Day of Photonics 2023

Photonics is the science that studies the generation, detection and application of photons or particles of light. Photonics is the basis for electro-optical devices used for data acquisition, such as image sensors, for the communication of large volumes of data via fibre optics, for additive manufacturing and laser cutting, for visualisation via panels and displays, or for information storage.

Also a wide array of applications in our everyday life, ranging from lasers, optical fibers, and the cameras and displays found in our smartphones, to optical tweezers and the illumination systems in our cars, houses, computer monitors, and televisions.

 

We celebrate this day by highlighting all the projects we have in this field.

Project 

Development

QT Assemble

Quantum laser devices

Talent

Tapered amplifier for quantum applications

QPICPAC

Packaging of quantum PIC devices

NextSteps

Entangled photon source for SmallSats

Source

Copackaged optics

Pastel

Low cost, space-suitable Flame

Blue Flame

420 nm  Flame

DualFish

Dual source laser system for cold atom trapping

Upscale

Cryogenic coupling of fibre to PIC

Aeon-Rb

Hermetic, fibred Flame

TACIT

CPT thermal atomic clock

Distinct

56 Gb/s, 12-channel optical transceiver for VHTS satellites

Qurrode

Magnetometer for detection of corrosion in metals

Glamis

Tapered amplifier for LIDAR