- JDSU lasers division to become 'Lumentum'
US photonics and metrology company confirms identities of the two businesses it will split into later this year. - UK Photonics KTN head positive about business
The reorganized innovation network is now focusing more on tapping the industry’s commercial potential. - Quantum imaging center opens in Glasgow
Business-focused QuantIC hub funded by UK government for next five years. - IR detectors replaced on James Webb telescope
Design flaws in original equipment see replacement of near-infrared detectors in three JWST instruments. - First Solar begins silicon module ramp
As the firm pushes the efficiency of its long-standing CdTe technology, it is simultaneously starting to ramp TetraSun's silicon cells. - Effect Photonics closes Series-A funding
Dutch DWDM photonic integration company to invest undisclosed sum in production facilities and staff. - EUV bet settled as source powers climb
Technology advances revealed at SPIE Advanced Lithography conference; students to benefit from the resolution of a long-standing bet. - OCT firm Michelson Diagnostics closes £2.5m ‘Series B’ funding
First tranche of expected £4m; Smith & Nephew invests £1.25m and joins board of UK company. - ESI suspends dividend; plans laser ramp
CEO Ed Grady says 'prudent and responsible' decision was needed to invest in business transition. - IPG up again after another record year
Revenue grows 19% in 2014 overall as demand for fiber lasers shows no sign of abating. - Novel endoscope gives clearer view of cancers
University at Buffalo probe improves image quality and also facilitates drug delivery. - Capasso lab advance suggests industry role for flat photonics
Flat lens from Harvard physicists turns 'normal' optics on its head with the help of metasurfaces. - Boeing wins contract to improve laser weapon pointing
$29.5M deal with US Office of Naval Research expected to result in 'exceptional accuracy' of new laser weapons on warships. - Saudi laser lab focuses on attosecond science
Gérard Mourou, Paul Corkum, and Ted Hänsch give lectures at opening ceremony in Riyadh. - Multi-spectral probe promises new view of Fallopian tubes
Arizona development team seeks industrial partner to take multi-purpose imaging device for cancer screening to market. - mirSense integrated QCLs target gas-sensing and biomed roles
French startup says attraction is its silicon platform, which features "no moving parts". - Central Laser Facility turns on STED 'scope
Super-resolution microscope at UK site now said to be fully operational, while new ultrafast infrared laser is close to completion. - Holmium laser boost for Lumenis
Israeli medical laser firm reports 9% increase in sales for the closing quarter of 2014. - UV LEDs to find new markets in disinfection, purification
Entry of ‘visible LED giants’ to speed UV LED boom through 2018, but UV LED chip making remains a ‘bottleneck”. - Optical surgery guide wins SPIE's Startup Challenge
Photonics West attendees enjoy fiercely-fought laser technology competition.