Vuzix@VuzixOptics industryOptics and AIAI score3939

#OCPSummit26 has wrapped. Thanks to everyone who met with Vuzix to discuss Causeway™ — our optical interconnect evaluation platform for AI compute, which demonstrated 19,200 parallel optical channels over a range of about 30 mm. Next stop: PECC Summit, October 20-21. $VUZI

TRUMPF@TRUMPF_NewsOptics industryPicksAI score5959

TRUMPF has reported results for FY 2025/26, with sales of about €4.3 billion, roughly flat year on year, and orders up nearly 7% to €4.5 billion. The EBIT margin improved significantly to 11.1%. The linked press release headline notes that global semiconductor and data center demand drove the business.

XREAL 👓@XREAL_GlobalOptics industryOptics and AIPicksAI score6363

XREAL has launched the XREAL 1 Pro+, improving on the XREAL One Pro in brightness, 3D performance, and wearing comfort. The new model offers a perceived brightness of 1,200 nits and supports AI HDR, with native REAL 3D conversion at up to 60 fps. It features a redesigned nose pad and uses the X1 chip to keep the virtual screen stable during head movement. It is currently sold only through the official store.

Nature Photonics@NaturePhotonicsOptics industryAI score4949

New paper online: Lattice light sheet activation structured illumination super-resolution microscopy. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-026-02019-6

Nature Photonics@NaturePhotonicsOptics industryAI score5151

Nature Photonics has published the open-access paper "Endlessly self-injection-locked photonic integrated lasers" online. The post provides only the paper title and link https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-026-01985-1, with no specific results described.

XREAL 👓@XREAL_GlobalOptics industryOptics and AIAI score3939

XREAL AURA has been named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2026. It brings immersive spatial experiences to lightweight glasses, with a 70° field of view, hand tracking, and spatial anchoring. Lightweight, wired spatial computing glasses powered by Android XR. Read TIME's coverage: https://t.co/KJnFBypy2O Pre-order XREAL Aura now: https://t.co/DOYECoE5Qa #XREALAURA #AndroidXR #SpatialComputing Android XR is a trademark of Google LLC.

Gallium Phosphide–Diamond Hybrid Platform Enhances Quantum Light–Matter Interaction

Researchers integrated gallium phosphide (GaP) nanophotonic cavities onto diamond substrates via a stamp-transfer process, enhancing quantum optical interactions with diamond color centers. The devices were first fabricated in a GaP thin film on a carrier using electron-beam lithography, screened spectroscopically, and then transferred; the experiments achieved cooperativity greater than 1. The platform could serve as a light–matter interface in quantum networks.

Chip-Scale Optical Ring Laser Gyroscope Detects Slow Rotation of 37 Degrees per Hour

A team from UCSB and Caltech has published an account in Optics Letters of a chip-scale optical ring laser gyroscope capable of measuring rotations as slow as 37 degrees per hour, approaching Earth's rotation rate of 15 degrees per hour. The device is based on a low-noise Brillouin laser built on a silicon nitride waveguide photonic integrated circuit, can be fabricated with standard CMOS processes, and requires only milliwatt-level optical power. Its sensitivity is nearly 2,000 times better than the team's earlier device.

Lumentum@LumentumOptics industryOptics and AIAI score4848

Before October 15, visit booth B34 at the 2026 OCP Global Summit to see a rack-scale optical PCIe link demonstration featuring Astera's Scorpio smart switch chip, @Lumentum's 1060 nm VCSEL-based optical interconnect solution, and Corning's multimode fiber connectivity solution. 🔗 https://investor.lumentum.com/financial-news-releases/news-details/2026/Lumentum-Astera-Labs-and-Corning-to-Demonstrate-1060-nm-VCSEL-Based-PCIe-over-Optics-for-AI-Rack-Scale-Connectivity-at-the-2026-OCP-Global-Summit/default.aspx

Vuzix@VuzixOptics industryAI score2323

We are at #AUSA2026. Message Vuzix to experience Vuzix SHRIKE™ live in Washington, D.C., through October 14. $VUZI

Coherent Corp.@CoherentCorpOptics industryOptics and AIAI score2525

Coherent at #OCPGlobalSummit Join Coherent's Dr. Chris Kocot on October 14 for the talk "Slow and Wide 12.8T VCSEL Solutions." October 14 | 1:50 PM San Jose, California Learn more: https://2026ocpglobal.fnvirtual.app/a/schedule/ #OCPGlobalSummit

AIOFM Uses Multi-Source Satellite Remote Sensing to Reveal Diurnal Aerosol Variation Inland and Along the Coast of Pakistan

The remote sensing information characterization research team at AIOFM combined EPIC and MODIS satellite observations, ERA5 reanalysis, and AERONET ground-based data from 2015 to 2025 to analyze the diurnal variation of aerosol optical depth in Quetta and Karachi, Pakistan. The results were published in Remote Sensing. In representative scenarios, aerosol optical depth in Quetta increased by 0.159 in the afternoon compared with the morning, and by 0.066 in Karachi. The study provides a multi-source remote sensing analysis method for monitoring diurnal aerosol variation in regions with sparse ground observations.

