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Metalenz, UMC Team for Metasurface Optics Market Launch
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Lightmatter Raises $154M in Series C Round
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AIM Photonics to Offer Optoelectronic Testing Services
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VELDHOVEN, Netherlands, April 27, 2023 — Existing partners ASML and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) will jointly launch a 10-year strategic research road map in the fields of plasma physics, artificial intelligence, mechatronics, and semiconductor lithography. Per a memorandum of...
3D Glass Solutions Raises $30M in Series C Round
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 25, 2023 — Glass technology company 3D Glass Solutions (3DGS) has closed a $30 million series C financing round. 3DGS said it will use the funding to increase its U.S.-based manufacturing capacity for high-volume production of 3D integrated passives and...
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TUCSON, Ariz., April 10, 2023 — Researchers working as part of a multi-institution collaboration led by University of Arizona assistant professor Mohammed Hassan achieved what they said are previously unattainable data transfer speeds from an optical switching mechanism. The...
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