Photonics
Photonics has become a substantial global B2B industry worth £ 450 bn , sustaining growth rates of greater than 8 per cent per year
photonic components and devices in a range of areas including fibre-optics , III-V semiconductors , silicon photonics , and metamaterials . The Hub ’ s industrial partners range from large multinationals to start-ups across a range of industries , from the photonics components sector through to ‘ photonics-enabled ’ markets such as aerospace , ICT , defence , and energy .
At Glyndwr University , and especially at the Optic Centre in North Wales , there have been start-ups progressing holographic technologies in both the media , film industry as well as for photonics communications applications . Today , Glyndwr is participating in global marketing and technology roadmaps for active photonics – especially in the field of integrated photonics and optoelectronic integrated circuits . In 2015 , together with the University of Southern California , Glyndwr collaborated on 10-year industrial PIC ( photonics integrated circuit ) roadmaps with input from many stakeholders up and down the photonics value chain .
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UCL ( University College London ) and Cambridge University span out Zinwave , a successful company in the sector of wideband distributed antenna systems . The company offers the only distributed antenna system able to carry a wide range of wireless services on a single optical fibre , making indoor wireless coverage affordable and reliable . Likewise , beyond the telecom market , there are also good examples of companies in the sensing market in the UK , such as Stratium , a new spin-out company from the University of Sheffield , which has launched its first quantum cascade laser ( QCL ) for gas sensing applications .
Another good example is the UK National Quantum Technologies ( UKNQT ) Programme , a five-year , £ 300 million initiative by the UK Government , launched in late 2014 . Its sole aim is to get quantum technology off the lab benches and into our hands to boost British business and make a real difference to our everyday lives .
The Scottish Optoelectronics Association meanwhile has estimated that photonics and photonics-enabled companies contribute £ 300 million GVA to the Scottish economy , and employs 4,000 people . There is a thriving collaboration between industry and Scotland ’ s universities , with approximately 450 photonics researchers in academia . This climate is conducive to the creation of photonics startups and university spin-outs . The last 10 years has seen more than a dozen photonics spin-outs from Scottish universities and this looks set to continue with the recent incorporation of Photon Force , which was founded by Richard Walker of the University of Edinburgh and which won the Converge Challenge , Scotland ’ s premier business plan competition . The Scottish Universities Physics Alliance ( SUPA ) is a pooling of physics research and post-graduate education in eight Scottish universities : Aberdeen , Dundee , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Heriot Watt , St Andrews , Strathclyde and West of
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