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Pair of Techniques Takes Aim at Dynamic Challenges in Computer Vision Researchers at Purdue University’s College of Engineering have created two imaging technologies that could be developed and commercialized for applications such as medical imaging, autonomous...
Azalea Vision Raises $10.3M in Series A Health technology company Azalea Vision has raised €9 million ($10.3 million) in the first closing of its series A funding round. The company also appointed Robert J. Dempsey as chairman of the...
Silvaco Acquires Fellow Simulation Software Company Tech-X Corporation Silvaco, a provider of software and technology for semiconductor design and digital twin modeling, has acquired Tech-X Corporation, a provider of multi-physics simulation software used in photonics,...
Cognex Names CEO Cognex has named Matthew Moschner, currently president and COO, as the planned successor to CEO Robert Willett, who will retire June 27. Moschner, who was appointed president and COO earlier this...
Sydor Optics Announces Leadership Change Precision flat optics developer and manufacturer Sydor Optics has named Matthew and Jonathan Sydor co-presidents, following the retirement of Michael Ognenovski. Ognenovski served as the company’s...
IXI Raises $36.5M Series A IXI, a developer of autofocus eyewear technology, has raised $36.5 million in series A funding, which will allow the company to complete product development of its IXI Adaptive Eyewear and kick off...
Olympus Corporation Appoints CEO: People in the News: 4/30/25 Teledyne Technologies Incorporated’s board of directors has named George C. Bobb III as the company’s president and CEO on the heels of Edwin Roks’ retirement as CEO. Rok’s...
Astrape Networks Secures $8.9M Astrape Networks, a deep-tech startup optimizing short-distance data network performance, has completed a €7.9 million ($8.9 million) seed round, which includes a €2.5 million grant from...
TAU Systems Secures $20M TAU Systems, a developer of ultra-fast compact laser-plasma accelerators, has raised $20 million in seed funding, bringing its total to $35 million. The funding round enables TAU Systems to open the...
Quantum Sensors Offer Path to Next-Gen Particle Physics Experiments As plans to develop more powerful particle accelerators unfold, so does the problem of how to sift through the chaos of the subatomic particles unleashed from the accelerators’ collisions. To...
Fujitsu Launches Network Products Company 1FINITY Fujitsu Limited plans to transfer its networks products business to a new company, 1FINITY. The company, scheduled for formation on July 1, will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited who...
HORIBA to Establish Malaysia Production Base: Week in Brief: 4/25/25 Safran, a high-technology group, through its Safran Corporate Ventures investment subsidiary, has invested in mirSense, a French startup specializing in quantum-cascade lasers, as part of a total...
CLEO to Promote Innovations in the Laser Science Industry Returning from a brief hiatus on the East Coast, the 2025 iteration of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) will make its way back to the golden state at the Long Beach Convention...
UbiQD Brings in $20M to Scale Quantum Dot Tech Quantum dot technology company UbiQD has closed a $20 million series B financing round. The company plans to use the funds to scale up manufacturing, expand R&D capabilities, strengthen...
Laird Thermal Systems Appoints CEO: People in the News: 4/23/25 Laird Thermal Systems, a thermal management solutions developer, has appointed Max Kley as its new CEO. Kley has held various leadership positions across the medical, industrial, and energy...
High-Voltage CMOS Backplane Enables Bright OLED Microdisplays Favored for their image quality and brightness, OLEDs are commonly used in augmented reality applications for vibrant and clearly visible content under variable lighting conditions, and in virtual...
IPG Partners with Coatings Developer AkzoNobel AkzoNobel and IPG Photonics have established a partnership to apply laser technology for the curing of powder coatings. The process involves calibrating AkzoNobel’s powder coating formulations...
poLight Enters Investment Agreement with Q Technology Group poLight, a provider of tunable optics technology, has entered into a strategic investment agreement with Q Technology Group, a manufacturer of camera modules for global companies. Pursuant to the...
SEMI Silicon Photonics Industry Alliance Launches Special Interest Groups The SEMI Silicon Photonics Industry Alliance (SiPhIA) has launched three special interest groups (SIGs) aimed at integrating expertise from various sectors to formulate industry standards and...
Research Project to Bolster Edge AI with Sensor Tech An interdisciplinary research project is developing new technological approaches for better and more effective integration of artificial intelligence at the edges of IT networks. These developments...
PI Expands U.S. Motion Solutions Manufacturing: Week in Brief: 4/18/25 Hammatsu Photonics has entered into a strategic partnership with Sirona Dx, a provider of single cell multi-omics and spatial biology services, as its technology access partner. According to the...
