Taara started as a Google X moonshot spinoff aimed at connecting rural villages in sub-Saharan Africa with beams of light.
Nvidia is investing heavily in advanced laser technologies for AI data centers -- and these two companies are benefiting.
III-V photonic crystal (PhC) lasers are potential ultra-compact and power-efficient light sources for future on-chip optical ...
Physicists have used a new optical centrifuge to control the rotation of molecules suspended in liquid helium nano-droplets, bringing them a step closer to demystifying the behavior of exotic, ...
Nvidia’s $4B photonics push highlights InP capacity bottlenecks. Click for an updated look at Aeluma, Inc. and other companies besides ALMU that may benefit.
Researchers demonstrate that femtosecond laser-induced transient Pauli blocking can achieve ultrafast, broadband optical ...
Altechna, a provider of laser optics and optomechanical assemblies from Vilnius, Lithuania has acquired Alpine Research Optics (ARO), situated in a hub of photonics research and technology – Boulder, ...
The optical industry “almost completely relies on mechanical processes in its process chains,” So says laser and photonics research center Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT). This, ...
Optical technology is well established for long-haul communications, but the distances it serves are shrinking — especially in the data center. Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) already ...
Humans are generating more data than ever before. While much of these data do not need to be stored long-term, some – such as ...