Expertise, capabilities and facilities for photonics research
PREIN is a Photonics Research and Innovation platform focusing on light-based solutions from scientific excellence to industrial and societal impact. PREIN partners are worldwide leaders in photonics that changes the world.


Our expertise
Our different partners have a long experience in
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Electromagnetic field control incl. coherence and polarization
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Modeling, design, analysis, and development of optical systems, structures with nano- and micro-scale features, silicon waveguides and heterogeneous integration techniques, highly stable laser sources and laser diodes, solar cells, tailored light sources for sensing and imaging
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Instrumentation for measuring moisture, analyzing chemical composition, characterizing the thickness and uniformity of materials, spectral imaging
Our capabilities
We develop the knowledge generated by the Flagship partners for a wide range of potential applications. Example of unique know-how incl. but are not limited to portable and disposable sensors, broadband light sources, LIDAR technologies, smart photovoltaic modules. We also have a wide range of instruments and services that we can offer for industrial collaborations:
- silicon processing
- active and passive polymer photonic devices that can be produced by high volume production methods for energy harvesting and sensor applications
- prototyping for illuminating, imaging and sensing optics
- volume production methods
- molecular beam epitaxy for optoelectronics devices processing
- 3D printing of centimeter-scale optics
We can also develop tailored solutions to specific problems.
Our facilities
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Centre for Metrology and Accreditations (MIKES)
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Micronova clean room for wafer processing
- PrintoCent for printed photonics
- MicroModule Centre for photonics packaging
- Clean room for opto-eletronics devices processing
- Molecular beam epitaxy, nanoimprint lithography and atomic layer deposition



