CCRAFT, the thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic chip foundry recently spun out of Switzerland’s Centre Suisse ...

Lithium niobate crystals, renowned for their exceptional photorefractive and ferroelectric properties, have emerged as a pivotal component in the development of optoelectronic tweezers.

Ultra-thin lithium niobate metalenses with engineered nanostructures can halve the wavelength of incident light, converting infrared (800 nm) to visible (400 nm) while focusing it.

A chip-scale laser smaller than a penny, fabricated from lithium niobate and utilizing the Pockels effect, achieves ultrafast, broad-spectrum frequency tuning at rates of about 10 19 Hz.

Kaun added, “We are even outperforming lithium on certain metrics.” Inlyte raised $8 million in seed funding in 2023 and acquired Beta Research’s U.K. facility to develop the technology.

The amount of spent lithium-ion batteries that need disposal is expected to soar from an estimate of 900,000 metric tons this year to 20.5 million metric tons by 2040, according to a report ...

Global lithium production grew by over 35% year-on-year in 2024, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). New mines are still ramping up and Chinese players show little appetite for ...

Researchers have engineered a laser device smaller than a penny that they say could power everything from the LiDAR systems used in self-driving vehicles to gravitational wave detection, one of ...

Europe is investing in local mining to reduce its reliance on imports and power its green and digital transformation. I went to the Czech Republic, to one of the EU’s 47 strategic projects ...

The search for lithium has been likened to a 21st century gold rush, with rival firm Weardale Lithium granted planning permission by Durham County Council in January for its own work nearby.

The deals aimed to establish direct lithium extraction facilities in Salar de Uyuni in southwest Bolivia. Copper $ 5.1195 / lb 1.31%. Brent Crude Oil $ 67.11 / bbl 0.45%.