Photonics Hot List: September 11, 2026

In this episode: AI-enhanced imaging produces clearer images, iPronics and Xanadu receive significant funding, and a new optical fiber type shows promise for quantum signal processing.

In this episode of Photonics Hot List:

A new AI-enhanced imaging approach is cutting through low-visibility environments like never before.

Business news roundup: Optical connectivity solutions provider iPronics has secured new funding they say will help to significantly scale operations. Elsewhere, the Canadian government is allocating funding for photonic quantum computer developer Xanadu to boost its new fabrication facility in Toronto.

A new type of optical fiber with a core that turns from liquid to frozen solid is showing promise for applications like optical memory and quantum signal processing.

About the Author

Justine Murphy

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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