Photonics Spectra

 📢 A packed episode of Photonics Spectra Now this week! Starting with NVIDIA  announcing plans to adopt #siliconphotonics and co-packaged optics to scale its #ai architecture. 💻 Scientists led by Tobias Kippenberg have developed a photonic-chip-based traveling-wave parametric amplifier for #communication networks. 🐙 Marine technology company, Kraken Robotics, is acquiring  3D at Depth. 🚀 Rocket Lab, a provider of launch services and space systems, is entering into an agreement to acquire a controlling position in  Mynaric. 🥽 ASML and imec are partnering to advance their research and sustainability.  🏢 Hamamatsu Corporation has just completed construction on a new factory in South Korea. 🤝 And Intel Corporation has named Lip-Bu Tan as its new CEO. Have a tip for the PSN crew? Post it in the comments, or email us at Video@photonics.com Thank you to our sponsor, LaCroix Precision Optics! #photonics #photonicintegratedcircuits #lidar

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NVIDIA's two switches project could open the door to a golden age of silicon photonics: #Silicon #Photonics

#Photonics Spectra Week in Brief: 📍The FAMES Pilot Line, a dedicated semiconductor workshop, has launched an open access call for organizations such as design houses, fabless companies, foundries, material and tool suppliers, universities, and research centers to submit user requests for access to the site. 📍Semiconductor materials designer SOITEC has joined the SEMI Silicon Photonics Industry Alliance, a group of more than 100 semiconductor industry partners. 📍The European Innovation Council has awarded nine grants to quantum technology start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises. 📍 Developer of industrial x-ray CT technology Lumafield has closed a $75 million series C funding round. Catch up on more news from the week here: https://lnkd.in/eAE-52Wa #Semiconductors #Quantum #Chips

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VIA optronics, a supplier of interactive display solutions, has entered into strategic collaboration with Solectrix GmbH, a full-service provider in the embedded electronics sector. The companies plan use their combined capabilities to design, develop, and produce advanced camera and display technologies as well as embedded vision systems: #Photonics #Cameras #Systems

A research team at the University of Colorado Boulder developed a microscope for spatio-spectral-temporal ultrafast nanoimaging of the structural characteristics of materials. The researchers used the microscope to perform combined ground- and ultrafast excited-state IR nanoimaging of a metal halide perovskite that is a promising candidate for tandem solar cells, photocatalysis, and optoelectronic applications: #Photonics #Ultrafast #Lasers

#Photonics Spectra's People in the News, March 19: 📍 Fraunhofer ILT has appointed Jochen Stollenwerk as acting director. 📍BluGlass Limited (ASX: BLG), a semiconductor developer, has established an industry advisory board. 📍Provider of electronic components and connectivity solutions Infinite Electronics, Inc. has appointed J. Lindsley Ruth as president and CEO. #Lasers #Semiconductors #Components Catch up on more updates here:

Alphabet’s X, The Moonshot Factory, has spun out its Taara project as an independent company. The company raised an unspecified sum in a funding round led by Series X Capital to deploy and scale its approach to wireless optical communications: #Photonics #Optics #Communications

Adequate testing is essential for advancing chip and wafer architectures from design to productization—but emerging, sophisticated designs don’t always align with established test protocols. Iñigo Artundo, CEO of VLC Photonics (Hitachi Group), joins the All Things Photonics podcast to break down the role of testing in PICs and integrated photonics. This episode also explores the challenges of current test methodologies and how the gap between innovation and validation can be bridged. Catch the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/eFcY4hmu #Photonics #PICs #IntegratedPhotonics