Silver Lake Makes Majority Investment in Intel’s Altera Business Silver Lake, a technology investment firm, has entered into a definitive agreement with Intel Corporation to acquire 51% of its Altera business. The transaction, which values Altera at $8.75 billion,...
IP Core Developed for 5G/6G Data Transmission Safety and Security The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS), in collaboration with communications company aconnic AG, has developed an IP core as part of the RealSec5G project. The core combines the...
PHIX Appoints Head of Strategy: People in the News: 4/16/25 PHIX Photonics Assembly, an integrated photonics packaging foundry, has appointed Thomas Hommes as Head of Strategy. Hommes’ professional background includes several strategy management roles,...
STMicroelectronics Reshapes Manufacturing Strategy STMicroelectronics is working to reshape its global manufacturing footprint to shore up key R&D, design, and high-volume assets for advanced manufacturing in Europe. The company plans to increase...
Thulium Fiber Lasers Almost Double Previous Performance Record Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF have developed thulium fiber laser systems that almost double the previous performance world record. The...
Headwall Partners with GRYFN to Boost Hyperspectral Imaging Headwall Photonics, a provider of hyperspectral imaging technology, has partnered with GRYFN, a developer of multi-modal sensing solutions, to streamline hyperspectral data collection and processing....
nEye Systems Secures $58M for Optical Switch Tech nEye Systems, an optical switch startup spun out of the University of California, Berkeley, has completed a $58 million series B round. The funding, led by Alphabet’s independent growth fund...
Sparrow Quantum Lands $24M for Photonic Quantum Innovations Sparrow Quantum, a provider of photonic quantum chips, has secured €21.5 million ($24 million) in series A funding. Building on a €4.1 million seed round in 2023, the investment will help...
Teledyne FLIR Defense Awarded $74.2M for Army Sensor Suite Upgrade: Week in Brief: 4/11/25 Teledyne FLIR Defense has been awarded a four year, $74.2 million contract by the U.S. Army for the continued development of the mounted reconnaissance capability for the M1135 Stryker’s...
Laser Welding Technique Streamlines Durable PIC-to-Fiber Connections Researchers at Fraunhofer IZM have developed a laser welding process that works without adhesives to connect photonic integrated circuits (PICs) with optical fibers. Uniquely, the technology can be...
Imperial College London Provost to Step Down: People in the News: 4/9/25 Imperial College London’s provost prof. Ian Walmsley will step down from his position in Sept. to pursue new opportunities. Holding the role since 2018, Walmsley previously was a member of the...
Maxwell Labs Collaborates to Test Laser-Based Cooling Tech Minnesota-based startup Maxwell Labs has entered into a cooperative R&D partnership with Sandia National Laboratories and the University of New Mexico to demonstrate laser-based photonic cooling...
Bosch Launches Joint Venture with Diamond Developer Element Six Bosch has established a joint venture with synthetic diamond producer Element Six to commercialize quantum sensing. Called Bosch Quantum Sensing, the company will be based on the in-house start-up of...
Optical Connectivity Startup InfiniLink Raises $10M in Funding InfiniLink, a semiconductor startup specializing in advanced optical data connectivity chips for AI-driven datacenters, has closed a $10 million funding round. Founded in 2022, InfiniLink develops...
DARPA Selects Cerebras for Real-Time Compute Platform: Week in Brief: 4/4/25 Cerebras Systems, a generative AI accelerator, has been awarded a contract from DARPA for the development of a high-performance computing system. The Cerebras system will combine the power of...
EU Invests $16.3M to Support Photonics Companies The European Commission has launched the €15 million ($16.3 million) PhotonHub PHACTORY initiative to support the development of photonic technologies. The initiative is designed to provide...
Optical Computing Company Lumai Adds $10M in Funding Lumai, a developer of optical computing technologies, has secured an investment round totaling more than $10 million. The investment will support the startup’s next stage of growth by advancing...
Exaktera Acquires autoVimation Exaktera has acquired autoVimation, a manufacturer of high-performance enclosures and mounting solutions for industrial cameras, lighting, and related vision system components. The company will...
Marvel Fusion Raises Additional $54M Fusion energy company Marvel Fusion has extended its series B funding round by €50 million ($54.2 million) to support the company’s transition from R&D to industrial deployment. The...
