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Photonics Hot List: July 19, 2024

July 19, 2024

In this episode: agricultural waste and solar cells make hydrogen gas, a laser creates programmable qubits, and a silicon chip detects toxins in water.

Justine Murphy

In this episode of Photonics Hot List:

In efforts to help boost clean energy sources, a team of engineers and scientists is bypassing conventional approaches that require high levels of electricity, and instead turning to solar power and common agricultural waste.

A femtosecond laser-based technique for creating programmable optical qubits, which builds on existing computing infrastructure, could help researchers make fully functional, scalable quantum networks a reality.

A highly scalable silicon photonic chip, developed by an international team of researchers, can more accurately detect and measure lead concentrations in water. The technology could aid efforts to clean up water pollution worldwide.

About the Author

Justine Murphy | Multimedia Director

Justine Murphy is the multimedia director for Laser Focus World and Vision Systems Design. 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.