Agrofood industry
Photonics has been acquired by agrifood industry only recently but nowadays the future of this industry can not be imagined without it. Self-controlling machines are already working in fields, drones are flying above fields measuring if... más >
Automotive industry
The photonics technologies are a source of increasing innovation for the automotive industry both for vehicle automation and the production life itself. In the automotive industry, the photonics technologies are very important for the information... más >
Healthcare
Doctors and researchers in medicine use optical technologies and photonics to treat illnesses, get inside images of our body, create cosmetic treatments and much more. Applying photonic technologies on medicine, reduces (or eliminates) the length... más >
Chemical industry
The chemical industry is based on the extraction and processing of raw materials that will then be used in a variety of sectors; it allows us to obtain and manipulate materials and substances to cover... más >
Railway industry
The rail industry is undergoing a major development boom in recent years and photonics is at the front of it. Tens of thousands of kilometers of new high-speed lines are planned for the next decade... más >
Advanced manufacturing
With the ‘laser light’ tool, manufacturing processes can be handled automatically and flexibly, producing components and products of extraordinary quality, and in a much ‘greener’ way in comparison to most other energy sources. The trend... más >
Environment and energy
The challenges of reducing energy consumption, of developing renewable energies and of climate change can only be met with the help of input from photonic technologies. The first examples are the LED technologies, photovoltaic panels... más >
Aerospace, security and defence
Instrumentation for major projects and complex environments such as space, astrophysics, and defence remains a field driving developments in photonics and bringing innovation. The products supplied into these markets are based on different sensors, fiber... más >
Telecommunications
The beginning of photonics – invention of laser and later development of fiber lasers formed the basis for the telecommunications revolution of the late 20th century and provided the infrastructure for the Internet. Broadband communication... más >
Construction
As photonics is around us everywhere, it is not surprising that construction industry is benefiting nowadays from it as well. Photonics nowadays provide techniques that allow accurate, fast and automatic leveling and rangefinding as never... más >
Scientific Installations, R&D Centres
Optics & Photonics is used for both enabling research and new discoveries in all industries and applications as well as for facilitating new discoveries in the photonics itself. Everybody got to know or at least... más >