Xscape Photonics, a Silicon Valley startup aiming to reduce the enormous power consumption of AI-focused data centers with novel silicon photonics technology, has raised $44 million in a round of ...

Biolase, the Californian company that specializes in laser systems for dentistry applications, looks set to become part of its Los Angeles neighbor Sonendo. Lake Forest-based Biolase, which has posted ...

CCRAFT, the thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic chip foundry recently spun out of Switzerland's Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM), says that major semiconductor wafer ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) computing giant Nvidia has announced details of how it is adopting silicon photonics and co-packaged optics (CPO) technology to deliver massive scaling in AI architecture ...

Microsupercapacitors powering an electronic watch. Credit: Jilin University. A project at China's Jilin University has demonstrated a method for turning natural leather into a flexible wearable energy ...

Typically touted for their suitability in next-generation displays and mixed reality hardware, microLEDs now look set to make an impact in a completely different application area - AI infrastructure.

Terahertz (THz) waves, which are located between microwaves and infrared light in the electromagnetic spectrum, can pass through many materials without causing damage, making them useful for security ...

Trumpf Photonic Components (TPC), which develops VCSEL and photodiode solutions for data communication, is this week showcasing its 100Gbps VCSEL performance at the Optical Fiber Communication ...

Avicena, a Sunnyvale, CA-based developer of ultra-low power high-density microLED-based interconnects, has announced that it has raised $65 million in Series B Funding, bringing the company's total ...

California-based photonics giant Lumentum says that it is investing heavily in indium phosphide (InP) manufacturing capacity, to ensure that supply can meet the expected surge in demand over the next ...

Diversified laser and photonic component manufacturer Coherent has posted record-breaking sales of just under $1.5 billion for its latest financial quarter, up 24 per cent year-on-year as demand ...

Since May 2023 a team at the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) has been recording thin layers of smoke at altitudes between 3 and 12 kilometers above Leipzig, and identifying their ...