PhotonDelta and Silicon Catalyst Partner to Drive Innovation for Startups PhotonDelta has established a strategic collaboration with Silicon Catalyst, an incubator and accelerator focused on the global semiconductor industry. The partnership will provide support to...
LASEA Switzerland Appoints Head: People in the News: 4/2/25 Lightmatter, a photonic supercomputing company, has added Jason Zander to its board of directors. Zander brings decades of experience leading engineering and sales field organizations, currently as...
Research & Technology
Pair of Techniques Takes Aim at Dynamic Challenges in Computer Vision Researchers at Purdue University’s College of Engineering have created two imaging technologies that could be developed and commercialized for applications such as medical imaging, autonomous...
Researchers Develop Highly Fluorescent Nanoscale Material Researchers at the University of Missouri have created tiny, clay-based materials — called fluorescent polyionic nanoclays. They can be customized for many uses, including advancing energy and...
Localized Optical Field Enhancement Improves Light-Matter Interaction Researchers demonstrated a mechanism for concentrating light at an extremely small scale, which can be used for a broad spectrum of wavelengths. The team, comprising scientists from Atomic and...
Researchers Trick the Eye into Seeing New Color In Frank Baum’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Emerald City is said to be such a brilliant shade of green that visitors must wear green-tinted glasses to protect their eyes from the...
Optical Knots Can be Optimized to Stay Stable in Perturbed Environments Knots made from light could be used to transmit data, measure turbulence in the air, and for optical trapping. However, the behavior of optical knots in unstable, turbulent environments remains...
Machine Learning-Assisted Spectroscopy Ensures Safety of Cell Therapy Cell therapies show promise for treating rare, severe, and prolonged diseases like cancers, inflammatory diseases, and chronic degenerative disorders. These innovative therapies involve the...
Imaging Approach Uses AI, Deep Learning to Study Intracellular Activity Conventional microscopy methods can image organelles in live cells, but it is difficult for them to capture the organelles’ interactome at system level, due to the small size, fast dynamics,...
Compact Laser Chip Generates Mid-IR Picosecond Light Pulses Physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have created a compact laser that emits extremely bright, short pulses of light in a useful but...
Continuous Flow Approach Produces High-Quality, Biocompatible QDs A sustainable approach to producing quantum dots (QDs), from the University of Liège (ULiège), could offer a realistic, responsible pathway to the industrial-scale production of these...
Optical Device Mimics Black and White Holes In the realm of general relativity, black holes are well-known for their ability to trap light and matter by bending spacetime, creating a point of no return. This is in contrast to the more...
High-Performing CQDs Enable SWIR Photodetectors for Lidar and Electronics A proof-of-concept lidar system from Institut Català de Física i Óptica (ICFO) demonstrates the potential to use shortwave infrared (SWIR) colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) for...
Thulium Fiber Lasers Almost Double Previous Performance Record Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF have developed thulium fiber laser systems that almost double the previous performance world record. The...
DESY Reports Laser Plasma Acceleration Milestone Laser plasma acceleration could be a disruptive technology, providing a route to build far more compact accelerators and open new avenues in fundamental research, industry, and health. Before it...
Optical Receiver Restores Chaotic Signals Researchers have developed an optical receiver capable of restoring chaotic signals in free-space optical communication links distorted by atmospheric turbulence. Using a system of optical antennas...
Amplifier Increases Data Transmission Tenfold A research team from Chalmers University of Technology has introduced a new amplifier that allows the transmission of ten times more data per second than those of current fiber optic systems. The...
‘Holograms’ Can Now Be Manipulated with Human Hands Work conducted by Universidad Pública de Navarra researchers has produced three-dimensional graphics in mid-air that can be manipulated by a user’s hands. “What we see in films and...
Light-Activated Pacemaker Safe for Infants and Temporary Use A tiny, light-activated pacemaker could make the placement and removal of temporary pacemakers safer for cardiac patients and provide a minimally invasive solution for newborns and children who...
Optical Sensor Simultaneously Measures Wavelength and Polarization Twisted moiré photonic crystals — an advanced type of optical metamaterial — have shown enormous potential in the race to engineer smaller, more capable and more powerful optical...
Complex Frequency Excitations Enhance Light Control for Quantum States In a conventional wave-based system, control over wave phenomena is limited by the properties of the materials used to build the system. Limitations on bandwidth, efficiency, and other performance...
Noninvasive Terahertz Near-Field Imaging Targets Inner Ear Disorders Hearing impairment is generally caused by disorders within the cochlea of the inner ear. Effective treatment of hearing loss requires a clear view of the cochlea’s internal structures, which...
