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Welcome to the January edition of the PNOP. We present the latest information related to activities of Polish companies and R&D centers. In this edition, we highlight great successes of our community: winning ERC grant, launching new production lines and more! |
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Candela Foundation Polish Technological Platform on Photonics |
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Winners of ERC Starting Grants announced |
European Research Council announced the list of winners of ERC Starting Grants. In this record-breaking edition for Poland, Polish scientific entities received as many as 8 grants. Two of them, led by Michał Tomza (Warsaw University) and Szymon Choraze (Jagiellonian University), are related to optics and photonics. Congratulations! |
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Photonic investment certificate - starting in Frankfurt |
Photonics is becoming increasingly attractive to financial investors. Following EPIC's creation of the first listed index of photonics companies, the first photonics investment certificate has just been created. This is a type of security that will facilitate investment in the fast-growing photonics industry. To begin with, it will be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. |
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ML System has launched a quantum glass production line |
ML System, a manufacturer of photovoltaic systems from Zaczernia near Rzeszów, has launched the world's first production line of glass with a quantum dot coating –
Q Glass. The quantum dots coating converts UV and infrared radiation into electrical energy. The new product will enable the production of electricity by glazing buildings and vehicles. |
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Katarzyna Komar – Optica Senior Member |
Katarzyna Komar, affiliated with Nicolaus Copernicus University and the International Centre for Translational Eye Research, has been awarded the title of "Senior Member" by Optica (formerly The Optical Society). Congratulations on the distinction!
Photo: NCN Archive / fot. Michał Łepecki |
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Optoelectronics Committee Awards |
The Optoelectronics Committee has announced the results of the jubilee, XXX Competition named after prof. Adam Smolinski for the best thesis in the field of optoelectronics. The main prize was awarded to Michał Zmyślony from the University of Warsaw. We congratulate the winners and keep our fingers crossed for further successes!
Photo: Piotr Wasylczyk |
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New brand – VIGO Photonics |
Vigo Systems, the global market leader in uncooled photon infrared detectors, is launching a new global brand. The company from Ożarów Mazowiecki is developing by investing in new technologies and opening its foreign branches. |
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Scanway sends its optical telescope into orbit |
In mid-2022, Wrocław-based Scanway, the national market leader in satellite imaging technology, will send its telescope into orbit as part of a Polish-German orbital mission.
Photo: Scanway |
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OLED emitters from Noctiluca to be tested at LG |
The Torun-based company, which recently opened a laboratory in Korea and is preparing to go public, has signed an agreement with the world leader in OLED matrix production - LG will be testing its innovative emitters. |
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3D scanner digitizes Gdansk museum collection |
Smarttech 3D, a manufacturer of precision 3D scanners from Łomianki near Warsaw, continues to introduce its equipment to the Archeological Museum in Gdańsk and cultural heritage protection sector.
Photo. Anna Wilczak/ Smarttech 3D |
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Photonics Letters of Poland – Special Issue |
As part of the celebrations of the year of Prof. Mieczyslaw Wolfke, the pioneer of holography, a special issue of the periodical of the Photonic Society of Poland has been published, the main theme of which is holography. |
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Research publication highlights |
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Giant nonlinear optical responses from photon-avalanching nanoparticlesNature
C. Lee, E. Z.Xu, Y. Liu, K. Yao, A.Fernandez-Bravo, A. M. Kotulska, S. H. Nam, A. Bednarkiewicz, B. E. Cohen, E. M. Chan, P. J. Chuck |
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Hybrid Semimagnetic Polaritons in Strongly Coupled Optical MicrocavityThe Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
T. Fąs, M. Ściesiek, W. Pacuski, A. Golnik, J. Suffczyńki |
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