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Photonics Hot List: February 7, 2025

Feb. 7, 2025

In this episode: Soft microrobots infiltrate biomedical applications, SPIE Photonics West and business news roundup, and bright squeezed vacuum pulses generate high harmonics.

Justine Murphy

In this episode of Photonics Hot List:

A new microrobot based on a type of freshwater algae, which has natural deformation and varied motion capabilities, could be ideal for biomedical applications involving intricate, complex areas.

SPIE Photonics West 2025 recently wrapped up, after an exciting week of research presentations, product demos, and special events. Elsewhere in the business sector, Meopta S.R.O. has announced significant changes to its leadership team.

Researchers can generate high harmonics using a bright squeezed vacuum. They say it now offers a better way to probe material properties beyond the damage threshold, and could offer a understanding of the quantum realm.

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.