Electronics Weekly
By advancing photonics research and fostering collaboration between industry and academia, the lab aims to bridge the gap between innovation and industrialization for applications in sectors such as automotive, healthcare, and data communications.
The new lab is located at High Tech Campus Eindhoven and partly funded by PhotonDelta.
Building on the PhotonDelta National Growth Fund plan initiative, which has propelled integrated photonics R&D in the Netherlands for over 2.5 years.
By combining imec’s expertise in areas such as tape-out validation, on-chip laser development, system testing, and application validation with TNO’s strengths in laser characterization, free-space optics, and photonic chip integration, the lab brings together complementary capabilities across the full innovation chain.
By enabling close collaboration from early research to real-world applications, this partnership is set to elevate photonics R&D in the Netherlands to a new level.
Integrated photonics is at the core of a wide range of emerging applications, from LiDAR in autonomous vehicles and non-invasive medical diagnostics to ultra-fast data communications and environmental sensing.
The lab offers the infrastructure needed to drive innovation in technologies such as connectivity and quantum, and in sectors including healthcare, agri-food, data communication and automotive.
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