Optica: New Model Makes Lighting Design Better Suited to Aging Eyes

Researchers have developed a model that accounts for age-related changes in color vision and simulates different lighting configurations to improve color perception for older adults. The results were published by Optica on October 13, 2026.

Nature Photonics@NaturePhotonicsOptics industryAI score4848

New article online: Dangling-bond-free, chemically anisotropic semiconductors for ultrahigh-resolution X-ray imaging. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-026-02013-y

Philip Russell, Director of the Russell Center at Hangzhou Institute of Optics, Receives 2026 Chinese Government Friendship Award

Academician Philip Russell, director of the Russell Advanced Photonics Science Center at the Hangzhou Institute of Optics, Precision Mechanics and Physics, received the 2026 Chinese Government Friendship Award at the Great Hall of the People on September 30. A total of 50 foreign experts were honored this year. Russell is an internationally renowned scholar in the field of photonic crystal fibers.

Vuzix@VuzixOptics industryOptics and AIAI score5656

Vuzix offers a new route for AI optical interconnects: the company will showcase its Causeway waveguide optical interconnect evaluation platform at two industry events.

Hangzhou Institute of Optics Holds AI Training Session

The Hangzhou Institute of Optics organized a special training session on artificial intelligence on October 10. Chief Scientist Zhao Dongfeng gave the lecture, attended by more than 60 people, including executives from incubated companies and partners, covering topics such as large model evolution and quantum computing.

Xi'an Institute of Optics and Mechanics Research on Near-Infrared Optogenetic Pain Relief Draws Attention in Nature Photonics Commentary

A team led by Researcher Wang Quan at the Biomedical Spectroscopy Laboratory of the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has achieved wireless near-infrared optogenetic pain relief using upconversion nanoparticles. The research was recently highlighted in a dedicated commentary in Nature Photonics. Optogenetics received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on October 5, 2026.

AIOFM Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Team Helps Develop Six Traditional Chinese Medicine Grade Standards

Six group standards for commercial specification grades of traditional Chinese medicinal materials, administered by the Anhui Provincial Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, have been released. The team of researcher Li Xiangxian at AIOFM (Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics) was among the main drafting units, covering qianhu (Peucedanum), duanxueliu, baizhu (Atractylodes), moutan cortex, red peony root and white peony root. The standards classify grades based on morphological characteristics and active ingredient content as core indicators. The team applied the advantages of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy — rapid, nondestructive and multicomponent detection — to the quality evaluation of Chinese medicinal materials, with accompanying demonstrations of mid-infrared and portable near-infrared FTIR analyzers.

HMI, a Spaceborne High-Precision Greenhouse Gas Imager Developed by AIOFM, Returns First On-Orbit Data

The High-precision Main Greenhouse gas Imaging instrument (HMI) aboard the Pujiang-4 satellite began imaging on September 27 and downlinked its first data. The instrument's developer, Xiong Wei's team at the Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (AIOFM), conducted a preliminary assessment showing that the payload's functions and performance meet design requirements. HMI uses an information modulation technique combining spatial imaging and spectral interferometry; in a 520 km orbit it acquires hyperspectral data with a 30 km swath, spatial resolution better than 400 m, and spectral resolution better than 0.125 nm. Based on the first data, the team preliminarily estimated the methane emission rate of the Bogatyr open-pit mine in Kazakhstan at about 27.52±1.70 tons per hour.

Hamamatsu and MEETOPTICS Partner on Integrated Scientific AI Chat

Hamamatsu Photonics and MEETOPTICS have announced a partnership to exclusively integrate MEETOPTICS' scientific AI chat tool into Hamamatsu's product portfolio, helping users find photonic components.

Optica Congratulates Francis Halzen on 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics

Optica congratulates Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin on receiving the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Optica Congratulates Three Optogenetics Pioneers on 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

On October 5, Optica congratulated Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel on receiving the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their pioneering contributions to optogenetics.

XPANCEO Partners with Contamac to Advance AR Contact Lenses Using FDA-Cleared Ophthalmic Materials

Smart contact lens company XPANCEO has partnered with Contamac to advance the development of AR contact lenses using materials already used in FDA-cleared ophthalmic devices.

New Study Explains Why Modern Display Colors Vary from Person to Person

Research published in Optica on October 1 presents a model that accounts for individual differences in color vision, explaining why modern displays appear to show different colors to different people and potentially helping develop more consistent displays.

