Photonics Germany Future Summit 2022 – MoU with WLT
Memorandum of Understanding advocates greater innovative strength and competitiveness for the German photonics industry.
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Deep learning with light
A new method uses optics to accelerate machine-learning computations on smart speakers.
The first programmable optical quantum memory
New approach to generate multiphoton entangled states is faster than any previous method.
High efficient on-chip frequency comb
New laser source combines high efficiency and broad bandwidth.
Combining light with sharper teeth
Deeper understanding of how the line width in microcombs works.
Applied Photonics Award 2022 – these are the winners
Bioanalytics, mobile communication, weather research – this year, the winners of the Applied Photonics Award have once again demonstrated how broad photonics research is. The young researcher award of the Fraunhofer IOF was presented to the five award winners of 2022 on October 5 as part of Photonics Days Jena.
Silicon nanopillars for quantum communication
New technology opens the way to quantum light sources with fiber optic compatibility.
Toptica increases capacity for growing workforce
North America subsidiary Toptica Photonics Inc. near Rochester, NY, has moved from its Ontario County location in Farmington to Pittsford on September 9.
Samsung Venture invests in Elfys
Finnish photodiode startup Elfys is tapping into the growing demand for photodetectors – due to the ever-growing trend of measuring one’s health and wellbeing through wearables.
Jenoptik invests more than 70 million euros
Groundbreaking ceremony for the new high-tech fab in Dresden, extremely demanding construction and manufacturing environment taking high environmental standards into account.
Trumpf and KDPOF become strategic partners
Trumpf Photonic Components, a global leader in high-speed VCSEL and photodiode solutions for data communication, and KDPOF, an expert in high-speed optical networking solutions based in Spain, have become strategic partners on automotive datacom solutions.
Fiber as a Bessel beam generator
New device for applications in imaging, optical trapping and communications.
Better beam steering on a chip
New approach für small, cost-effective and high-performance lidar.
Trapping photons in a quantum flute
Holes create different wavelengths that can be used to encode quantum information.
Twin photons from unequal sources
An important step towards tap-proof communications and the quantum internet.
Boosting light power in photonic integrated circuits
New amplifier generates a record output power of more than 145 mW.
Palomar Technologies expands Innovation Center Singapore
The global provider of total process solutions for advanced photonics and microelectronic device packaging, Palomar Technologies, expands its innovation center in Singapore to meet a growing demand in Southeast Asia for process development and specialty OSAT for advance semiconductor new product introductions.
Reading out superconducting qubits with laser light
Extracting optical light from a qubit without disrupting the qubit.
Ribbon-cutting ceremony for Argonne’s new facility
The technology housed in the new Long Beamline Building will lead to more efficient solar cells, longer-lasting batteries, more durable materials for airplanes and much more.
A new kind of an efficient optical switch
A silicon-based non-volatile switch manipulates light through the use of a phase-change material and graphene heater.
The world's first ultrafast photonic computing processor
Using multiple polarization channels to carry out parallel processing.
Processing photons in picoseconds
Using a time lens, Columbia Engineers resolve single photons 70 times faster than other techniques.
VDMA bundles competences – focus on quantum technologies
By working together in one joint forum, synergies within the association are utilized and invested in commitment to the future of quantum technologies and photonics.
Photonic amplifiers reach commercial performance
New device based on silicon nitride photonic integrated circuits generates a record output power.
Sale of Vincorion completed
Jenoptik successfully completed the sale of Vincorion on June 30, 2022. Approvals have been granted by the relevant authorities and the necessary closing conditions have been met.
Compact electro-optic modulators for free space
A tunable electro-optic modulator for free space applications can modulate light at gigahertz speed.
2D-based photodetector with fast photoresponse
Experiments show short reaction time within 545 to 576 nanoseconds.
Entanglement in classical systems
Two scientists from UK and Mexico present new opportunities of diversified non-separable states of light for both fundamental science and applications in the near future.
German Photonics Industry Registers Record Sales
The Photonics Germany survey of 1,000 German photonics manufacturers after the 2021 annual financial statements showed sales of 47.3 billion euros.
40 Years Laser Components
The owner-managed photonics specialist celebrates its 40th anniversary.
Jenoptik: Second quarter of 2021 also shines with high growth
Jenoptik achieves sales growth of 29.6 percent in the 2nd quarter 2021 compared to the previous year. Half-year sales increased by 18.3 percent to 389 million euros. Based on these figures, the optics group is increasing its targets for 2021 as a whole: sales are expected to rise to 880 to 900 million euros and the EBITDA margin to 19 to 19.5 percent.
W3+ Fair Wetzlar cancelled for this year
The W3+ Fair 2021 in Wetzlar, Germany, is now definitely cancelled. The trade fair was originally planned for February of this year and was last postponed to July 6/7. Now the organizer Fleet Events has to finally pull the ripcord because of Corona.
CEO of Edmund Optics becomes SPIE Fellow
The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) names Robert Edmund, CEO of Edmund Optics, an SPIE Fellow, honoring him for his contributions to the industry.
Argonne National Laboratory
SMART Photonics
European Optical Society
Photonics BW e.V.
Hamamatsu Photonics Europe
CEA-Leti
SCINTIL Photonics
neoLASE GmbH
Teledyne Lumenera
Azurlight Systems SAS
ElFys Inc
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik
Quantum Business Network UG
Laser Components Germany GmbH
Lightelligence (Boston)
TOPTICA Photonics SE
TRUMPF SE + Co. KG
Fleet Events
Scantinel Photonics GmbH
Tematys
STMicroelectronics International N.V.
Hamamatsu Photonics Deutschland GmbH
AquiSense Technologies
SPIE
Palomar Technologies, Inc.
European Photonics Industry Consortium EPIC
Menlo Systems GmbH
Sabic Innovative Plastics
Cooperatie Photon Delta U.A.
Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien e.V.
Quix Quantum B.V.
PhotonVentures
Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme
PHOTONICS GERMANY
Shenzhen UBM Herong Exhibition Co., Ltd.
The University of Texas at Arlington
TRUMPF Photonic Components GmbH
art photonics GmbH
Noctiluca
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF
Wiley-VCH e-Specials
The University of Sydney
VDMA Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbauer e.V.
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Jenoptik AG
Technische Universität Dresden
Photonics21
Quantum Science Ltd
LEUKOS
KD – Knowledge Development for POF, S.L.