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Photonics

A Key Enabling Technology for Europe

The European Technology Platform Photonics21 represents the photonics community of industry and research organisations. Jointly with the European Commission our members develop and implement a common photonics strategy in a Horizon Europe Public Private Partnership (PPP) to spur growth and jobs in Europe.

Photonics PPP Services

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Photonics for Finance

The financing of innovative photonics companies in their different growth phases is a serious problem in Europe. Thats why …

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Photonics for Industry

Several European Pilot Lines, which help companies take photonics technologies from lab into market, have been launched by the …

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Photonics for Education

The Photonics PPP supports various projects with the aim of bringing photonics into the education system of Europe. In this …

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European Calls

There are regular Photonics Calls for Proposals published by the European Commission. The Photonics21 community is the dedicated …

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Photonics Downloads

The most relevant and recent publications from Photonics21 and the Photonics PPP can be found and downloaded in this section.

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Photonics PPP Projects

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RIA – Research & Innovation action
Nebula

NEBULA aims to provide the foundations for a common future-proof transceiver technology platform with ultra-high bandwidth ...

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TWILIGHT

TWILIGHT aims to address the transformation of next generation datacenters by bringing InP membranes and InP-HBT electronics at ...

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POETICS

POETICS comes as a Research and Innovation project aiming to develop novel Terabit optical engines and optical switching circuits ...

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Pulse

A world record power 2.5kW laser providing from picosecond down to femtoseconds pulses at repetition rates up to 1GHz with ...

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kW-flexiburst

The aim of kW-flexiburst is to develop a high-power Ultra-short Pulse (USP) laser generating bursts that can be arbitrarily ...

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IA – Innovation action
MULTIPLE

The MULTIPLE project aims to develop cost-effective multimodal monitoring solutions with a breakthrough impact on production ...

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RIA – Research & Innovation action
CoCID

The cost of influenza virus care in the EU was approx. €29 billion in 2018, or 2% of total healthcare costs. The costs to EU ...

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AMPLITUDE

Amplitude targets the development of new multimodal imaging systems exploiting novel laser sources and state-of-the-art imaging ...

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REAP

Cancer treatment faces a major problem: it ultimately stops working for many patients because the tumor becomes resistant. The ...

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IA – Innovation action
AEOLUS

AEOLUS, leveraging on the experience of its partners on novel photonic components (e.g. broadband thermal emitter, graphene ...

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IA – Innovation action
PASSEPARTOUT

Air pollution in terms of toxic gas molecules and particulate matter is a major cause of morbidity and premature mortality, ...

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IA – Innovation action
TRIAGE

Air pollution is one of the largest risk factors for premature death, yet current portable monitoring technology cannot provide ...

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IA – Innovation action
HYDROPTICS

HYDROPTICS will develop and apply advanced photonic components as key enabling technologies for optimizing most critical steps in ...

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RIA – Research & Innovation action
PHOTONFOOD

Analytical techniques for the measurements of chemical and microbial contaminations along the food chain require detection levels ...

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GRACED

As consumer demand for fresh fruits and vegetables (F&V) continues to increase, so does the risk of microbiological and ...

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RIA – Research & Innovation action
h-ALO

h-ALO aims to develop and demonstrate in real-setting a new photonic-based sensor which will allow local food producers and ...

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IA – Innovation action
PhotonHub

PhotonHub Europe, One-Stop-Shop Open Access to Photonics Innovation Support for a Digital Europe

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RIA – Research & Innovation action
PICaboo

Cloud applications, 5G and IoT are pushing modern networks over the edge to satisfy the stringent high capacity and low latency ...

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IA – Innovation action
SEER

Using silicon photonic multi-sensors, the SEER project is developing smart self-monitoring composite tools to measure process and ...

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Photonics21
Thursday, 24 November 2022
Photonics21 president Dr. Lutz Aschke highlights the importance of photonics alongside the PIC Summit Europe 2022
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Friday, 11 November 2022
Photonics21 welcomes 40 newly elected Photonics21 Board of Stakeholders members
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Thursday, 27 October 2022
Take your chance - Photonics21 Innovation Award 2023 launched
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Monday, 10 October 2022
Securing Europe’s digital sovereignty - Photonics Supply Chain Survey*
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