Subject: Polish Newsletter on Optics and Photonics – October 2024 – Candela Foundation & PPTF

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Polish Newsletter on

Optics and Photonics

edition#35 (October 2024)

wersja w języku polskim

Good morning!

Welcome to the first fall edition of PNOP this year. We especially recommend your attention to the PARP report, the new lecture series on terahertz technology, the election to the Photonics21 Board of Stakeholders, and the featured publications section.

We invite you to read PNOP and share your feedback,
Candela Foundation
Polish Technological Platform on Photonics

PARP report on photonics in Poland

The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (PARP) has published a report on the professional electronics, microelectronics and photonics sectors in Poland. The report also includes a directory of Polish companies operating in these industries, which are looking for new business opportunities and cooperation partners. The purpose of the publication is to present to foreign audiences the latest trends and potential of the Polish deep-tech sector.

Candela Open Lectures on teraherz radiation

The Candela Foundation invites you to the next installment of Candela Open Lectures. The theme of the upcoming edition is “Exploring the Terahertz Fundamental Principles & Frontiers,” and the speakers will be specialists from around the world, selected by the edition's content supervisors. More details, including the registration form, are available at the link below.

Events

OECS'19 – 19th International Conference on Optics of Excitons in Confined Systems, Warszawa

14-18 JULY 2025

Job board

Process
engineer

JZO

Optoelectronic engineer

INFRAMET

Photonic leading expert

VIGO Photonics

zdjęcie przedstawicieli podczas konferencji Photonics Day Berlin Brandenburg

Candidates for Photonics21 BoS

Elections for the Board of Shareholders of Photonics21, the representation of European photonics, start on October 24. The 3 Poles among the 30 candidates are: running for next term Kamil Pierściński (Łukasiewicz-IMIF) and Piotr Kolenderski (STARTOVA/UMK) and Paweł Zienkiewicz (Creotech Instruments), who are to enlarge the Polish representation.

zdjęcie z laboratorium przedstawiajace osoby pracujące

Competition for best thesis in optoelectronics

Until 13 November application are accepted for the Professor Adam Smoliński competition for the best diploma thesis in optoelectronics.

The 33^rd edition of the competition is organised by the Polish Optoelectronics Committee of the Polish Association of Electrical Engineering (PKOpto SEP).

The second edition of the Candela Workshop

For the second time, the Candela Foundation organized the Resonators Workshop, a one-day workshop program for students from all over Poland, which covered issues related to the personal development of the researcher in the areas of optics and photonics. This year's edition featured Piotr Wasylczyk, Michal Nejbauer and Mariusz Gogól. The next edition is coming up next year!

zdjęcie ekranu komputera na którym wyswietlane sa dane medyczne

9th Optoelectronics Conference

Titled “Optoelectronics - a new generation”, another edition of the meeting of Polish developers and users of photonic technologies in defence and security applications was held in Jachranka, near Warsaw. The conference is organized by PCO SA, a manufacturer of optoelectronics for the armed forces.

Noctiluca expands research collaboration

Torun-based Noctiluca, a manufacturer of TADF emitters for OLED displays, has signed an agreement with the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences to jointly conduct research and development work in the field of modern display materials. Under the new strategy, Noctiluca will present to foreign partners the solutions developed with the Institute.

New application of InProbe

Lublin-based SDS Optic, which is developing a biophotonic cancer diagnostic system, has begun testing the feasibility of using its InProbe fiber-optic probe to detect more types of cancer. The first tests are yielding positive results.

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Research highlights

abstrakcyjna grafika pokazująca model karty sieciowej dla komputerów kwantowych

Circulator for parallel imaging of molecules

Bartosz Krajnik of the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology has collaborated with researchers at KU Leuven on a novel method for multicolor imaging of the fluorescence of molecules. They developed a device called the “Circulator,” which uses the polarization of light to simultaneously image different components of cells with resolution below the diffraction limit. This technique allows precise imaging of microtubules, clathrin and vimentin in super-resolution fluorescence microscopy.

publication

Grafika przedstawiająca naukowca w kitlu trzymającego kolby z niebieską i czerwoną cieczą

Unusual properties of perovskites

The study by a team of researchers from INTiBS PAN addresses the effects of temperature and pressure on the dynamics of molecular cations in 3D perovskites. They found that temperature significantly affects dielectric relaxation, while pressure has a negligible effect. The results suggest that the thermal energy of the perovskite subgrid dominates pressure-induced volumetric changes. The data collected provide a better understanding of these materials, which will accelerate their application in future research.

(Graphics: Candela Foundation / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.)

publication

Significantly larger budget for testing - also for a startup from Warsaw?

PhotonHub Europe is a European support network for entrepreneurs introducing photonic technologies into their products or processes. 38 leading technology centres (including 2 from Poland) offer knowledge, training - and above all the opportunity to test, prototype and develop technologies. Thanks to EU funding, technology services are available to companies on attractive terms. PhotonHub also supports startups.

As of September, PhotonHub has raised funding for technology support at the prototype testing stage (TRL 5-6). SMEs will now receive funding of 85% of the project budget (large companies: 50%). The goal is to provide stronger support to companies at the point of verification of their solution.

Perhaps Walletmed will soon benefit from such increased support for technology development. This Warsaw-based medtech startup has just received funding for research and lab testing in cooperation with VUB. PhotonHub allows for continued support in future projects.

Do you know something worth sharing in the newsletter?

We are collecting information about optics and photonics community in Poland. The newsletters is created in close collaboration with the local community. If you want to share with us something interesting, newsworthy – please contact us by sending an mail to newsletter@candela.org.pl.

The main organiser of the Newsletter is the Candela Foundation. Polish Technological Platform on Photonics is a partner of the initiative providing support and participates in editorial process.

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