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Oct 15Thu
  1. OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industry56

    2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded for Optogenetics, Giving Brain-Computer Interfaces a Precision Writing Tool

    The Karolinska Institute has announced that the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel for the discovery of light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. The article explains how the channelrhodopsin ChR2 is activated by blue light and discusses how optogenetics adds precision writing capability to brain-computer interfaces.

Oct 14Wed
  1. OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryOptics and AI59

    Leqi second-generation AI glasses outlook: four optical challenges for diffractive waveguides

    The article argues that AI capabilities can be upgraded over the air, but the optical experience of a diffractive waveguide is hard to fix once finalized. The development of Leqi's second-generation AI glasses focuses on four engineering challenges: hiding the grating, suppressing rainbow artifacts, thinning the lens, and reducing reflections while preserving brightness. These are also the issues consumer AI glasses must solve to look like ordinary eyewear.

  2. OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industry46

    iPhone Duo boosts under-display cameras; Red Magic to launch ninth-generation solution

    Under-display cameras are back in the spotlight after the unveiling of Apple's first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo. Red Magic has also announced ninth-generation under-display camera technology, continuing with a true full-screen design. The article reviews how most makers returned to punch-hole designs after under-display cameras entered mass production six years ago.

Oct 13Tue
Oct 12Mon
  1. OFweek Laser Network · NewsOptics industry46

    Maxphotonics faces growth challenges after becoming first to ship 10,000 10 kW lasers

    An article by OFweek Laser notes that in 2025 Maxphotonics became the first company worldwide to ship 10,000 10 kW-class fiber lasers. Drawing on observations from the Shanghai industry fair, the article discusses how 10 kW lasers can sustain growth as the fiber laser industry shifts from price wars to competition on new fronts.

  2. OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics and AI43

    Zuckerberg's net worth rises to fourth in the world as Meta smart glasses and AI business draw attention

    On September 24, Zuckerberg's net worth reached about $266.4 billion, surpassing Michael Dell to become the world's fourth-richest person. Meta shares closed at $777.59 that day, up about 36% in September. The article argues that the AI agent Muse, launched on September 8, boosted market sentiment, and discusses Meta's smart glasses business.

Oct 10Sat
  1. OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industry39

    Smartphone Market Battle Royale: The Imaging War Keeps Escalating

    Smartphone makers have entered another intensive product launch cycle, with larger sensors, longer telephoto reach, stronger stabilization and computational photography remaining key launch highlights. The article argues that as performance and displays mature, imaging remains the core battleground for differentiation and winning premium users.

Oct 9Fri
  1. OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics and AI53

    Qwen N1 Pro and Wigain Flow Add Eye Sensing, as AI Glasses Fill the Personal Context Gap

    A VR Tuoluo article notes that the Qwen AI Glasses N1 Pro, unveiled on September 22, adds high-precision eye tracking for visual question answering, object recognition and iris payment. The Wigain Flow full-color AI glasses from Qiuguo, planned for release later, also place an iris camera in the nose pads for identity verification. Eye data is emerging as a new data source for AI glasses to understand users.

  2. OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryOptics and AI53

    The Price Dilemma of Micro-Optical Engines for AR Glasses, Seen Through the Supply Chain

    The article argues that the core bottleneck keeping AR glasses from the mass market is not chips or software, but the micro-optical engine inside the temples. The micro-optical engine is the image-generation core of AR glasses, and its price remains high even after mass production, with most mass-produced models still selling for several thousand yuan or even more than 10,000 yuan.

Oct 8Thu
  1. OFweek Laser Network · NewsOptics industryOptics and AI53

    Lumentum Capacity Under Strain: What Businesses Beyond EML and CW Lasers Drive Its Strength

    An article by Haitun Jun continues the breakdown of Lumentum: EML secures the core profit base of pluggable optical transceivers, while high-power discrete lasers, UHP CW, bet on next-generation CPO/NPO architectures. With supply and demand severely mismatched for high-end laser chips, leading manufacturers with in-house capacity simultaneously benefit from price increases, long-term orders and rising gross margins.

  2. Laser Focus WorldOptics industryOptics and AI61

    From Pixels to Optical Links: MicroLED Shifts to Co-Packaged Optics

    A Laser Focus World article analyzes the surge in industry interest in MicroLED co-packaged optics (CPO) solutions, reflecting their multiple advantages, although technical challenges remain to be resolved.

    Why we recommend it: The article reviews the advantages and challenges of MicroLED shifting from displays to optical interconnects, helping assess the maturity of this CPO route

Oct 7Wed
Oct 6Tue
Oct 5Mon
  1. Laser Focus WorldOptics industry46

    Virtual Prototyping Before Hardware: From Optical Design to System Performance

    A Laser Focus World article notes that optical designs can meet specifications yet still fail at the system level, for example when imaging instrument output is interpreted by algorithms rather than the human eye. The article advocates using virtual prototyping to evaluate system performance before building hardware.

Sep 30Wed
  1. OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industry43

    Black-light optoelectronic tweezers aid antibody drug development, with Xinguang Biology a leading domestic player

    The article describes the expanding market for optoelectronic tweezers, a micro- and nano-manipulation technology based on light-induced dielectrophoresis. Black-light optoelectronic tweezers combine special wavelength mixes with polarization control to generate strong trapping forces without damaging samples, enabling uses such as antibody drug screening. Xinguang Biology is a representative domestic company.

