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The 2026 SPIE Prism Awards finalists include 24 innovative photonics products from emerging and established companies, with a ceremony at SPIE Photonics West.

The 2026 SPIE Prism Awards finalists include 24 innovative photonics products from startups and established companies, with winners announced at SPIE Photonics West.

The 2026 SPIE Prism Awards finalists include 24 innovative photonics products from startups and established firms, with a ceremony at SPIE Photonics West honoring advances in optics and photonics.

SPIE Photonics West 2026 in San Francisco will showcase global innovations in optics and photonics with extensive conferences, exhibitions, and career resources.

Monroe Community College is launching the nation’s first optical systems technology associate degree with $3 million funding, housed in a new advanced tech center opening in 2026.

SPIE Photonics West 2026 opens registration for a major optics and photonics event featuring conferences, exhibitions, new Vision Tech focus, and career resources in San Francisco.

SPIE and other scientific societies urge U.S. Congress to reconsider an executive order that may politicize federal research grants and harm scientific leadership.

SPIE has opened submissions for its 2026 Prism Awards honoring innovative optics and photonics products, with a deadline of September 3.

Morgan Fogarty won a $75,000 SPIE fellowship to develop advanced diffuse optical tomography for monitoring and aiding language recovery in post-stroke aphasia patients.

A Pukyong National University master's student won the Best Paper Award at SPIE Photonics West 2025 for research on laser effects on prostate cancer.

Patrick Flanigan at North Carolina Central University won a $100,000 IBM-SPIE award for advancing chip-scale quantum optics research, promoting diversity in quantum science.

SPIE Photonics West 2025 gathered 24,000 global optics and photonics professionals to showcase innovations, industry trends, and networking opportunities, marking SPIE's membership growth and planning for an expanded 2026 event.

Deep Jariwala won the 2025 SPIE Early Career Achievement Award for innovative research in quantum light-matter interactions and excitonic metamaterials.

Two Penn State EECS professors were named SPIE fellows for their significant contributions to optics and photonics research.

SPIE featured Inprentus’ mechanically-ruled blazed gratings as a superior solution for AR waveguides, improving optical performance and manufacturability.

Dr. Wesley Sims at Morehouse College won a $100,000 IBM-SPIE award to advance quantum optics research and support STEM diversity at HBCUs.

Clay Klein won the 2025 Nick Cobb Memorial Scholarship for his PhD research on EUV lithography metrology, honoring SPIE member Nick Cobb's legacy.

Patrick Flanigan won a $100,000 IBM-SPIE award to advance miniaturized quantum photonics research at an HBCU.

Patrick Flanigan from NCCU won a $100,000 IBM-SPIE award to develop miniaturized quantum photonics systems using triple-resonance micro-ring resonators.

The 2025 SPIE Prism Awards finalists, spanning diverse photonics innovations and companies, will be honored at SPIE Photonics West, alongside the SPIE Catalyst Award recognizing social and environmental impact.