Graphene-Based Programmable Surfaces Control Terahertz Waves for Imaging and 6G Despite its potential to enhance communications, sensing, imaging, and other technologies, the terahertz (THz) region of the spectrum remains underutilized. To realize the promise of THz and...
Photon Router Could Allow Superconducting Quantum Networks Applied physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have created a photon router that could plug into quantum networks to create robust optical...
Capasso Group Produces Bilayer Metasurface Almost a decade ago, Harvard engineers unveiled the world’s first visible-spectrum metasurfaces — ultra-thin, flat devices patterned with nanoscale structures that could precisely control...
Eye-Tracking Technique Based on 40K Surface Points Eye-tracking technology is critical in virtual and augmented reality headsets, scientific research, medical and behavioral sciences, automotive driving assistance and industrial engineering. Tracking...
acquisitions
HORIBA to Establish Malaysia Production Base: Week in Brief: 4/25/25 Safran, a high-technology group, through its Safran Corporate Ventures investment subsidiary, has invested in mirSense, a French startup specializing in quantum-cascade lasers, as part of a total funding round of €7 million (~$8 million). The investment is meant to support the development of advanced technologies for Safran’s optronics products used for military applications and...
Silver Lake Makes Majority Investment in Intel’s Altera Business Silver Lake, a technology investment firm, has entered into a definitive agreement with Intel Corporation to acquire 51% of its Altera business. The transaction, which values Altera at $8.75 billion,...
Teledyne FLIR Defense Awarded $74.2M for Army Sensor Suite Upgrade: Week in Brief: 4/11/25 Teledyne FLIR Defense has been awarded a four year, $74.2 million contract by the U.S. Army for the continued development of the mounted reconnaissance capability for the M1135 Stryker’s...
Products
Laser Fume Extractor LOEBAU, Germany, April 30, 2025 — The LAS 260.1 MD.14 from ULT is a laser fume extractor for the laser processing of materials such as metal, plastic, and glass, among others. The extractor uses a multistage filter system consisting...
ULT AG
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High-Speed Camera GILCHING, Germany, April 30, 2025 — The Mikrotron EoSens9.5 from SVS-Vistek is a high-speed camera for analyzing fast processes such as in additive manufacturing, melt pool monitoring, grinding or milling processes, sports and...
SVS-Vistek GmbH
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Color Sensor MALVERN, Penn., April 29, 2025 — The VEML6046X00 from Vishay Intertechnology is an AEC-Q100 qualified RGBIR color sensor for automotive display backlight controls, interior lighting control systems, head-up displays, color...
Vishay Intertechnology Inc.
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Integrable Tunable Laser Assembly SAN FRANCISCO, April 29, 2025 — The nano-iTLA from Pilot Photonics is a nano integrable tunable laser assembly for pluggable transceivers in the C-band and O-band. The module is based on fast switching, low linewidth tunable laser...
Pilot Photonics
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Encircled Flux Meter SOLIHULL, England, April 28, 2025 — The MPX-1A from Arden Photonics is an encircled flux meter developed for multimode network validation. Integrated with automatic focusing and exposure systems and CMOS camera technology, the flux...
Arden Photonics Ltd.
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Lab Automation Solution BEDFORD, Mass., April 28, 2025 — The POLATIS® from HUBER+SUHNER is an RF-over-fiber optical circuit switch for the continuous, remote testing of multiple devices. The solution reduces the time for test set-up and software...
HUBER+SUHNER Polatis
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Polarization Maintaining Fiber SAN FRANCISCO, April 25, 2025 — The Micro Connect 125/245 from Lightera is a 1310-nm bend insensitive polarization maintaining fiber designed for O-band applications in co-packaged optics. The fiber enables bend performance down to...
Lightera
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Fiber Couplers HAMBURG, Germany, April 25, 2025 — The 60FC-SF series from Schäfter+Kirchhoff are fiber couplers with a thread pitch of 0.35 mm that can be used as collimators for laser radiation from a single-mode fiber and as fiber couplers...
Schaefter + Kirchhoff, Optics, Metrology, Photonics
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Additive Manufacturing Products SANTA FE, N.M., April 24, 2025 — The FLOW-3D AM (shown) and FLOW-3D WELD from Flow Science Inc. are an additive manufacturing and welding simulator, respectively, for accelerated material and technology commercialization. The...
Flow Science Inc.
