In the 30th round of the Top 100 innovation competition, the laser welding experts from Erlangen were successful once again after 2020.

Companies receive Prism Awards and Startup Challenge prizes at Photonics West, San Francisco.

This year, the international society for optics and photonics welcomes 83 members as new ‘Fellows of the Society’.

The Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology IPHT was awarded $20,000 from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

New photonics research to solve for environmental challenges and increasing the global bandwidth of optical communications.

UK quantum company beat out two other finalists to take home gold in the innovation award category, recognized for its forward-thinking quantum dot solutions.

Evosys is winner of the first main prize of this year's Bavarian innovation award. The jury was impressed by the patented AQW laser welding process.

Optica and the DPG have named Rainer Blatt, University of Innsbruck, Austria, the recipient of the 2023 Herbert Walther Award.