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Freedom Photonics Joins Quantum Computing Inc., Advancing Integrated Photonic Systems

Freedom Photonics Joins QCi Freedom Photonics has been acquired by Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi), combining cutting-edge photonic technologies, patents, and top engineering talent with QCi’s thin-film lithium niobate integrated photonics expertise. Together, they enable end-to-end photonic system design and manufacturing, accelerating fully integrated quantum systems and positioning QCi as a vertically integrated photonics leader. Learn…

Accelerating Growth: Luminar Sells Photonics Business to Quantum Computing

We are pleased to announce that our parent company, Luminar Technologies, has entered into an agreement to sell Luminar Semiconductor to @Quantum Computing. The combination will position us to accelerate our growth and capitalize on the growing demand for high-performance photonics solutions while continuing to support our customers and existing programs as usual. Read more…

Freedom Photonics at Photonics West as part of Luminar Semiconductor booth

Freedom Photonics will be at the Photonics West 2025 in San Francisco, from January 20-22. Please come and see us at our Luminar Semiconductor booth – 4109!

EM4 joining Luminar Semiconductor family!

We are happy to welcome EM4 from Boston into LSI! EM4 and Freedom complement each other in terms of technology, products and capabilities, and we are now positioned even better to serve more customers and offer a larger portfolio of products and private label solutions. You can see EM4’s product offering on their website, at…

Freedom Photonics at Photonics West 2024

Please come and see us at Photonics West 2024, where we will be exhibiting and also presenting a number of papers. The exhibition will be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, from January 30 to February 1.  Let’s talk about our high power lasers and amplifiers, tunable lasers, photodiodes and other photonics components and…

Freedom Photonics Achieves New Laser Performance Breakthrough

Our auraTM single mode diode laser amplifier has achieved a new performance record, delivering more than 10W of optical power at 1550nm, with nearly perfect beam quality. The result demonstrates the potential for Freedom Photonics’ aura™ diode laser chips to disrupt the market for traditional fiber lasers by delivering equivalent brightness at a fraction of…

Freedom Photonics officially a Luminar company

As of today, Freedom Photonics LLC is starting to operate officially as a Luminar company. We look forward to continuing and expanding our work, sales and our broad customer base in the years to come!

Freedom Photonics is joining forces with Luminar!

We are happy to announce that after a multi-year collaboration, Freedom Photonics has decided to join forces with Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR), a leading global automotive technology company. Joining Luminar is the perfect opportunity for Freedom Photonics, providing us an accelerated path to at-scale commercialization of our world-class diode laser technologies. In addition to helping extend…

Freedom Photonics at OFC

Freedom Photonics will be exhibiting at the Optical Fiber Communications conference in San Diego. Please, stop by our booth 4726, to talk to us about your needs in photonics!

Freedom Photonics Sets a New Milestone: aura™ 1550 nm Semiconductor Laser Amplifier Reaches >5.0 Watt Diffraction-Limited Output Power

Freedom Photonics announced today the achievement of a new milestone for our high-power diffraction-limited semiconductor laser and semiconductor optical amplifier product line, aura™ – the demonstration of over 5.0 Watts of continuous wave optical power from a 1550 nm diode laser amplifier with nearly diffraction-limited beam quality. Here is a link to our press release…