Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory develops PW grade thulium laser in the United States

A research team led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Columbia University, and Autonomous University of Madrid has successfully developed a novel optical computing material using photon avalanche nanoparticles. This breakthrough achievement was recently published in the journal Nature Photonics, paving the way for the manufacture of optical memory and transistors at the nano...

A high-end manufacturing facility for semiconductor optics will be expanded at Jenoptik’s production campus in Jena, Germany. The photonics group will invest a sum in the low double-digit million euro range starting at the end of 2025.On the expanded production areas, Jenoptik will manufacture sophisticated, high-quality optical components that are mainly used in the semiconductor equipment indust...

Recently, the team of Yang Tao-Yang Xiaoguang, a researcher at the Key Laboratory of Materials Science of the Institute of Semiconductors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Lu Dan, a researcher, together with Ji Chen, a professor at the Zhijiang Laboratory of Zhejiang University, have made important progress in the research of high-power, low-noise quantum dot DFB single-mode lasers.Distribut...

Lumentum, a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of a site in Caswell, UK.Lumentum revealed that it has made significant investments in the site over the past two years and is currently undergoing development upgrades for its state-of-the-art cleanrooms and laboratories to continue to support the developm...

Recently, NASA's official website showed that a research team at the University of Central Florida has tested an instrument called Ejecta STORM, which aims to measure the size and velocity of surface particles generated by exhaust gases from rocket powered landers on the moon or Mars.According to NASA, when a spacecraft lands on the moon or Mars, rocket exhaust plumes can produce efflorescent ejec...