• Photonics Hot List: July 11, 2025

    In this episode: Ultrafast computing via optical fiber, the week's business news roundup, and a new chipscale entangled photon source.
    July 11, 2025

    Optical fiber is showing promise for ultrafast computers via a new information processing approach that’s proving light can not only carry information, it can also compute it.

    A partnership between two CO2 laser processing technology manufacturers will bring more tailored system solutions for end users, while another partnership between Netherlands-based organizations is set to boost helicopter monitoring and assessments. And Innovations in Optics has announced some exciting staff changes.

    A breakthrough in entangled photon generation is paving the way for applications including fully integrated quantum photonic circuits and quantum communication systems.

    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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