In this episode of Photonics Hot List:
There’s a new superluminescent diode in town, and it’s poised to redefine the interactions between the physical and digital worlds. The technology’s developers say it could someday be seamlessly integrated into real-world AR/VR devices and other similar systems.
In business news, investment funds awarded to two European programs aims to further advance technologies including laser-driven communications systems.
Finally, in a milestone feat for the quantum materials realm, researchers have demonstrated that electrons can form orbital vortex lines—essentially tornado-like structures—within momentum space.