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06 Jan 26
Aeva and NVidia to integrate 4D lidar as sensor in the Drive Hyperion Platform...

...and LightIC launches the “smallest” 4D FMCW lidar system (both at CES 2026).

06 Jan 26
Raman spectroscopy reveals details of fragile archeological ivory

Chinese Academy of Sciences allows chemical analysis even when fluorescence would normally interfere.

06 Jan 26
Magic Leap to ramp AR waveguide production with Pegatron

Agreement unites Magic Leap's waveguide expertise with Pegatron's volume manufacturing capabilities.

06 Jan 26
MBDA Germany and Rheinmetall set up naval laser weapon joint venture

New private company will build on existing research collaboration to provide high-performance weapons.

05 Jan 26
Lattice Materials gains $18.5 M contract from U.S. Dept. of War

Defense investment intended to “strengthen supply chain for optical technologies”.

05 Jan 26
Wind and solar lead German public power generation in 2025 – for first time

Renewables accounted for 56% of total; PV up 21% over 2024 has overtaken brown coal.

31 Dec 25
Construction begins on ESO’s gamma-ray observatory in Chile

Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory to be world’s largest and provide new insights into high-energy Universe.

30 Dec 25
MicroLED reaches ‘make-or-break’ phase as first production lines ramp in 2025

Analyst Yole says startup funding is rising again, up 20% in 2025, to more than $425 M.

29 Dec 25
RIKEN fabricates single-photon sources from carbon nanotubes

Atomically precise sources promise new quantum optical applications.

24 Dec 25
Brookhaven Lab develops high-res lidar to reveal ‘hidden’ cloud structures

Imaging of lab clouds shows features key to rainfall and brightness in atmospheric modeling.

24 Dec 25
Enlightra launches with $15M to develop laser links for data centers, AI apps

Swiss-US startup building chip-scale multi-wavelength sources for data transmission.

23 Dec 25
Stanford University AI platform accelerates optics design

New computational tools and AI assistants set to benefit optical computing and metasurface devices.

Choosing the best spectrometer for NIR OCT 02 Apr 2025

Wasatch Photonics

Near infrared optical coherence tomography has traditionally been limited to imaging depths of just a few millimeters, but with our expanded line of OCT spectrometers, up to 12 mm is possible. In this tech note, we explore and compare three different drop-in spectrometer models designed to serve a wide range of resolution, depth, and size requirements in NIR OCT imaging.

Transforming Laser Material Processing: Digital Beam Shaping for High Power Lasers 10 Dec 2025

Hamamatsu Photonics Europe

Hamamatsu Photonics has advanced LCOS-SLM technology to enable dynamic digital beam shaping for high-power lasers. Thermal innovations like sapphire glass and water-cooling boost precision, efficiency, and multi-beam capability, raising power tolerance to 750 W. Ideal for applications such as laser powder bed fusion, Hamamatsu delivers flexible, high-throughput solutions compatible with AI systems, setting new standards in optical beam shaping

Surface Quality Control for Maximizing LIDT in High-PowerLaserOptics 06 Oct 2025

Optoman in collaboration with Dioptic

In high-power laser systems, the optical components' resilience to laser-induced damage directly determines performance, reliability, and service life. Even minor surface or subsurface imperfections can severely compromise the laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT), introducing failure points that limit system capability.

Identifying Optical Materials with Precision Accuracy 04 Mar 2025

Knight Optical

Precision accuracy is a critical necessity with any optical component. Rigorous testing to ensure strict compliance with given requirements will always be essential; it is a vitally important demand within any industry sector. Dimensional, surface profiling and optical performance testing are significant aspects of this process, but an additional layer of assurance and quality can be achieved with the use of material verification, employing methods such as refractive index, density testing and transmission measurement. This White Paper explores advanced techniques for precise optical material verification, overcoming the limitations of traditional testing methods.

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