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High Bandwidth FPGA SAN JOSE, Calif., April 24, 2025 — The Agilex™ 7 FPGA M-Series from Altera is a high-density field programmable gate array (FPGA) with integrated high bandwidth memory and support for DDR5 and LPDDR5 memory technologies....
Altera Corp.
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Stereolithography 3D Printer EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., April 23, 2025 — The Neo®800+ from Stratasys is a stereolithography 3D printer for applications including wind tunnel testing, prototyping, and tooling. Incorporating a laser and optics system, the printer...
Stratasys
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1.6 T Transceivers ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 23, 2025 — Jabil’s 1.6 T transceivers can be used for applications including AI and machine learning workloads, high-performance computing, cloud computing, and high-speed data center interconnects. The...
Jabil Inc.
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High-Resolution Encoder RADFORD, Va., April 22, 2025 — The SFD-M from Kollmorgen is a high-resolution encoder with multiturn feedback for machine builders. The encoder features a resolution of 24 bits per revolution, a multiturn absolute range of 16...
Kollmorgen Corp.
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Fiber Optic Cable Assemblies IRVINE, Calif., April 22, 2025 — Pasternack’s line of fiber optic cable assemblies can be used in telecommunications, data centers, military, and aerospace applications, among others. The assemblies include both simplex and...
Pasternack Inc.
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Dual 400 G/800 G Transponder OSLO, Norway, April 21, 2025 — The DCP-802 from Smartoptics is a dual 400 G/800 G transponder for network scaling with 800ZR technology. The transponder enables 800G networking in a compact form factor and supports 1:1 transponder...
Smartoptics
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2xFR4 PICs MODI’IN, Israel, April 21, 2025 — The Tamar200 (shown) and Tamar from DustPhotonics are 1.6 T-2xFR4 and 800 G-2xFR4, respectively, photonic integrated circuits (PICs) designed for AI workloads and hyperscale data center environments....
DustPhotonics Ltd.
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TFLN Coherent Driver Modulators ZHUHAI, China, April 18, 2025 — Advanced Fiber Resources’ 96 GBd and 130 GBd thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) coherent driver modulators are based on TFLN technology and can be used in DP-QPSK, DP-16-QAM, and DP-64-QAM...
Advanced Fiber Resources (Zhuhai) Ltd.
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Transceivers SAN JOSE, Calif., April 18, 2025 — Lumentum’s 400/800G ZR+ L-band pluggable transceivers extend transceiver operation into the L-band spectrum, effectively doubling the usable wavelength range and available fiber capacity. The...
Lumentum Operations LLC
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IQ Reference Transmitter NEUBIBERG, Germany, April 17, 2025 — The Class 80 from ID Photonics is an OMFT dual polarization IQ reference transmitter that converts electrical radio frequency information into optical data by modulating amplitude, phase, and...
ID Photonics GmbH
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AI Connectivity Fabric SAN JOSE, Calif., April 17, 2025 — The Advanced 3DS Platform from Mixx Technologies is a connectivity fabric for AI and high-performance computing infrastructure. The platform includes an intelligent engine that unifies compute,...
Mixx Technologies Inc.
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Raman Amplifier Module TOKYO, April 16, 2025 — Furukawa Electric Co.’s S-band lumped Raman amplifier module is designed to expand bandwidth for high-volume communications. The amplifier module features a gain tilt control function and has...
Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd.
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800 G Optical Transceiver SAN FRANCISCO, April 16, 2025 — Hyper Photonix’s 800 G optical transceiver, in collaboration with SiPhx, can be directly connected to FUJIKURA multicore fiber with two duplex LC connectors for AI and machine learning...
Hyper Photonix
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External Laser Source SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 15, 2025 — ELSA-16 from Casela Technologies is a pluggable 16-channel external laser source platform for scaling co-packaged optics and silicon photonics-based systems powering AI workloads. The platform can...
Casela Technologies Corp.
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Multi-Fiber Optical Connector TOKYO, April 15, 2025 — Furukawa Electric Co.’s 12-fiber optical connector is suitable for co-packaged optics in AI scaling. With a connection area that is 1/6 MPO connectors, the connector can withstand 260 °C...
Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd.
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Cascade Panel LIBERTY LAKE, Wash., April 15, 2025 — Amphenol Network Solutions’ cascade panel is a high-density fiber connectivity solution designed for data center, central office, and headend applications. Designed for scalability, the cascade...
