Photonics Hot List: September 26, 2025

In this episode: An old imaging method finds new use for next-gen tech, the latest business news roundup, and ultrafast on-off switch control.
Sept. 26, 2025

In this episode of Photonics Hot List:

Pinhole imaging, one of the world’s oldest image-creating approaches, could someday revolutionize next-generation imaging, thanks to developments by researchers at East China Normal University.

Space-based laser communications developer Cailabs is now set to expand, metasurface innovator Metalenz will soon expand its product and patent portfolio, and Lattice Materials has been recognized for outstanding workplace safety performance.

A new ultrafast on-off switch could potentially solve a longstanding problem for resonance switching for nanophotonics.

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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