ALPHA-RLH Route des Lasers et des Hyperfréquences
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European Programmes | Project Name | Name & Description (Regional/National) |
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CIP/COSME | PIMAP partnership | Nouvelle-Aquitaine (Aquitaine Limousin Poitou-Charentes) Smart Specialization programme (RIS3) |
The start-ups First Light Imaging and Lytid, both members of the Route des Lasers® competitiveness cluster, scored wins at the Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation at the Photonics West trade show held from 13 to 18 February in San Francisco.
In the framework of the “China Mission”, the Route des Lasers cluster has recently set up an exhibition showroom in it premises in Suzhou, 100 kilometres west of Shanghai. The showroom will allow enterprises taking part in the mission to present their products and literature.
Further to the merger within a single region of Limousin, home to the Elopsys competitiveness cluster, and Aquitaine, home to the Route des Lasers, the two clusters have planned to merge with each other as of 1st January 2017.
On 17 December 2015, the Institut d’Optique d’Aquitaine in Talence hosted the launch of the Lasers and Health Technology Alliance established within the framework of the 2015-2020 State-Region Projects Contract. The Alliance brings together stakeholders in academic research, technology transfer and the industrial sector to work on projects in the areas of lasers and health.
The ALPHA-Route de Lasers & des Hyperfréquences® is a growing competitiveness cluster for innovative technologies in cross sectoral activities in particular in the fields of optics, photonics and microwave, one of the six Key enabling technologies (KET) identified by the EC since 2009.
It received the French Government label in 2005 and was classified in 2012 and recently reconducted among the most efficient competitive clusters. The ALPHA-Route des Lasers® cluster is dedicated to supporting the development of laser, optics and photonics and micro-wave technologies aiding the application of these technologies across large industrial sectors, such as aeronautics and embedded systems, healthcare and medical devices, new/green energy and lighting, vision and metrology..
The ALPHA-Route des Lasers & des Hyperfréquences cluster® has provided to its 250 members from the photonics industry, research institutions and academia an array of strategic tools for addressing tomorrow’s markets, among which are:
- The technology resources center ALPhANOV, to boost and mature innovation through collaborative innovative projects
- The Institut d’Optique Graduate School and PYLA training center, for initial and in-service education / training
- International references in laser science and technology research, such as LOMA, LP2N, CELIA, CEA/Cesta and the world class center of excellence LAPHIA
- Business parks dedicated to photonics, Laseris 1 & 2, Cité de la Photonique
- State-of-the-art research instruments, Laser Mégajoule and Petawatt high-power lasers, two scientific flagships for global visibility, widely available to the scientific community
- An application cluster for industrial solar systems SYSOLIA™
- An application cluster for bio-photonic imaging solutions BIPSA™
- Collective export actions (support on major international trade shows abroad, taking part in European programs, etc…)
- An international business partnering convention Inpho Venture Summit® (Photonics and beyond)
- Two full-time international representative (China and USA)
- The Institut d’Optique d’Aquitaine (IOA), a brand new building of about 19,000 m2 located on the Bordeaux university campus, bringing together the active forces of the Aquitaine Limousin Poitou-Charentes photonics sector.
List of publications:
- Recent publication in Electro-Optics journal
- Attending BIOS and Photonics West exhibition (with booths) in February 2015
- Installing a permanent cluster representation through the French Tech Hub (San Francisco and Boston)
List of relevant projects and activities:
- Participation to Photonics21 BoS, annual meetings and working groups to built-up the multiyear (2015-2017)european roadmap for photonics and taking advantage of that events to meet with all members of the consortium
- Invited lecture at the Open Days (Bruxelles, October 2014) to present the EPCNet concept (European interclustering for SME business development and growth)
- Co organizing the 4th edition of the international business convention Invest in Photonics® (Bordeaux, October 2014) and taking advantage of that events to meet with all members of the consortium
- Invited to a round-table at the European Cluster Days (Strasbourg, Mars 2015) to present the EPCNet concept (European interclustering for SME business development and growth)