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        <title>Researchers generate and detect ultrashort UV-C laser pulses at fs timescales</title>
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        <description>Nottingham and Imperial team say  approach has applications in optical wireless, materials processing, and imaging.</description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 17:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Johns Hopkins University reveals details of brain's astrocyte cells</title>
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        <description>Low-coherence holotomography and nanowire substrate allow study of cells in their natural state.</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Dr. Stefan Traeger to leave Jenoptik in February, 2026</title>
        <link>https://optics.org/news/16/11/43</link>
        <description>Supervisory Board thanks him for past 9 years’ leadership; will now search for his successor.</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Global Foundries buys Advanced Micro Foundry to strengthen its SiPh position</title>
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        <description>Company says it is now world’s largest pure-play silicon photonics foundry.</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>'Superman' optical memory startup SPhotonix raises $4.5M</title>
        <link>https://optics.org/news/16/11/41</link>
        <description>Pre-seed investment round to fund expansion of Neuchâtel laboratory.</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 01:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>ETH Zurich manufactures OLEDs at the nanoscale with ‘minute’ pixels…</title>
        <link>https://optics.org/news/16/11/40</link>
        <description>…and Oxford discovers way to switch OLEDs to emit polarized light without altering light-emitters.</description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>ICFO spin-out Shinephi completes €1M seed fund</title>
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        <description>Startup's mission is to provide advanced optical metrology based on interferometric phase imaging.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Rome-led group progresses toward practical photonic quantum neural networks</title>
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        <description>‘Simple adaptive method’ makes optical quantum processors behave like neural networks.</description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Tampere University develops optical vortex beams as enabling technology...</title>
        <link>https://optics.org/news/16/11/37</link>
        <description>...and Paul Scherrer Institute launches technology transfer center for assembly of optical components.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Purdue’s single-photon switch promises ‘terahertz-speed’ photonic computing...</title>
        <link>https://optics.org/news/16/11/36</link>
        <description>...and KAIST’s efficient quantum process tomography enables scalable optical quantum computing.</description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>MBDA signs £316M deal to supply UK's Royal Navy with laser weapons</title>
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        <description>'DragonFire' systems now set to be delivered from 2027, targeting high-speed drones.</description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>German group to work to improve lasers with quantum computers</title>
        <link>https://optics.org/news/16/11/34</link>
        <description>Trumpf, Fraunhofer ILT, and FU Berlin developing quantum algorithms to boost laser efficiency.</description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 18:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>NCodin secures €16 M funding to ‘break AI bottleneck with world’s smallest laser’</title>
        <link>https://optics.org/news/16/11/33</link>
        <description>Paris-based startup developing optical interposer technology to add Silicon Valley presence.</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>First Solar to build new $330 million US production facility in South Carolina</title>
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        <description>To increase capacity of US-made solar tech by 3.7 GW, to hit total 17.7 GW in 2027.</description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Finalists announced for 2026 SPIE Startup Challenge...</title>
        <link>https://optics.org/news/16/11/31</link>
        <description>...and AR Alliance becomes new division of SPIE.</description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>CEA Leti, Avicena, and Microsoft target AI interconnects with microLEDs</title>
        <link>https://optics.org/news/16/11/30</link>
        <description>Lab-to-fab initiative launched at Semicon Europa as Avicena introduces new ultra-low-power 'LightBundle' links.</description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>University of Tokyo scattering microscopy sees dynamic biological processes</title>
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        <description>Unifying detection of forward and backward scatter combines advantages of both approaches.</description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Report suggests $3BN market for optical satellite link hardware by 2030</title>
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        <description>Forecast from analyst company Yole sees sector entering industrial phase as Chinese rival to Starlink scales up activities.</description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>PicoJool raises $12 million to develop its VCSELs </title>
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        <description>High-performance, low-cost designs target “bandwidth gulf” of AI data centers.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Volvo terminates Luminar lidar deal</title>
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        <description>Automotive lidar pioneer evaluating options - including potential takeover by ousted CEO and company founder Austin Russell.</description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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