on top of a photonic chip allows for a tight...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 3, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Defense awarded microelectronics glass packaging technology developer Mosaic Microsystems a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract that will enable Mosaic to develop ultrathin glass interposers with through-glass...

ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 12, 2023 — Delays in optical data transmission cause inconvenient lag times in communications and interfere with immersive experiences like gaming. Two factors that adversely affect the speed and reliability of optical communication are signal distortion over...

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....

Sep 1, 2023 — We have all heard that photonic integrated circuits (PICs) can pack a ton of functionality into high-performance, energy-efficient, and low-cost microchips, as well as the promise that they will enable a revolution of powerful optoelectronic devices...

Aug 1, 2023 — The internet is an inescapable part of modern life, and the hardware that enables it is almost as ubiquitous. Fiber cables transmit terabytes of data around the world every second and, although the technology is constantly evolving, it has become...

HANAU, Germany, July 18, 2023 — Heraeus Comvance, a manufacturer of quartz glass for fiber optics in telecom and specialty applications, has acquired part of the OFS Fitel Denmark ApS plant in Brøndby, Denmark, near Copenhagen. The companies will continue to operate as...

Jul 11, 2023 — You know how your headphone cables get tangled up in your bag just minutes after they were placed there neatly? And the Christmas tree lights, packed away carefully in January, emerge the next December in a nightmare of knots? You’re not...

NEW YORK, July 11, 2023 — Systems that run artificial intelligence programs, such as large language models, face a “bandwidth bottleneck” that can limit the amount of data they transfer between nodes. Using light to send information between the nodes of data...

GARCHING, Germany, June 29, 2023 — Researchers at Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) and Technical University of Munich (TUM) demonstrated a potential platform for large-scale quantum computing and communication networks. Secure quantum networks are of interest to financial...

Apr 3, 2023 — The RQ-4 Global Hawk, Northrop Grumman’s high-altitude remotely piloted aircraft, has a maximum takeoff weight of 32,250 lb. The platform’s massive size affords it the ability to carry a Kearfortt airborne navigation system, which...

ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 13, 2023 — Empire State Development (ESD) has announced the 10 companies selected to take part in round six of the Luminate NY accelerator program, investment fund, and competition. Each finalist will receive an initial investment of $100,000 and will have the...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Feb. 23, 2023 — Researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine combined fiber photometry with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine the dynamic activity of brain regions related to the brain’s default mode network...

Feb 3, 2023 — Co-packaged optics (CPO) and on-board optics (OBO) are not novel concepts, per se. The benefits of moving optics closer to the computing cores of data center switches have been clear to systems developers since optical glass fiber was first adopted...

Feb 2, 2023 — The 2023 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC) returns to San Diego March 5-9, bringing a projected 12,000-plus attendees, 500-plus exhibitors, and dozens of cutting-edge technical sessions. This year’s in-person...

LONDON, Nov. 17, 2022 — Efficient spectral control of network lasers is possible and could lead to fast-switching, multifunctional light sources for on-chip photonic applications. Using experiments and mathematical models, researchers at Imperial College London...