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Standardizing CPO won't matter if the substrate supply chain can’t keep up
The success of copackaged optics (CPO) for AI architecture depends on being able to scale the photonics-grade substrate supply chain several times faster than the pluggable-optics...
Oct. 28, 2026
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Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
Oct. 27, 2026
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Veeco’s GEN2000 molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system.
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Quantum dot lasers may unlock next era of AI optical interconnects
Oct. 21, 2026
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PODCAST: Formula E on pace at COMSOL Conference 2026
Following the Photons: A Photonics Podcast
Oct. 20, 2026
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Choosing the right gain fiber for your laser or amplifier
Oct. 15, 2026
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Oct. 13, 2026
FIGURE 1. An echelle spectrograph disperses input light into multiple overlapping orders using a steep-blazed grating. A grism separates these orders perpendicularly and produces a 2D array of parallel spectra that are focused onto a CCD detector.
Advanced echelle gratings enable high-precision exoplanet detection
Oct. 9, 2026
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Wide and slow architecture.
From pixels to optical links: MicroLEDs pivot to copackaged optics
Oct. 8, 2026
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Henri B. Kagan (left) and Kenso Soai (right), winners of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Discovery of ‘how and why’ homochirality emerges receives 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Oct. 7, 2026
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