Optikos acquires Omega Optical to unite the full optics workflow

Optikos, an optical engineering and manufacturing services provider, announced on September 29 that it has acquired Omega Optical, offering a complete optics workflow from design and manufacturing to testing under a single ownership.

SIOM uses improved YOLOv8-seg for intelligent beam-spot analysis at high-power laser facility

The Joint Laboratory for High Power Laser Physics at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) has proposed a beam-spot analysis system based on an improved YOLOv8-seg to meet the need for rapid, precise alignment of optics along the full chain of high-power laser facilities, and has completed experimental validation.

SIOM proposes programming coherent and quantum light sources with free-electron wave packets

Researcher Tian Ye and Academician Li Ruxin's team at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), together with Researcher Pan Yiming of ShanghaiTech University and others, have proposed a new mechanism that uses the quadratic phase accumulated during the propagation of free-electron quantum wave packets to simultaneously achieve selectable high-harmonic bunching and synthesis of non-classical quantum light sources, linking quantum state control, high-harmonic radiation and quantum light synthesis.

SIOM Reveals Internal Dynamics of Spatiotemporal Optical Vortex Strings

Researchers at the Joint Laboratory for High-Power Laser Physics at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) have studied the internal dynamics of spatiotemporal optical vortex strings, uncovering phenomena such as spatiotemporal attraction and filamentation stretching. The results were published in "Probing Internal Dynamics of Spatiotemporal Optical Vortex Strings".

Delfyett, Backus and Vanholsbeeck Join Optica Board of Directors

Optica announced that Peter J. Delfyett, Sterling Backus and Frédérique Vanholsbeeck will serve as members of its Board of Directors.

Three FTIR National Standards Developed with Participation from Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics Released

The State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of China have released three national standards for Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The team led by Li Xiangxian at the Environmental Optics Center of the Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics took part in drafting them.

CCTV Interview: Guangzai Technology Chairman Xia Haiyun on Domestic LiDAR

CCTV host Dong Qian interviews Xia Haiyun, chairman of Guangzai Technology, a company incubated by the Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Mechanics, on the program Trust in China, discussing the path of independent innovation in domestic LiDAR.

Fujia Gallium Approved to Establish Zhejiang Postdoctoral Workstation

Hangzhou Fujia Gallium, a company incubated by the Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Mechanics, was approved on September 1 to establish a Zhejiang provincial postdoctoral workstation. The company will partner with universities to train talent in core technologies such as ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor materials.

Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics Uses Nanoimprint Lithography to Fabricate Large-Area, Wide-Angle, Broadband Antireflective Metasurfaces

A team from the High-Power Laser Component Technology and Engineering Department at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics used nanoimprint lithography to fabricate large-area, double-sided fused-silica nanopillar metasurfaces, achieving broadband, wide-angle antireflection from the visible to the near-infrared, along with good high-temperature stability and laser damage tolerance.

Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics Achieves Deep-Subwavelength Long-Wave Infrared Absorption and Thermal Emission Control

A team at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics has proposed and demonstrated a lithography-free Cr/a-GST/Bi planar metal-insulator-metal absorber based on ultrahigh-refractive-index materials. With a total thickness of only 550 nm, it achieves high absorption and thermal emission control across the 8-14 μm long-wave infrared band.

Bangqizhou Technology Named Silver-Level Outstanding Supplier by North Night Vision Group

Hangzhou Bangqizhou Technology, an incubated company of the Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Mechanics, has been named a 2025 Silver-Level Outstanding Supplier by North Night Vision Technology Research Institute Group.

SIOM Reveals Degradation Mechanism of Ion-Beam-Finished Fused Silica Under Gamma Irradiation

A team led by researcher Wei Chaoyang at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) has systematically revealed the microscopic mechanism behind performance degradation of hydration-induced ion-beam-finished fused silica under gamma-ray irradiation, providing a basis for the stable service of fused silica components in radiation environments such as space.

SIOM Achieves High-Power Few-Cycle Pulse Compression with Dispersion-Engineered Multi-Pass Cell

A team from the State Key Laboratory of Ultra-Intense Laser Science and Technology at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) has achieved few-cycle nonlinear pulse compression in a dispersion-engineered folded multi-pass cell, producing high-power few-cycle ultrafast laser pulses. The results were published in Optics Letters.

SIOM Systematically Reviews CO2 Laser Processing of Fused Silica

A team led by researcher Wei Chaoyang at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) has published a review systematically covering the full technology chain of CO2 laser processing of fused silica optical components, from fundamental physical mechanisms to advanced functional applications.

SIOM Proposes Universal Control of Relativistic Particle Spin Using Laser-Excited Surface Waves

A team led by researcher Tian Ye and academician Li Ruxin at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) has proposed a new mechanism in which intense lasers excite surface waves on microwires that interact with relativistic charged particles to efficiently modulate spin. The approach is universal for leptons and ions and applies to particles at energies of GeV and even TeV.