Strasbourg-based conference and exhibition returns to inspire a new generation of European photonics innovators.

“Nonconventional optics” developer sets its sights on the U.S. directed energy and defense markets.

Combining multiple technologies enables mass fabrication of hybrid photonic chips.

Eleventh spin-off from Barcelona institute to develop transparent photovoltaic modules for e-vehicles.

Plus yet more notable product and system news from this week’s optical communications expo in San Diego.

...and Xanadu collaborating with GlobalFoundries to develop high-volume manufacturing of photonic chips for quantum computers.

NASA mission to metal-rich asteroid will also trial laser communications in space.

In-person event drawing together photonics engineers, researchers, and imaging specialists returning to Orlando, Forida.

Third of seven phases of optics tweaking now completed, with coarse phasing the next step.

Engineers from Ball Aerospace, Space Telescope Science Institute, and NASA to use data taken with NIRCam to ready the scope.

Exhibitors to include IBM, AQT, Munich Center for Quantum Science & Technology, and several Fraunhofer institutes.

Proposal aims to more than double the continent’s share of global semiconductor production by 2030.