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21 Sep 2021
Digital
Agriculture & Food Workshop

06 Oct 2021
Digital
Workshop on Quantum PICs

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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 …

Photonics for Industry

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

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.

Discover the Photonics21 Work Groups

Work Group 1 Digital Infrastructure

Work Group 2 Manufacturing

Work Group 3 Health

Work Group 4 Climate, Mobility & Energy

Work Group 5 Safety, Security, Space & Defense

Work Group 6 Agriculture & Food

Work Group 7 Core Photonics

Photonics PPP Projects

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IA – Innovation action

TERIPHIC

Efforts to develop optical interfaces with Terabit capacity for datacom applications have kicked off. A practical path to the ...

RIA – Research & Innovation action

POETICS

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

IA – Innovation action

MASSTART

MASSTART aims to provide a holistic transformation to the assembly and characterization of high speed photonic transceivers ...

IA – Innovation action

MULTIPLE

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

RIA – Research & Innovation action

PROMETHEUS

PROMETHEUS will deliver the next generation in high power ultra-short pulse laser surface processing.

RIA – Research & Innovation action

Pulse

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

RIA – Research & Innovation action

PROSCOPE

PROSCOPE is working to develop and integrate recent advances in optical imaging and optical probe technology into one platform. ...

RIA – Research & Innovation action

CRIMSON

CRIMSON aims to provide a next-generation bio-photonics imaging device based on vibrational spectroscopy, with the potential to ...

RIA – Research & Innovation action

HandheldOCT

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a revolutionizing in-vivo 3D imaging technique for non-invasive optical biopsy addressing ...

RIA – Research & Innovation action

OPHELLIA

Miniaturized, yet highly sensitive and fast LiDAR systems serve market demands for their use on platforms ranging from robots, ...

IA – Innovation action

AEOLUS

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

IA – Innovation action

TRIAGE

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

IA – Innovation action

HYDROPTICS

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

RIA – Research & Innovation action

PHOTONFOOD

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

RIA – Research & Innovation action

GRACED

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

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 ...

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 ...

IA – Innovation action

PhotonHub

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

Pilot Line

Actphast 4R

ACTPHAST 4R is a unique one-stop-shop photonics technology access and support centre for European researchers which is perfectly ...

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21 September 2021
Digital
Agriculture & Food Workshop

22 September 2021
Digital
#Photonpreneurs - From researcher to CEO, the journey of a serial entrepreneur

28–30 September 2021
SEC, Glasgow, UK
SPIE Photonex and Vacuum Technologies Expo

29 September 2021
Online
Integrated photonics for automotive

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Monday, 06 September 2021

New European Academy to boost the skills and know-how of industry in exploiting opportunities in the 615B global photonics sector

A programme to train thousands of industry workers in the adoption and development of innovative photonics-based solutions to some of society's biggest challenges, from environmental sustainability ...

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Tuesday, 24 August 2021

New imaging system to detect bowel cancer at the earliest stages using photonics

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Friday, 23 July 2021

Scientists ramping up net speeds to 40 Tb/s using photonics

An industrial research collaboration between scientists and engineers from Ireland, the Netherlands, and Germany have found a way to pack more data into existing internet cables to ramp up speeds to ...

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Thursday, 24 June 2021

First Horizon Europe calls for proposals are now open

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