Photonics Hot List: July 3, 2026

In this episode: Researchers create a controllable super laser for computing, this week's business headlines, and confocal imaging gets a boost via a metalens.

In this episode of Photonics Hot List:

A collaborative team of physicists has created a “super laser,” challenging a long-held belief about how to create complex collective states of light.

Business news roundup: The Jordan Company is poised to purchase Luna Innovations. And the European Investment Bank has announced a 140-million-Euro investment for Exosens.

Researchers at Penn State University have experimentally demonstrated that a metalens can turn chromatic dispersion into a tool for parallel, depth-resolved confocal imaging.

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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