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Photonics Hot List: December 20, 2024

Dec. 20, 2024

In this episode: researchers build an optoacoustic neural network, a report on the booming semiconductor laser market, and the latest SPIE award recipients.

Justine Murphy

Researchers in Germany are now designing the building blocks for a complete optoacoustic neural network, putting them on track toward a new type of computing architecture.

The global semiconductor laser market is expected to see significant growth over the next five years, according to market analysts, with telecommunications and infrastructure slated to take over the consumer sector.

SPIE is recognizing some amazing innovation, naming the latest recipients of two prestigious awards—the 2024 IBM-SPIE HBCU Faculty Accelerator Award in Quantum Optics and Photonics, and the 2025 SPIE-Franz Hillenkamp Postdoctoral Fellowship in Problem-Driven Biomedical Optics and Analytics.

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.