Photonics Hot List: November 8, 2024

In this episode: a tech shift boosts AI and data networks, the latest photonics business sales and acquisitions news, and self-healing chalcogenide glass.

Justine Murphy

Nov. 8, 2024

In this episode of Photonics Hot List:

A second-generation optical chiplet and light source developed at Ayar Labs is expected to push through a main bottleneck that has long slowed the advancement of AI system architectures.

In business news, optics and laser manufacturer Coherent has sold its U.K.-based wafer fabrication facility once used to fabricate VCSELs for 3D sensing devices. And Gooch & Housego has acquired precision optics manufacturer Phoenix Optical Technologies in Wales, U.K.

An international collaborative team of researchers has discovered that chalcogenide optical glasses can now essentially heal defects within themselves, paving the way for use in space, radioactive facilities, or other extreme environments.

About the Author

Justine Murphy

Multimedia Director, Digital Infrastructure

Justine Murphy is the multimedia director for Endeavor Business Media's Digital Infrastructure Group. She is a multiple award-winning writer and editor with more 20 years of experience in newspaper publishing as well as public relations, marketing, and communications. For nearly 10 years, she has covered all facets of the optics and photonics industry as an editor, writer, web news anchor, and podcast host for an internationally reaching magazine publishing company. Her work has earned accolades from the New England Press Association as well as the SIIA/Jesse H. Neal Awards. She received a B.A. from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.