Amphenol Network Solutions
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Hybrid Laser Design Module ENSCHEDE, Netherlands, April 15, 2025 — Epiphany’s hybrid laser design module is a plug-and-play solution for developing hybrid lasers for PICs. The module supports a range of wavelengths, power levels, and tunability ranges, and is...
Epiphany Design
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Transimpedance Amplifier IRVINE, Calif., April 14, 2025 — The TS9801/02 from TeraSignal is a quad 200 G PAM-4 linear transimpedance amplifier for data centers and AI infrastructures. Using the company’s TSLink™ Digital Eye Monitoring and...
TeraSignal
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Transceiver CW Lasers ALHAMBRA, Calif., April 14, 2025 — HieFo’s uncooled O-band CW laser family for silicon photonics transceivers supports the CWDM4 wavelength plan over an operating temperature of -5 °C to 75 °C, while maintaining 70 mW...
HieFo
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1.6 T Optical Transceiver SEOUL, South Korea, April 14, 2025 — Lessengers’ 1.6T OSFP 2×SR4 optical transceiver with multimode optics can be used in AI and machine learning workloads in hyperscale data centers. With a power consumption of 5 W, 11 W,...
LESSENGERS Inc.
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Piezo Objective Positioner CAMBRIDGE, England, April 14, 2025 — The OP200 from Queensgate is a piezo objective positioner designed for applications in the 200-µm range such as semiconductor inspection, autofocus systems for time-lapse imaging, high content...
Queensgate Instruments
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Multifunctional Camera BEIJING, April 11, 2025 — The BLC-480 Series from BestScope is a multifunctional all-in-one camera that integrates a 13.3-in. display screen and a 4K image acquisition and processing system for capturing digital images of...
BestScope International Ltd.
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Optical Circuit Switch VALENCIA, Spain, April 11, 2025 — The ONE-32 from iPronics is an optical circuit switch product based on silicon photonics for AI workloads and cloud infrastructures. The switch enables failure-resilient interconnects and...
iPronics Programmable Photonics SL
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Optical Chiplet SAN JOSE, Calif., April 11, 2025 — The TeraPHY™ from Ayar Labs is an optical interconnect chiplet meant for AI infrastructure. Capable of achieving 8 Tbps bandwidth, the chiplet is powered by the company’s 16-wavelength...
Ayar Labs
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1.6 T PAM4 DSP CARLSBAD, Calif., April 11, 2025 — Rushmore™ from MaxLinear is a 1.6 T (200 G/lane) PAM4 serializer/deserializer and DSP for networking in active copper cables. Built on Samsung’s CMOS technology, the DSP encompasses 100...
MaxLinear Inc.
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1.6 T Transceiver SAN FRANCISCO, April 10, 2025 — The 1.6T OSP 2VR4 from Eoptolink Technology is a transceiver that can operate at 212 Gb/s per lambda. The transceiver has two optical MPO-12 interfaces operating at 800 G using optical four lanes at...
Eoptolink Technology Inc. Ltd.
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O-Band Laser Products DUBLIN, April 10, 2025 — Pilot Photonics’ 16 channel O-band laser array chip and laser instrument are designed to support scalable, parallel optics in data centers and AI systems. The 200-GHz spaced laser products are...
Pilot Photonics
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Thermal Imaging Modules GRENOBLE, France, April 10, 2025 — The ATI EOLE and ATI GALATEA SL from Lynred are advanced thermal imaging modules for integration into infrared sensing vision systems such as gas detection and UAVs, respectively. Both modules come...
Lynred
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Optical Interconnect Platform SAN FRANCISCO, April 10, 2025 — LightBundle™ from Avicena is a scalable optical interconnect platform for scaling AI architecture. The chiplet-based modular transceiver contains integrated microLED and PD arrays that are...
Avicena Tech Corp.
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Linear Redriver NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J., April 9, 2025 — The Nubis Nitro™ from Nubis Communications is a linear redriver for extending the reach of copper connections to 4 m in AI and machine learning systems. The redriver is housed in OSFP...
Nubis Communications Inc.
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Modular Bar Lights ROCHESTER, Vt., April 9, 2025 — The AL325 Series from Advanced Illumination are modular bar lights for machine vision applications. The modular lights are built around field-swappable lenses and light conditioning materials...
Advanced illumination (Ai)
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200 G Per Lane PICs SINGAPORE, April 9, 2025 — Rain Tree Photonics’ 200 G per lane PIC product family is designed to meet the increasing bandwidth and efficiency demands of AI clusters and hyperscale data centers. The product's family...
Rain Tree Photonics Pte. Ltd.
