Photonics Hot List: March 20, 2026

In this episode: A mini biosensor could bring lab testing home, two photonics startups announce Series A funding results, and a polymer lens could change the game for thermal imaging.
March 20, 2026

In this episode of Photonics Hot List:

A new laser platform by a team at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, which integrates optical components and hundreds of microscopic lasers on a one-centimeter chip, is paving the way for tiny biosensors that could potentially move lab testing from hospitals to homes.

Business news roundup: Photonics startups Xscape Photonics and Femtum have each announced Series A funding results.

A team at Flinders University in Australia has designed a sulfur-rich polymer that could potentially replace germanium, silicon, and chalcogenide glass as the go-to material for thermal imaging camera lenses

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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