• Photonics Hot List: May 30, 2025

    In this episode: IR contact lenses allow night vision, physicists create hot Schrödinger cat states, and this week's business news headlines.
    May 30, 2025

    In this episode of Photonics Hot List:

    Groundbreaking technology that can distinguish multiple infrared (IR) wavelengths is giving contact lens wearers the ability to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed.

    In findings referred to as “a happy accident,” researchers have been able to actually create hot Schrödinger cat states. It proves quantum interference can persist beyond cold temperatures.

    Business news roundup: Major changes are shaking up management at Luminar Technologies. And a partnership between Zeiss and Tesa is quickly advancing functional holographic films.

    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.

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