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Next Photonics Events

08 Sep 2022
Kielce, Poland
Photonics 4 Defence

22 Sep 2022
Frankfurt
Photonics21 Follow-up Workshop “Manufacturing“

26 Sep 2022
Wageningen, Netherlands
Photonics 4 Plant Phenotyping

05 Oct 2022
Brussels, Belgium
Photonics21 Follow-up Workshop “Digital Infrastructure“

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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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RIA – Research & Innovation action

Nebula

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

RIA – Research & Innovation action

TWILIGHT

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

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

MULTIPLE

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

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

kW-flexiburst

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

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

REAP

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

RIA – Research & Innovation action

ORIGIN

The ORIGIN project is developing a vastly improved methodology, a photonics-based optical dose imaging and localisation system ...

IA – Innovation action

AEOLUS

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

RIA – Research & Innovation action

SPOTLIGHT

SPOTLIGHT's key objective is to develop and validate a photonic device and chemical process concept for the sunlight-powered ...

IA – Innovation action

PASSEPARTOUT

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

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

SIPHO-G

By developing 100Gbaud Germanium-Silicon (GeSi) Quantum-Confined Stark-Effect (QCSE) modulators and highly sensitive 100Gbaud ...

IA – Innovation action

PhotonHub

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

Pilot Line

PIXAPP

PIXAPP is the world's first open-access Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Assembly and Packaging Pilot line, and helps users ...

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21–25 August 2022
San Diego, California
SPIE Optics + Photonics 2022

06–07 September 2022
Online
06 - 07 September 2022: VirtualLab Fusion Applications, Technology & Workflows: Getting Started with VirtualLab Fusion

06–08 September 2022
Tampere, Finland
Optics and Photonics Days (OPD2022)

08–09 September 2022
Online
08 - 09 September 2022: VirtualLab Fusion Applications, Technology & Workflows: Getting Started with VirtualLab Fusion

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