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Optikos Acquires Omega Optical to Deliver Complete Optical Workflow Under Single Ownership

Optikos®, a provider of engineering, manufacturing, and metrology services in optical systems, has acquired Omega Optical, a precision optical coatings and component designer and manufacturer.

From Optikos, LLC 30 Sep 2026

New Laser Technology to Detect Killer Bugs and Improve Welfare for Chickens

With millions of Europeans estimated to contract Campylobacter each year – and chickens and chicken meat potentially accounting for up to 30% of cases – new technology that combines photonics (the science of light) with artificial intelligence could help food producers detect harmful bacteria and toxins, improve animal welfare, and reduce food waste before products reach consumers.

29 Sep 2026

RoboTechnik Hong Kong Listing Enables ficonTEC's Next Phase of Growth

RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., the parent company of ficonTEC, has commenced trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange following the successful completion of its Hong Kong listing.

From ficonTEC Service GmbH 29 Sep 2026

Optical Beam Shaping Enables Ultrafast Magnetic Switching in Ferromagnets

Circularly polarized vector beams enable control of helicity-independent all-optical magnetic switching, pointing toward future ultrafast spintronic and optical data storage technologies.

25 Sep 2026

Spectral Filtering Using Ultra-High Precision Optical Etalons

Optical Surfaces Ltd is a respected supplier of ultra-high precision optical etalons for use in telecommunication, laser, interferometric and spectroscopic applications.

From Optical Surfaces Ltd. 24 Sep 2026

Breaking the Dimensional Barrier: From 2D to 3D Co-Packaged Optics

The power and processing demands of AI infrastructure continue to escalate at a breakneck pace, driving unprecedented east-west (GPU to GPU) traffic to facilitate the parallel computations required for LLM training and inference.

23 Sep 2026

Single-Crystal 3D Van Der Waals Nanomembranes Bypass Lattice Constraints in Heterogeneous Photonic Integration

Photonic integrated circuits use light for high-bandwidth, low-loss communications, sensing, computing and quantum technologies. Silicon (Si) and silicon nitride (SiN) are mature waveguide platforms but lack several essential functions.

18 Sep 2026

Scientists Create ‘Smart’ Materials That Can Be Reprogrammed With Light

Researchers have developed ultra-thin smart materials that can be reprogrammed with light, making way for adaptable sensors and brain-inspired computers.

8 Sep 2026

Optical Scanning Holography Detects AI-Generated Satellite Images With 99.31% Accuracy

A new optical scanning holography framework combines spatial, frequency, and phase-aware information to improve detection of AI-generated satellite imagery.

2 Sep 2026

EV Group Addresses Critical Manufacturing Challenges for Next-Generation Co-Packaged Optics

EV Group (EVG), a leading provider of innovative process solutions and expertise serving leading-edge and future semiconductor designs and chip integration schemes, today announced that it is actively engaged with customers and partners across the rapidly evolving co-packaged optics (CPO) ecosystem to support the needs of hyperscale data centers, AI infrastructure and high-performance computing (HPC) applications.

From EV Group 2 Sep 2026

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