Photonics Hot List: September 20, 2024

In this episode: a microscope setup boosts brain imaging, a novel simulator covers the imaging pipeline, and topology emerges as quantum powerhouse.

Justine Murphy

Sept. 20, 2024

In this episode of Photonics Hot List:

With its ability to capture high-speed images of neural activity at cellular resolution, a new two-photon fluorescence microscope developed by a team at the University of California, Davis is offering deeper insight into the brain and how its neural networks communicate and interact.

A team at Synopsys has designed a first-of-its-kind comprehensive virtual prototyping platform for system-level imaging. It incorporates all components of an imaging setup into a single system that’s quicker and significantly more accurate than existing setups.

A collaborative team from the University of Rostock and Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, in work based on the Hong–Ou–Mandel effect, has discovered that topology could someday play a substantial role in the quantum realm.

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.