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Paul McCartney,

Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics

Not for Profit - Applied Research and Technology Organisation

United Kingdom

Paul.mccartney@fraunhofer.co.uk Tel +44 141 548 4667

Fraunhofer CAP – Space Technologies

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Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics

UK’s first Fraunhofer Research Centre established in 2012.

Research laboratories fully operational January 2013.

Currently 40 staff and students – business plan to continue growth.

Secured17 innovate UK projects and 4 EU projects.

Developing / securing direct contract work and repeat business.

Working across broad range of areas in applied photonics with an emphasis on

technology translation.

Paul McCartney, Business Development Manager

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- Translate photonics-based technologies from the laboratory to industry

- Focus on your needs and that of your application: Refine emerging and

established photonic technologies to realise new solutions

- We can be there at every step of the innovation cycle: - Idea - Funding - Development - Refinement - Evaluation - Production

Fraunhofer CAP – What we do

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Fraunhofer CAP: Sectors of Interest & Expertise

- Remote Sensing Systems

- Quantum Technology

- Integrated Photonics

- Renewable Energy

- Chemical / Environmental sensors

- Space / Aerospace

- Defence and Security

- Industrial Instrumentation

- Life sciences – biophotonics/medical devices

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Project collaboration ideas

Societal Challenges

Industrial Leadership

Excellent Science

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Many possibilities exist !

Looking for partners.

Looking to develop ideas.

Looking to build consortia.

Looking for impact.

H2020

Space

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How We Can Work Together

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Space Related Laser Sources

300 600 1100 1000 900 800

λ [nm]

69

8

400 500 1200 700

81

3 67

4

42

2

46

1

10

33

10

92

Strontium Neutral clock Strontium Ion 88 clock

Er SHG

Ti:S Ti:S SHG

OPO

Yb Nd

68

9

67

9 4

05

GaAlAs InGaAs InGaN GaN InGaAlP

Pr Pr Pr Pr Pr

SDL SDL SHG SDL

Ytterbium Ion clock

Ytterbium Neutral clock

39

7

55

6

57

8

75

9

36

9

43

5

46

7

63

8

93

5

Mg Neutral clock

45

8

38

9

Calcium Ion clock

39

9

72

9

86

6

85

4

Rubidium interferometer

78

0

Potassium interferometer

85

2

77

0

Cesium interferometer

70

7

Nd

SDL SDL SHG

- Each application requires different laser sources

- Fraunhofer are currently developing compact, robust, single-frequency, narrow-linewidth

laser sources over a broad wavelength range.

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Fraunhofer is Europe’s largest applied research and technology organisation

One of the top 3 funded organisations in European projects.

Comprehensive network of R&D & knowledge spanning diverse fields.

Research Centres in different countries with different skills.

Facilitator for consortia building due to its contact network.

Why Come to Fraunhofer

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Contact

Paul.mccartney@fraunhofer.co.uk

Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics

Technology and Innovation Centre

99 George Street

Glasgow G1 1RD

0141 548 4667