Optics & Photonics

5+ hour, 42+ min ago   (328+ words) CScale is developing optical interconnect technology for AI scale-up systems, where large numbers of accelerators must communicate with high bandwidth and very low latency as if they were part of one larger computer. The company is targeting future gigawatt-class AI…...

5+ hour, 46+ min ago   (228+ words) Three recent papers involving U²GRC researchers highlight new work in gravitational-wave data analysis and waveform modeling. Efficient template placement for gravitational-wave searches Alexandra Wernersson, Jessica Irwin, Melissa Lopez, and Sarah Caudill introduce isobank, a machine-learning approach for placing waveform templates efficiently…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (127+ words) In the 2026 EDGE awards, the Marvell® COLORZ® 1600 2nm 1.6T ZR/ZR+ pluggable optical platform won the Machine Vision and Optical Components & Systems category. Electronic Design presented this year’s winners and honorees to celebrate recent design and engineering feats that excel in the…...

38+ min ago   (45+ words) Bioengineer.org News Source: Denise Maddox. (October 12, 2026). Turbulence Hurts Data but Boosts Power in Lab Test of Laser Beam That Sends Energy and Information Together. Scienmag....

8+ hour, 56+ min ago   (546+ words) Since late August, the US military’s Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) 401 has been touting a December “directed energy shoot-off” as a key milestone in its effort to field such capabilities to defend domestic installations and critical infrastructure against drone threats....

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (491+ words) A tunable LED fixture can only shift the photons it already emits....

13+ hour, 24+ min ago   (798+ words) Ivy Delaney has been working with neural networks and machine learning since the mid-nineties, back when a couple of hidden layers and a long afternoon of training counted as ambitious. She has watched the field go from academic curiosity to…...

7+ hour, 37+ min ago   (395+ words) NVIDIA & Cisco have partnered to create USFP, an ultra-dense and compact form factor that drives up to 400 Gb/s speeds. The need for advanced fabric, networking, and interconnect solutions is growing as AI factories continue to grow. The bigger the…...

6+ hour, 54+ min ago   (423+ words) The Globe and Mail Celestica Introduces the DS6005 Data Center Switch with Co-Packaged Optics to Enable Power-Efficient AI Fabrics TORONTO, Oct. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celestica Inc. (NYSE: CLS) (TSX: CLS), a global leader in data center infrastructure and advanced technology solutions, today…...

8+ hour, 5+ min ago   (645+ words) PR Newswire - Vuzix Causeway evaluation units available to qualified partners exploring optical interconnects for AI data centers Vuzix Causeway applies proprietary waveguide technology to route thousands of parallel optical pathways through a compact substrate, offering a new approach to high-density…...