News

Manufacturing, Photonics

For AIM Photonics , sharing advanced research in integrated photonics is more than a matter of openness—it is a catalyst for progress.

By publishing technical details and offering open access to key insights, the Institute has enabled U.S. innovators to build on proven knowledge developed over the past ten years to accelerate their work. This...

Events

Go to 2026 AIM Photonics Members Meeting

2026 AIM Photonics Members Meeting

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Optica Global Headquarters
Washington, DC
United States

Go to 2026 Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC)

2026 Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC)

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JW Marriott & The Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes Resort
Orlando, FL
United States

Go to OFC 2026

OFC 2026

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Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles, CA
United States

Go to AIM Photonics PIC Testing and Packaging Workshop

AIM Photonics PIC Testing and Packaging Workshop

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AIM Photonics
Rochester, NY
United States

External News

University of Florida
Photonics

In a groundbreaking milestone for space-enabled semiconductor research, the University of Florida, in collaboration with NASA, MIT, Vanguard Automation, AIM Photonics and Germany’s Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, launched a suite of photonic AI chips to the International Space Station aboard JAXA’s HTV-XI spacecraft this weekend.

The mission...

AdvancedManufacturing.org
Photonics

It’s hard to imagine a world without photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology. It enables the high-speed, high-bandwidth data communications that power the internet, data centers and 5G networks we rely on every day.

Because PICs transmit data using photons instead of electrons—light versus electricity—they are efficient, reliable and fast...

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Cybersecurity, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Materials, Photonics, Robotics, Semi-Conductor, Smart Manufacturing, Workforce

“Nose presses” is not an official metric of workforce recruiting success for the Penn State Digital Foundry on 5th Avenue in New Kensington, PA, but it is hugely symbolic in the quest to expand the manufacturing talent pipeline in communities, according to Sherri McCleary, the Executive Director of the foundry.

A nose presser is a passerby who...