Photonics Hot List: August 14, 2026

In this episode: A perception-based AR display design approach, a strategic collaboration could boost deep-tech commercialization, 2027 Innovators Awards call for entries, and a new approach to scaling quantum technologies.

In this episode of Photonics Hot List:

A perception-driven approach to display design could lead to more practical, photorealistic augmented-reality (AR) glasses.

French research institute CEA has entered a strategic collaboration with deep-tech venture capital firm Playground Global to ultimately boost commercialization of deep technologies.

Show off your photonics, optics, and quantum innovations via the Laser Focus World 2027 Innovators Awards! Enter today: https://digitalinfrastructure.endeavorb2b.com/laser-focus-world-innovators-awards.

A new approach to scaling quantum technologies based on squeezed light measures multimode quantum channels of light simultaneously to reveal their entanglement.

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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