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QSFP28-DCO SAXONBURG, Penn., April 9, 2025 — Coherent’s 100G ZR QSFP28-DCO is designed for metro and regional ROADM-based line systems and IP-over-DWDM deployments. The solution eliminates the need for muxponders and transponders and...
Coherent Corp.
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Optical Circuit Switch SAN JOSE, Calif., April 8, 2025 — The R300 from Lumentum is an optical circuit switch designed for AI clusters and intra-data-center networks. Eliminating OEO conversion, the switch reduces latency by 5× to 10× as...
Lumentum Operations LLC
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Engraving CO2 Laser Lenses PROVIDENCE, R.I., April 8, 2025 — Laser Research Optics’ line of OEM-compatible CO2 laser lenses have a selection of focal lengths for engraving signs. Including focal lengths from 2.0 in. to 7.5 in. in 0.5-in. increments, the...
Laser Research Optics
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Smart 3D Laser Profilers BURNABY, British Columbia, April 8, 2025 — The Gocator 6300 Series from LMI Technologies are smart 3D laser line profile sensors designed for use in measurement and inspection applications in manufacturing processes such as semiconductor, EV...
LMI Technologies Inc.
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Aerospace Application Products LOS ANGELES, April 8, 2025 — The LN Phase Modulator (shown) and ASE Light Source Module from POINTek are aerospace application products for fiber optic gyroscope inertial navigation systems. The fiber laser light generated from...
POINTek Inc.
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Silicon Optoelectronics Suite LONDON, April 8, 2025 — The Cu-Wave™, O-Wave™ (shown), and Co-Wave™ from Alphawave Semi are a suite of 800 G and 1.6 T PAM4 and Coherent-lite DSP solutions for transmitting AI driven high-speed digital...
Alphawave Semi
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Multichannel PER Meter OTTAWA, Ontario, April 7, 2025 — The PEM-400 from Santec is a multichannel polarization extinction ratio (PER) meter designed for the high-volume testing of polarization maintaining (PM) components, including fiber array units and...
Santec Canada Corp.
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Planar XY Tables PHILADELPHIA, April 7, 2025 — The XY-BSMA-WJ series from IntelLiDrives, Inc. are low-profile stages designed for industrial robots, fiber optics and photonics, vision systems, semiconductor equipment, medical component laser...
IntelLiDrives Inc.
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Extended Reach Optical Transceiver TOKYO, April 7, 2025 — NEC Corporation’s 25-G tunable SFP extended reach optical transceiver is equipped with a tunable laser that improves transmission distance from 15 to 40 km. Using the company’s silicon...
NEC Corp. of America
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Intensity Modulator CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 7, 2025 — HyperLight’s 110 GHz low half-wave voltage (Vπ) intensity modulator can be used for electro-optic modulation capabilities in applications including 400 Gbps-per-lane testing, 100 GHz+...
Hyperlight Corp.
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Pluggable QSFP eOTDR SAXONBURG, Penn., April 7, 2025 — Coherent’s embedded optical time domain reflectometer (eOTDR) in a QSFP package that enables repeatable OTDR traces for spans up to 150 km in a compact, pluggable form factor. The eOTDR...
Coherent Corp.
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Fiber Arrays WEBSTER, N.Y., April 4, 2025 — The Medusa™ Array family from RAM Photonics Industrial are 2D scalable fiber arrays for optical circuit switching and co-packaged optics. The fiber arrays are able to be scaled beyond 1024...
RAM Photonics LLC
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6-Axis Piezo Stage AUBURN, Mass., April 4, 2025 — The P-562.6CD from PI is a 6-axis nanopositioning stage for applications in photonics, semiconductor metrology, super-resolution microscopy, and nanomanufacturing. The operating principle of the...
PI (Physik Instrumente) LP, Motion Control, Air Bearings, Piezo Mechanics
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Single-Chip Laser Source GRENOBLE, France, April 4, 2025 — The LEAF Light™ from Scintil Photonics is a single-chip, multiwavelength laser source for co-packaged DWDM architectures in scalable AI datacenters. The laser source can increase bandwidth...
Scintil Photonics SAS
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Optical Interconnect Resin SAN FRANCISCO, April 4, 2025 — The EXTEM™ RH1017UCL from SABIC is a resin suited for onboard and co-packaged optical interconnects. The optically transparent material features IR light transmission, low moisture uptake, and...
