Zhongji Innolight to List in Hong Kong on July 30, Raising Over HKD 54.5 Billion
Zhongji Innolight will list in Hong Kong on July 30, raising more than HKD 54.5 billion.
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0 items todayC114 Communications Network · Optical CommunicationsOptics industryAI score5555 C114 Communications Network · Optical CommunicationsOptics industryAI score3737 Dongshan Precision: Optical Module Unit Prices to Decline Slightly
Dongshan Precision says unit prices for its optical module products will decline slightly.
Xi'an Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (XIOPM) · Research ProgressOptics industryPicksAI score6161 Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics Advances High-Repetition-Rate, High-Energy Ultrafast Thin-Disk Laser
Teams led by Fu Yuxi and Cao Huabao at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics have made new progress in high-repetition-rate, high-energy ultrafast thin-disk lasers.
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OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score2424 Wavelength Opto-Electronics Expects First-Half Net Profit Rise
Wavelength Opto-Electronics expects net profit attributable to shareholders of 26 million to 29 million yuan in the first half, up at least 82.6% year on year.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score99 Ofilm Independent Director Mi Xuming Resigns
Ofilm independent director Mi Xuming has resigned for personal reasons.
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) · Research UpdatesOptics industryAI score5757 SIOM Reports Progress in High-Power Laser Protection Mechanisms
Wang Jun's team at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics has made new progress in research on high-power laser protection mechanisms.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score3434 Fluorinated Photosensitive Polyimide Offers Strong Potential
Fluorinated photosensitive polyimide enables direct photolithographic patterning and offers superior dielectric and optical properties.
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) · Research UpdatesOptics industryAI score5454 SIOM Achieves Precise Control of Cold-Atom Velocity Vectors
The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics has made progress in precise control of cold-atom velocity vectors.
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) · Research UpdatesOptics industryPicksAI score5959 Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics Achieves Single-Shot Array Coherent Diffraction Imaging with Photon Sieve
The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics has made progress in single-shot array coherent diffraction imaging with a photon sieve.
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Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) · Research UpdatesOptics industryAI score5454 SIOM Reports Progress in Amplitude-Frequency Modulation Monitoring for ICF Laser Drivers
The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics has made progress in amplitude-frequency modulation monitoring for high-power laser drivers used in inertial confinement fusion.
Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) · Research UpdatesOptics industryOptics and AIPicksAI score5959 Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics Accelerates Combinatorial Optimization at Large Spin Scale
The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics has made progress in optically accelerated solving of large-spin-scale combinatorial optimization problems.
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Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) · Research UpdatesOptics industryOptics and AIAI score5757 SIOM Reports Progress in Optoelectronic Neural Synapses
The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics has made new progress in research on optoelectronic neural synaptic devices.
C114 Communications Network · Optical CommunicationsOptics industryAI score3535 Eoptolink: Securing Raw Material Supply and Production Delivery Is a Priority
Eoptolink said securing raw material supply and production delivery is a current priority.
OFweek Laser Network · NewsOptics industryAI score3939 TRUMPF Acquires Minnesota Plant With More Than 60 Years of History
TRUMPF announced an agreement to acquire a long-established company in Anoka, Minnesota, USA, with more than 60 years of history.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score3939 Conant Optics Signs Framework Agreements With Four Leading Technology Companies
Conant Optics has signed joint development or procurement framework agreements with four leading technology companies in China and abroad.
OFweek Optics Network · NewsOptics industryAI score3434 Dongtian Optics Expects First-Half Net Profit to Rise by Up to 87%
Dongtian Optics expects net profit attributable to shareholders of 85 million to 95 million yuan in the first half, up 67.71% to 87.44% year on year.
OFweek Laser Network · NewsOptics industryAI score5151 IPG Acquires Lumibird Assets for About CNY 2.3 Billion
IPG and Lumibird have signed a binding acquisition offer, valuing Lumibird's main assets at about 16 times earnings, for approximately CNY 2.3 billion.
Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics · Recent HighlightsOptics industryAI score2727 Academician Philip Russell Visits Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications to Discuss Hollow-Core Fiber Collaboration
Academician Philip Russell of the Russell Center for Advanced Lightwave Science at the Hangzhou Institute of Optics visited the State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications on July 7. He met with President Xu Kun and delivered an academic lecture, with both sides reaching a preliminary agreement to strengthen cooperation. The two sides hope to collaborate on joint student training, academic exchanges, and jointly undertaken projects, particularly in frontier areas such as hollow-core fiber, where each side's strengths in fiber design and fabrication and communications network applications can be combined.
Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP) · Research ProgressOptics industryAI score4949 Changchun Institute of Optics Develops Color-Tunable, Highly Efficient Heat-Insulating Programmable Photovoltaic Window
A team led by Guo Xiaoyang and Liu Xingyuan at the Changchun Institute of Optics, in collaboration with the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, has built asymmetric Fabry-Perot microcavities using double-sided dielectric/metal/dielectric (DMD) electrodes to create color-programmable semi-transparent organic photovoltaic windows. The results were published in Advanced Functional Materials. The device achieves a power conversion efficiency of 10.07%, an average visible light transmittance of 35.9%, an infrared blocking rate of 91.59%, and a color rendering index of 89.8. The reflected color can be tuned by varying the thickness of the MoO3 dielectric layers on both sides, covering most of the sRGB color gamut.
Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics · Recent HighlightsOptics industryAI score2525 Hollow-Core Fiber Inventor Philip Russell Attends CAS General Assembly of Academicians
Academician Philip Russell, director of the Russell Center for Advanced Lightwave Science at the Hangzhou Institute of Optics, was invited to attend the 22nd General Assembly of Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, held in Beijing on July 8, where he engaged in academic exchanges with peers from China and abroad. The article notes that the center established industrialization entities including Xinkong Guanglian (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. in 2025, and signed cooperation agreements with Fuchunjiang Photoelectric Group and the research institutes of the three major telecom operators to promote the large-scale application of hollow-core fiber.
Xi'an Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (XIOPM) · Research ProgressOptics industryAI score5151 Xi'an Institute of Optics Makes Progress in Low-Temperature Neuromodulation
The Xi'an Institute of Optics, in collaboration with the Air Force Medical University, has made progress in targeted low-temperature neuromodulation of the dorsal root ganglion.
Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (AIOFM) · Research ProgressOptics industryAI score5454 AIOFM LD Side-Pumped Er,Pr:GYAP Laser Achieves High-Energy Q-Switched Output at 2.7 Micrometers
The Laser Technology Center at AIOFM published a paper in Optics Express describing the introduction of Gd3+ and Pr3+ into YAP crystals to obtain Er,Pr:GYAP crystals, achieving high-energy laser output at 2.7 micrometers using LD side pumping.
Xi'an Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (XIOPM) · Research ProgressOptics industryAI score5757 Xi'an Institute of Optics and Mechanics Advances Chiral Light-Matter Interaction Research
The Ultrafast Optics Research Department of the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Mechanics has made new progress in the study of chiral light-matter interactions.
Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (AIOFM) · Research ProgressOptics industryAI score3838 Anhui Institute of Optics and Mechanics Wins Three 2025 National Science and Technology Progress Second Prizes
At the 2025 National Science and Technology Awards Conference held on July 8, the Anhui Institute of Optics and Mechanics led one project and participated in two that won the National Science and Technology Progress Second Prize, covering atmospheric environment satellite remote sensing, precision monitoring of volatile organic compounds, and a major aviation remote sensing facility. The lead project, "Domestic Hyperspectral Satellite Atmospheric Environment Remote Sensing Technology, Equipment and Applications," developed the spaceborne atmospheric trace gas differential absorption spectrometer EMI. The participating projects include chemical park VOCs monitoring based on Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy equipment and the National Major Science and Technology Infrastructure for Aviation Remote Sensing Systems.
Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics · Industry NewsOptics industryAI score2323 Six Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Mechanics Incubated Companies Selected for Hangzhou's "Promising Seedlings" List
Six companies incubated by the Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Mechanics - Kaisis Technology, Guangzhiyun, Guangzai Technology, Aijie Photonics, Bangqizhou, and Gaoxi Thermal - were selected for the proposed first batch of Hangzhou's "Promising Seedlings" enterprises. Kaisis Technology was also selected for the proposed 2025 Hangzhou "New Eaglet" enterprise list. The selected companies cover areas including cold atom clocks, optical intelligent algorithms, LiDAR, silicon-based optoelectronic chips, and metasurface optical devices.
Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics · Recent HighlightsOptics industryAI score1818 MIIT Science and Technology Department Deputy Director Zhao Chaofan Visits Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Mechanics
Zhao Chaofan, Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, led a delegation to visit the Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Mechanics on June 29, where he was briefed on its construction and operations, specialized incubation system, and key incubating companies. The discussions focused on optoelectronic industry incubation pathways, mechanisms for commercializing scientific and technological achievements, and building top-tier technology business incubators. Zhao Chaofan affirmed the institute's phased results in commercializing optoelectronic achievements.
Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (AIOFM) · Research ProgressOptics industryOptics and AIAI score4747 AIOFM Develops AKAN Aerosol Optical Depth Retrieval Algorithm for POSP Polarization Scanner on Gaofen-5B
The Optical Remote Sensing Center of the Anhui Institute of Optics and Mechanics published a paper in IEEE TGRS proposing an attention-enhanced Kolmogorov-Arnold network (AKAN) method to retrieve aerosol optical depth from POSP polarization observations by the Gaofen-5B satellite. The team built more than 240,000 matched samples using AERONET ground-based data. The model achieved a coefficient of determination R² of 0.9336 and a root mean square error of 0.0492, with 94.25% of results falling within the expected error range. SHAP analysis showed that the sensitive bands and scattering angle features identified by the model are broadly consistent with radiative transfer principles.
Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (AIOFM) · Research ProgressOptics industryAI score5454 AIOFM Achieves Series of Advances in Calibration and Resolution for Laser Heterodyne Spectroscopy Greenhouse Gas Detection
The Basic Science Center of the Anhui Institute of Optics and Mechanics published three results in Optics and Laser Technology, Optics Express, and Optics Letters, improving the measurement accuracy and spectral resolution of laser heterodyne radiometers (LHR).
Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics · Recent HighlightsOptics industryAI score2626 CCTV Reports on Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics' Optoelectronic Achievement Incubation Model
CCTV-13's "Oriental Horizon" aired a special report on the Yangtze River Delta Science and Technology Innovation Center on June 19, highlighting the optoelectronic achievement incubation model explored by the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics, which has been put into practice at the Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Mechanics. The report noted that a laser communication device for inter-satellite communication inside the incubator is undergoing testing, and said the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics has incubated more than 70 achievement commercialization projects centered on hardcore optoelectronic technology in the Yangtze River Delta.
Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics · Industry NewsOptics industryAI score4545 Fujia Gallium Achieves Batch Supply of 2-Inch (011) Ga2O3 Substrates
Fujia Gallium, an incubated company of the Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Mechanics, can now stably supply (011)-plane 2-inch gallium oxide (Ga2O3) single-crystal substrates in volume, with continuous deliveries to research institutions and companies in China and abroad. Three-axis HRXRD tests at the Shenzhen Pinghu Laboratory showed an average full width at half maximum of about 16.2 arcsec across five points on the wafer. The original report says the substrates can provide material support for downstream applications such as power devices and deep-ultraviolet detectors.
Xi'an Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (XIOPM) · Research ProgressOptics industryAI score5757 Xi'an Institute Advances Optogenetic Neural Modulation Mediated by Upconversion Nanoparticles
The Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, together with the Air Force Medical University, has used upconversion nanoparticle-mediated optogenetic modulation in chronic pain research.
Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics · Recent HighlightsOptics industryAI score2525 Science and Technology Daily Reports on Hangzhou Institute's 'Algorithm + Data + Base' Incubation Model
Science and Technology Daily published a report on how the Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Mechanics advances the industrialization of optoelectronic research results through its 'algorithm + data + base' model and its 'select, nurture, graft' mechanism. The article says the institute has incubated more than 70 companies with a combined valuation exceeding 50 billion yuan, fostering optoelectronic hard-tech firms including Fujia Gallium, Yinhu Laser and Kaiser Technology.
Google Blog · XR/AROptics industryOptics and AIPicksAI score5757 XREAL AURA Opens for Pre-Order as Android XR Debuts at AWE 2026
Google showcased Android XR ecosystem progress at AWE 2026, and XREAL AURA opened for pre-order.
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Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics · Recent HighlightsOptics industryAI score3232 Hangzhou Institute and Incubated Companies Exhibit at 2026 Changchun Optics Expo
The Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Mechanics attended the third Changchun International Optics Expo, held June 12 to 14, together with incubated companies including the Russell Advanced Optical Wave Science Center and Xishi Technology. The Russell Center said its proprietary 'new structure' low-loss hollow-core fiber achieved continuous drawing lengths greater than 15 km, with a minimum loss of about 0.1 dB/km in the telecom band. Xishi Technology showcased optical film thickness measurement and thin-film inspection equipment.
Xi'an Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (XIOPM) · Research ProgressOptics industryPicksAI score5959 Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics Advances Microscopic Imaging Through Scattering Media
The Ultrafast Optics Research Department at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics has made new progress in optical microscopic imaging through scattering media.
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Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (AIOFM) · Research ProgressOptics industryOptics and AIAI score3939 AIOFM Develops Digital Hydrogel Fluorescence-Enhanced Microsphere System for Amplification-Free Relative Quantification of CRISPR Nucleic Acids
The Optoelectronics Center of the Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics published a paper in Analytical Chemistry describing CrisprDEM, a digital hydrogel fluorescence-enhanced microsphere detection system based on CRISPR/Cas12a that enables amplification-free relative quantification of nucleic acids. The system uses hydrogel microspheres to enrich fluorescent reporter molecules, boosting the fluorescence signal by a factor of about 1,000. A microfluidic chip then spreads the microspheres into a monolayer for imaging, and a K-means algorithm distinguishes positive from negative microspheres, with the proportion of positive microspheres used for quantification.
Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics · Industry NewsOptics industryAI score3333 Faibo's Distributed Fiber-Optic Acoustic Field Sensing Technology Named Among China's Top 10 Optical Industry Technologies
Faibo, an incubated company of the Hangzhou Institute of Optics and Mechanics, was named among China's Top 10 Optical Industry Technologies of 2025 (optics category) for its distributed fiber-optic acoustic field sensing technology based on multi-domain multiplexing. The competition received 128 entries, and the awards ceremony was held May 18 at the China Optics Valley Science and Technology Convention Center. The technology targets distributed monitoring in power grids, energy and mining, rail transit, oil and gas pipelines, and smart cities.
Xi'an Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (XIOPM) · Research ProgressOptics industryAI score5757 Xi'an Institute Reports Series of Advances in Optical Microscopy Imaging
The Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics has made a series of advances in cellular laser transient response, scattering imaging of deep tissue, and imaging of transparent samples.
Xi'an Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (XIOPM) · Research ProgressOptics industryOptics and AIPicksAI score6363 Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics Reports Series of Advances in Silicon Photonic Interconnect Chips
Teams led by Wang Binhao and Zhang Wenfu at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics have made a series of advances in silicon-based photonic interconnect chips.
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Google Blog · XR/AROptics industryOptics and AIPicksAI score5959 Google: Smart Glasses to Launch This Fall, with New Frames from Gentle Monster and Warby Parker
On May 19, Google unveiled new frames for Android XR smart glasses from Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, set to launch this fall.
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