Photonics Hot List: September 5, 2025

In this episode: Researchers fold glass into photonic origami, this week's business headlines, and event-based vision gains traction.
Sept. 5, 2025

In this episode of Photonics Hot List:

A new technique, designed by a team at Israel’s Tel Aviv University, for creating 3D photonic structures without a 3D printer is getting inspiration from the ancient art of origami.

Lockheed Martin is collaborating toward “a China-free” supply of germanium and gallium. And SPIE has announced the 2026 Startup Challenge.

Event-based vision technologies are gaining more traction and expanding into new applications, thanks to developments at sensor developer Prophesee.

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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