Sep 29Tue
  2. OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryOptics and AI55

    Are DOE and Metasurfaces the Same Thing?

    Citing Yole's 2025 diffractive optics report, the article notes that metasurfaces are a nanoscale subclass of DOE diffractive optical elements, not a replacement. The two have diverged in physical mechanisms, manufacturing routes and industrialization stages: traditional DOEs support today's volume production of AR optical waveguides, while metasurfaces carry future upgrades.

  3. C114 Communications Network · Optical CommunicationsOptics industry56

    How Far Has 50G-PON Come?

    The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's 15th Five-Year Plan for the Information and Communications Industry sets a target of 1 million 50G-PON ports in China by 2030, compared with about 20,000 in 2025, a 50-fold gap. This is the first time 50G-PON has been included as a quantified target in a national five-year plan, and the article reviews its commercialization progress and obstacles.

Sep 28Mon
  1. OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryOptics and AI59

    The Other Side of the First Year of Waveguide Mass Production: Capacity Is in Place, but Is Yield Keeping Up?

    The article argues that 2026 is the first year of optical waveguide mass production, with multiple production capacities of one million units coming online, but capacity expansion does not equal stable mass production. The core barrier has shifted from whether it can be done to whether it can be done consistently at high yield. The three major bottlenecks in materials, processes and inspection are interlinked, requiring end-to-end system capabilities.

  2. OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryOptics and AI55

    Industry Analysis: Silicon Carbide Waveguides Shift from Performance Option to Mass Production Essential

    An OFweek article analyzes how silicon carbide optical waveguides are moving from an alternative AR performance material to a core element of mass production, with materials, chips and modules all scaling up simultaneously. It cites actions including Aifalong's oversubscribed Series B round of more than 100 million yuan to build an 8-inch silicon carbide metasurface optical waveguide chip production line, Guangna Siwei's financing of nearly 200 million yuan, and Goertek Optics' F50Se module achieving a 50-degree field of view. The author believes cost, processing yield and supply chain maturity remain the three hurdles before large-scale deployment, with the current average price of a SiC waveguide chip at 250-350 US dollars.

  3. OFweek Laser Network · NewsOptics industryOptics and AI53

    From Optical Interconnect Veteran to All-Round Enabler, What Makes Lumentum Special?

    An article by Dolphin Research breaks down Lumentum: its share price has risen nearly tenfold in one year, its market value exceeds 70 billion US dollars, and Nvidia invested 2 billion US dollars for a stake in March 2026. The article argues that no matter how optical module form factors change, the position of high-value, barrier-protected optical engines remains solid.

Sep 25Fri
  3. OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics and AI43

    Whose Golden Week Needs a Pair of AI Glasses Most?

    The article looks at AI tour-guide glasses: tourists wearing the same AI glasses have appeared in Shanghai, hearing the story of the Huxinting Teahouse by the Nine-Turn Bridge and placing voice orders for xiaolongbao at Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant. Earlier, iFlytek AI glasses gained popularity among outbound travelers with real-time cross-border translation.

  4. C114 Communications Network · Optical CommunicationsOptics industryOptics and AI56

    Photon Bridge CCO: Tackling Mass-Production Bottlenecks for External Light Sources in AI Optical Interconnects

    In an exclusive interview with C114, Photon Bridge's Chief Commercial Officer discusses the interconnect bandwidth pressure created by expanding AI compute clusters and the role of integrated photonics in breaking through optical module power and density limits, with a focus on the mass-production challenges of external light sources (ELS) and the Dutch integrated photonics ecosystem.

Sep 24Thu
  1. OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryOptics and AI61

    CIOE 2026 AR Optics Review: Mass Production, Thin-and-Light Design and Color Emerge as Keywords

    At the 27th CIOE and SIVA 2026, the keywords for VR/AR optics centered on mass production, thin-and-light design, and color displays for AR glasses. The article summarizes show trends, noting that 4-inch, 6-inch and other semiconductor wafers were everywhere, serving as a way to demonstrate mass-production capability.

    Why we recommend it: The original article summarizes the directions of multiple AR optics makers at the show, making it easy to compare the current state of the AR optics supply chain

Sep 23Wed
  1. OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryOptics and AI46

    Interview with Sunny Optics' Xiong Guanhao: Rebuilding the Value of Optics with "Optics + AI"

    During CIOE 2026, Xiong Guanhao, Senior Director of Strategy and Marketing at Sunny Optics, said AI is moving from the cloud into the physical world, while optics is evolving from an imaging tool into a gateway through which AI acquires information, understands the world and transmits data.

  2. OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryOptics and AI56

    Optical Waveguide Technologies Classified: Five Routes and Five Physical Logics

    The article groups AR optical waveguides into three major categories and five technology routes: geometric, diffractive (including SRG, VHG and PVG) and metasurface. Each relies on different optical principles, performance limits and industrialization timelines, and the article argues that no single solution fits all applications.

Sep 22Tue
  1. C114 Communications Network · Optical CommunicationsOptics industryOptics and AI61

    LightCounting: NPO Is Hot, but Pluggables Remain the Market Mainstay

    LightCounting's latest quarterly report says NPO dominated much of the discussion at the recent CIOE, much like the industry's enthusiasm for LPO a few years ago. However, sales of retimed pluggable optical modules continue to hit new highs, with Ethernet optical modules accounting for the majority of overall sales.

    Why we recommend it: The original article contrasts sales data with the hype, helping to gauge the real pace of NPO and pluggable optical modules