Industry News

Memorandum of understanding plans for China-free supply of critical element for thermal imagers and night-vision goggles.

Harvard SEAS develops digital-to-analog converter bridging electronics and photonics.

Demand spurred by AI data center boom prompts venture investment and emergence from parent firm Synopsys.

Design makes light travel in a circle so it can interact multiple times with target.

Limiting Auger recombination enables “record” quasi-continuous wave laser output.

Electrowetting beam-steering prism allows smaller devices without sacrificing performance.

Ultrathin flexible lens simplifies diagnostic test for retinal function.

An 8x “leap” in bidirectional wavelengths per fiber opens door for new AI data centers.

…and portable spectroscopy enables detection of vaginal microbes.

Chinese lidar company reports net profit and Toyota design win, but rival Luminar cuts outlook as Volvo shipments stall.