Lightwave Logic, Inc. reports developments around its proprietary electro-optic polymer platform for optical modulators used in silicon photonics and photonic integrated circuits. News commonly centers on Perkinamine polymers, backend-of-line process design kits, encapsulation and reliability work, and integration pathways for customers and partners to design, simulate and fabricate polymer-based modulators.
Company updates also cover foundry and design-platform collaborations, commercial pipeline progress, intellectual property strategy, financial-result calls and shareholder-meeting matters. Recurring themes include high-speed, lower-power optical interconnect applications for data centers, AI infrastructure and photonic quantum circuits.
Lightwave Logic (LWLG) announced that its electro-optic polymer technology will feature in Foxconn’s optical transceiver demonstration on October 30–31, 2026.
The demonstration at Hon Hai Tech Day in Taipei will use an optical engine combining silicon photonics with Lightwave Logic’s polymers. The companies’ collaboration targets 200G and 400G per lane transceiver applications. Technical development, integration, testing and qualification activities continue, with the stated aim of advancing the technology toward commercial deployment.
Lightwave Logic (LWLG) will host its third-quarter 2026 financial results and business update call on November 10, 2026. The call begins at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time and will be webcast through the company’s investor website. It will include a question-and-answer session, with questions accepted in advance at LWLG@alpha-ir.com. A webcast replay will be available shortly after the call concludes.
Lightwave Logic (LWLG) appointed Edward H. Kennedy to its board of directors, effective September 23, 2026. His appointment expands the board to seven members. Kennedy is principal of Kenko Partners and has served on the board of Extreme Networks since 2011. He previously led CENX and Tollgrade Communications.
Lightwave Logic (LWLG) will attend the 2026 European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) and Global Photonics Economic Forum (GPEF) in Málaga, Spain.
The company will run a live demo at ECOC Stand 1461 showcasing temperature stability of its electro-optic polymers and silicon-organic hybrid modulators, following over 2,000 hours of damp heat testing at 85°C and 85% relative humidity with no measurable performance change. Dr. Robert Blum will present on scaling silicon photonics platforms, and CEO Yves LeMaitre will join a GPEF panel on optical interconnects for AI infrastructure.
Tradr ETFs announced the launch of four first-to-market single-stock leveraged ETFs on Cboe, offering 2X long or inverse daily exposure to Meta Platforms (META), AXT (AXTI), Coherent (COHR) and Lightwave Logic (LWLG). New products include the 2X Short META (METQ), 2X Short AXTI (AXTQ), 2X Short COHR (COHQ) and 2X Long LWLG (LWLX) ETFs.
AXTQ and COHQ complement existing 2X Long AXTI (AXTX) and 2X Long COHR (COHX) funds, giving traders bullish and bearish tools on these names. According to Tradr, its leveraged ETF lineup now totals 83 products, designed for sophisticated, short-term traders who understand leverage and inverse risk.
Tradr ETFs plans to launch four single-stock leveraged ETFs on August 18, listed on Cboe, offering 2X long or inverse daily exposure to individual technology stocks. The new funds include three -200% daily inverse ETFs on AXTI (AXTQ), COHR (COHQ) and META (METQ), and one 200% daily long ETF on LWLG (LWLX). AXTQ and COHQ are expected to complement existing Tradr 2X long products on AXTI and COHR. According to Tradr, these ETFs target sophisticated investors and professional traders and involve substantial risks, including amplified volatility, potential total loss in adverse moves over 50% in a single day, and performance divergence over periods longer than one day.
Lightwave Logic (NASDAQ:LWLG) will host its Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Business Update Call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, August 11, 2026. The call will be webcast live in the Investors & Events section of the company’s website, with a replay available afterward.
Lightwave Logic (NASDAQ: LWLG) announced the appointment of Fred Graffam as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. He will oversee financial operations, reporting, capital allocation and investor relations, and support the company’s long-term growth and shareholder value strategy.
Graffam brings more than 20 years of finance leadership, including public company CFO roles at Fidium (formerly Consolidated Communications), Ascent Capital Group and Monitronics International, and senior finance positions at DigitalGlobe, Level 3 Communications, Comcast and Deloitte. Snizhana “Ana” Quan, previously Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, will remain with Lightwave Logic as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller.
IQM Quantum Computers appointed Craig Ciesla, former 10x Genomics (Nasdaq: TXG) VP of Engineering, as Chief Technology Officer and Inés de Vega as Chief Scientist.
The company is preparing for a planned Nasdaq listing via merger with Real Asset Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: RAAQ), supported by an upsized $146 million PIPE. IQM operates a vertically integrated quantum computing business and has sold 23 quantum computers to date.
Lightwave Logic (NASDAQ:LWLG) released Version 1.1 of its backend-of-line Process Design Kit (PDK), now ready for transfer to a high-volume production foundry. Key upgrades include enhanced BEOL process integration, wafer-level poling and testing, Generation 4 encapsulation, and internal reliability validation. Foundry transfer work is planned mainly in H2 2026.