Polish Newsletter on Optics and Photonics

We start the holiday period with numerous scientific, personal and organisational successes - congratulations on these achievements! June is also a busy conference period with an impressive list of events.

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Polish Technological Platform on Photonics

Warsaw-based Fluence Technology, a manufacturer of fibre-optic femtosecond lasers for industrial applications, has won the top prize in the seventh edition of the University of Warsaw's Entrepreneur of the Year competition. Congratulations!

Wrocław-based startup QNA Technology, a pioneer in the production of quantum dots, won in the Technology of the Year category in the sixth edition of the Money.pl Award. The award is given by a jury composed of leaders of the largest Polish innovative companies, managers of Wirtualna Polska portal and editors of money.pl. Congratulations!

Olga Malinkiewicz, co-founder and chief technology officer of Saule Technologies, together with her team are among the finalists in the 'small and medium-sized enterprises' category for her 'innovative technology for printing solar cells on ultra-thin perovskites'. The winners will be announced on 9 July. Congratulations and good luck!

VIGO Photonics, a market leader in uncooled IR detectors, signed an agreement with National Center for Research and Development on co-financing the HyperPIC project on the amount of 102 M EUR. The aim of the project is to develop a technology and build the world’s first production line of photonic integrated circuits for mid-infrared applications.

Nearly 80 participants representing more than 30 companies and institutions took part in four sessions on "Photonics - a Polish speciality" during the 4th SEP Congress of Polish Electrical Engineering in Poznań. Of particular interest was the panel discussion entitled "Photonics.PL - which way forward?"

The ECOSYSTEM project, developed by a consortium involving Łukasiewicz - Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics and Ensemble3, has received funding from the European Defence Fund (EDF). The project aims to create a supply chain of state-of-the-art infrared detectors for defence applications.

The roundabout in Warsaw's Bielany district, located next to the Metro Młociny junction, has been officially named Graphene. The initiative to give it this name came from the Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics of the Łukasiewicz Research Network, which has been conducting intensive research into graphene for almost ten years.