SABIC
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Diameter Measurement Platform BEDFORD, N.H., April 4, 2025 — The CDM90 STS from Bold Laser Automation is a continuous diameter measurement platform for real-time diameter measurement of filaments and wires in in-line manufacturing environments. The platform...
Bold Laser Automation Inc.
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Multi-Spot Generator DALGETY BAY, Scotland, April 3, 2025 — PowerPhotonic’s multi-spot generator can be used in parallel, laser processing applications, including laser induced periodic structured surfaces, and additive manufacturing. The multi-spot...
PowerPhotonic Ltd.
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Line-Scan Cameras WATERLOO, Ontario, April 3, 2025 — The Tetra™ family from Teledyne DALSA are line-scan cameras for machine vision applications. Available in 2k, 4k, and 8k resolutions with a line rate of up to 150 kHz, the cameras come in both...
Teledyne DALSA, Machine Vision OEM Components
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Quantum Memory Storage Solution PARIS, April 3, 2025 — Welinq’s storage solution for quantum computing is designed specifically for quantum data centers. The plug-and-play system features over 90% on-demand storage-and-retrieval efficiency for...
Welinq
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AI Data Center Transceiver PITTSBURGH, April 3, 2025 — The 2x400G-FR4 Lite from Coherent is an optical transceiver for AI-driven data centers and high-speed Ethernet networks. The transceiver has a 500-m reach and comes in a wavelength-multiplexed...
Coherent Corp.
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Linear Servo Actuator VAN NUYS, Calif., April 3, 2025 — The SDLM-038-070-01-01M from Moticont is a linear voice coil actuator for medical, semiconductor handling, assembly, laser machining and drilling, packaging, scanning, laser beam steering and...
Moticont
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Cell Analyzer FREMONT, Calif., April 2, 2025 — The Cytek® Muse® Micro from Cytek Biosciences is a cell analyzer for applications such as cell and gene therapy, drug discovery, pathway analysis, cell counting, viability, apoptosis,...
Cytek Biosciences Inc.
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2D Fiber Array Assemblies OTTAWA, Ontario, April 2, 2025 — OZ Optics’ line of 2D fiber array assemblies for applications including optical cross-connection, biomedical imaging, spectroscopy, and astronomy. The assemblies feature up to 12×12...
OZ Optics Limited
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Vertical Lift Stages VAN NUYS, Calif., April 2, 2025 — The AT20-30 series from Optimal Engineering Systems are motorized vertical lift stages for positioning, testing, inspection, assembly, sampling, laser drilling and machining, medical, semiconductor,...
Optimal Engineering Systems Inc.
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PDA Software SANTA ROSA, Calif., April 2, 2025 — The Photonic Designer from Keysight Technologies is a photonic design automation (PDA) software solution for photonic design validation. The software integrates real-world measurement data directly...
Keysight Technologies Inc.
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CoaXPress Frame Grabber LANGLEY, England, April 2, 2025 — The 4xCOF-12 from Active Silicon is a CoaXPress over fiber frame grabber designed to work with fiber optic cables. The frame grabber has a QSFP+ compliant port which acquires image data at a rate of...
Active Silicon Ltd.
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2D Collimator Array PITTSBURGH, April 1, 2025 — Coherent’s 2D collimator array is an optical assembly designed for optical circuit switches. Integrating a 2D lens array and a 2D fiber array, the 2D collimator array features multibeam input...
Coherent Corp.
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Laser Distance Sensor RALEIGH, N.C., April 1, 2025 — The optoNCDT ILR104x series from Micro-Epsilon are laser distance sensors designed for distance measurements of 10 m without reflector film and 60 m with reflector film. The ILR104x sensors can be...
Micro-Epsilon America
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Industrial Microscopes BRIGHTON, Mich., April 1, 2025 — The ECLIPSE LV100NDA LED, LV100ND LED, and LV100N POL LED from Nikon are industrial microscopes that have adopted high color-rendering LED light sources for natural observation. The ECLIPSE LV100NDA...
Nikon Metrology Inc. - Americas
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Test and Measurement Platform NUREMBERG, Germany, April 1, 2025 — The STEMlab 125-14 Gen 2 series from Red Pitaya are test and measurement platforms designed for engineers, researchers, and industrial developers. The platforms offer RF input performance with...
Red Pitaya
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Spectrophotometer WILMINGTON, Del., April 1, 2025 — The Helium 1 µL Spectrophotometer from DeNovix is a helium nano volume spectrophotometer for delivering quantifications of 1 µL nucleic acids and protein samples. The device features a...
DeNovix Inc.
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