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@PhotonicsSpec: Semiconductor Innovations Advance Precision Optics Fabrication Once operating in parallel technological spheres, #optics and semiconductors are now converging in profound and transformative ways. ow.ly/NZ8o50X9v0l #optics #photonics #semiconductors

Article: ‘Photonic crystal highway’ guides light forward on chips A new approach to the problem by @penn researchers led to a system that guides light from Point A to B—essentially a secret tunnel for photons—without any loss of photons. laserfocusworld.com/optics/article… #photonics

@UGrenobleAlpes and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (@UnivLyon1) in France have reported progress on integrating mid-infrared (MIR) III-V quantum cascade laser (QCL) diodes on a silicon photonics platform through molecular bonding semiconductor-today.com/news_items/202… #photonics

Excerpt: At Stanford University’s SPRC Symposium, NTT-Research’s Timothy McKenna told EE Times that the optical material thin-film lithium niobate (TFNN) could open up new avenues for optical compute designs. Via @EETimes: eetimes.com/can-tfln-make-… #photonics #integratedcircuits

@polimi researchers present an electronic application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) designed for reconfiguration of PICs featuring numerous tunable elements. #OpenAccess article via @nature: ow.ly/N7zl50X9v4E #photonics

#OpenAccess paper: A 2-Gbps low-SWaP quantum random number generator with photonic integrated circuits for satellite applications nature.com/articles/s4153… #photonics #satellite #aerospace #quantumcomputing

Article: New stretchable light-emitting material holds promise for photon-based devices A research team led by the California NanoSystems Institute at @UCLA demonstrated a new type of light-emitting material expected to be suitable for #photonics chemistry.ucla.edu/news/new-stret…

Article: On the cusp of a major chip transition At Eindhoven Univ. of Technology, researchers are working on the next generation of computer chips that enable the future digital revolution. Their solution lies in combining electronics and #photonics. tue.nl/en/news-and-ev…

Researchers solve key challenges and report fast single-laser interferometric quantum random number generators (QRNG) integrated onto monolithic chips. opg.optica.org/opticaq/fullte… #photonics

Trends in the industry: Photonics investments are surging due to AI/data centers, healthcare, and security demands, overcoming traditional technology limits with light-based solutions. allaboutcircuits.com/news/new-inves… #photonics

#OpenAccess article via Nature: Photonic-electronic arbitrary-waveform generation using quadrature multiplexing and active optical-phase stabilization nature.com/articles/s4146… #photonics

#OpenAccess article: Scaling up for end-to-end on-chip photonic neural network inference Researchers designed and fabricated a monolithically integrated optical neural network with the largest input size and the deepest network depth. nature.com/articles/s4137… #photonics

Achieve up to 80x speed improvements: #RSoft Photonic Device Tools' #FullWAVE #FDTD software supports GPU acceleration and significantly accelerates simulation speeds through the parallel computing power of @NVIDIA GPUs. ow.ly/rHjx50X5lgU #optics #photonics #nvidia

Researchers at @caltech have engineered a fully integrated photonic device that can produce coherent light at frequencies ranging from the visible range to the mid-infrared . Read more: optica-opn.org/home/newsroom/… #photonics

@PhotonicsSpec article: Light-Based Chip Boosts AI Power Efficiency 100-Fold A chip developed by researchers at the University of Florida @UF uses light, rather than just electricity, to perform one of AI’s most power-hungry tasks. photonics.com/Articles/Light… #photonics

Article: Sending Quantum Signals with Standard Internet Protocol @Penn researchers developed a quantum chip that they called ‘Q-Chip’ . Via @PhotonicsSpec: photonics.com/Articles/Sendi… #photonics #quantum #quantumnetworking #integratedchips

#Photonics: The Backbone of Scalable Quantum Technologies Advancements in photonics are playing a pivotal role in enabling scalable quantum technologies. Article via @PhotonicsSpec: photonics.com/Articles/Photo…

Article: Butterfly wings inspire solution to impossible optics problem The iridescent blue of butterfly wings has inspired researchers to find a solution to... dynamically tuning advanced optical processes at visible wavelengths. @physorg: phys.org/news/2025-09-b… #photonics

#OpenAccess paper: Analysis of Conventional Direct Detection and Coherent Optical Receivers in Optical Access Networks This study evaluated the use of GFDM transmission in passive optical networks (PONs)... using #OptSim and Matlab 2018b ®. mdpi.com/2673-4591/77/1… #photonics

#OpenAccess article via @Nature: Beating spectral bandwidth limits for large aperture broadband nano-optics nature.com/articles/s4146… #photonics #metaoptics #optics #flatoptics #metalens #metasurfaces