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Fifty Grams Of Optics Leaves For Phobos

Oct 28, 2026

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Fifty Grams Of Optics Leaves For Phobos

A laser built in Jena for a mission that was cancelled launched towards Mars on 20 October, and the reason it should still be aligned in 2029 is that nothing inside it is glued.

Domantas Klumbys
Domantas Klumbys

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Credo Trades Speed For Uptime

Oct 19, 2026

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Credo Trades Speed For Uptime

A cable that runs its lanes slower than the switch does, and asks to be judged on how rarely it fails.

Domantas Klumbys
Domantas Klumbys

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Quantum Photonics Moves To A 300 mm Line

Oct 14, 2026

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Quantum Photonics Moves To A 300 mm Line

Xanadu is handing its two hardest components to a GlobalFoundries production fab.

Domantas Klumbys
Domantas Klumbys

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A Fibre Laser Built For Wind

Oct 5, 2026

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A Fibre Laser Built For Wind

One hundred microjoules at thirty kilohertz is an awkward place for a fibre laser to sit, and it is exactly where wind lidar needs one.

Domantas Klumbys
Domantas Klumbys

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MicroLEDs Get A Connector

Sep 26, 2026

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MicroLEDs Get A Connector

Avicena has put a detachable MPO interface on a one-terabit microLED link. The connector, not the light source, is what decides whether laser-free optical I/O ever ships.

Domantas Klumbys
Domantas Klumbys

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SWIR: Seeing The Invisible

Jul 17, 2026

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4 min read

SWIR: Seeing The Invisible

SWIR (shortwave infrared) is light between roughly 0.9 and 2.5 micrometers, sitting between visible and thermal infrared. Like visible light, it reflects off objects rather than radiating heat, but it passes through silicon, glass, and plastics, revealing hidden defects invisible cameras can't see.

Domantas Klumbys
Domantas Klumbys

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