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Innovative Doctoral Education Ecosystem for Photonics – I-DEEP
The overall rationale of I-DEEP is to educate a new generation of doctoral students through innovative approaches that accelerate graduation time without compromising the quality of education.
News
Call for the EOS Early Career Women in Photonics Award (deadline 4 April)
19.2.2025
The call for the EOS Early Career Women in Photonics Award is now open, with…
Read morePhotonics West 2025 – Global meeting point for researchers and photonics industry
11.2.2025
This year San Francisco was quite chilly, but that did not take away the warm…
Read moreThesis – Lea Kopf: Correlations in structured light for classical and quantum optics research
11.2.2025
In her doctoral dissertation, Lea Kopf explores light’s three key properties — wavelength, space, and…
Read moreUpcoming Events
Ansys Zemax OpticStudio: Fundamentals, Freeforms and Aspheres 18-19 March 2025
March 18, 2025 – March 19, 2025 09:00 – 16:00
In this training, we will go through how freeform and aspherical lenses are designed, optimized, and toleranced by using Ansys…
Read moreI-DEEP Doctoral Pilot Annual Event 13 May 2025
May 13, 2025 09:30 – 17:30
The second I-DEEP Doctoral Pilot event is organised on 13th May 2025 in Tampere. The event is intended for doctoral…
Read moreOptics and Photonics Days (OPD) 3 – 5 June 2025
June 3, 2025 – June 5, 2025 08:00 – 17:00
Optics and Photonics Days (OPD) is an annual central event in Optics and Photonics in Finland. OPD2025 will be held…
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Videos on Photonics
Photonics and light-based technologies play a central role in all areas of modern life, including in telecommunications, biomedicine, health care, energy and environment, manufacturing, and consumer products.
