Photonics Hot List: May 10, 2024

In this episode: Nonlinearity advances boost visual computing, a mid-IR microscope images deep into living bacteria, and a novel spectrometer detects pollutants in real time.

Justine Murphy

May 10, 2024

In this episode of Photonics Hot List...

With an optoelectronic neuron array device that allows nonlinear transmission of spatially incoherent light, researchers in California are working to address some widespread needs that would make all-optical computing easier and more accessible.

Researchers in Japan have designed an enhanced mid-IR microscope that takes them into a deeper dive than ever before into living bacteria, and aims to offer a better understanding of their internal structures.

The world’s first broadband UV dual-comb spectrometer, developed by researchers in Austria, is making detecting and measuring air pollutants more efficient. This could pave the way for new air quality improvement strategies, as well.

About the Author

Justine Murphy

Multimedia Director, Digital Infrastructure

Justine Murphy is the multimedia director for Endeavor Business Media's Digital Infrastructure Group. She is a multiple award-winning writer and editor with more 20 years of experience in newspaper publishing as well as public relations, marketing, and communications. For nearly 10 years, she has covered all facets of the optics and photonics industry as an editor, writer, web news anchor, and podcast host for an internationally reaching magazine publishing company. Her work has earned accolades from the New England Press Association as well as the SIIA/Jesse H. Neal Awards. She received a B.A. from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.