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Dec. 24, 2024

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Assembly station for silicon photonic chips features symmetric configuration

nanosystec GmbH

Dec. 19, 2024

Lasers & Sources

Dual-chip micro-pump laser has use in metro and long-haul networks

Coherent Corp

Nov. 27, 2024

Executive Forum

Photonics IP Update: October 2024

Iain McIntyre

Nov. 6, 2024

Fiber Optics

10G SFP+ transceiver is designed for Metro Ethernet transport and access networks

Integra Optics

Oct. 22, 2024

Executive Forum

Venture activity bounces back in September

Eric Hall

Oct. 7, 2024

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Birgit Stiller and Steven Becker in the lab with their setup.

Optics

Optoacoustic neural networks?

Sally Cole Johnson

Dec. 12, 2024

Birgit Stiller’s lab at Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) in Erlangen and Leibniz University Hannover is pioneering building blocks for optoacoustic neural networks...

Digital Crossroads Data Center in Hammond, Indiana.

Fiber Optics

Quantum Corridor expands quantum comms network plans

Dec. 11, 2024

In this Q&A with Quantum Corridor’s CEO Thomas P. Dakich, he shares what it’s like to launch a quantum network, challenges involved, how the project’s goals quickly expanded, ...

Dr. Ross Donaldson and Professor Gerald Buller pictured with equipment that will be used in the new optical ground station.

Quantum

Optical ground stations push boundaries of space technology

Ross Donaldson

Oct. 24, 2024

The Hub Optical Ground Station (HOGS) based at Heriot-Watt University will feature state-of-the-art equipment—single-photon detectors and adaptive optics systems—for quantum key...

The team in the quantum optics lab: (left to right) Jan Heine, Philip Rübeling, Michael Kues, and Robert Johanning.

Fiber Optics

Conventional internet meets quantum internet?

Sally Cole Johnson

Oct. 7, 2024

A transmitter-receiver concept to transmit entangled photons over optical fiber may enable transmitting both the quantum and conventional internet on the same fiber.

Barry Zhang, founder and CEO of Princetel.

Executive Forum

Joints of light: Princetel powers fiber-optic applications into the future

Jose Pozo

Sept. 25, 2024

Barry Zhang, founder and CEO of Princetel, speaks about his professional journey, shines light on the confidence needed to succeed, and shares words of wisdom for the next generation...