In this episode of Photonics Hot List:
There’s a new most powerful laser in town. ZEUS, housed at the University of Michigan’s Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, has doubled its peak power to 2 petawatts.
In the business sector, VLC Photonics is set to receive more than €5 million in grant funds, which will allow the company to scale up capabilities for chip- and wafer-level testing. Also, the 2025 winners of the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation’s Beckman Young Investigator awards have been announced, with 10 recipients receiving $600,000 in funding over four years.
A first-of-its-kind near-infrared fluorescent nanosensor is changing the game for the monitoring of plant growth and health, paving the way for next-generation precision agriculture.
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.