Photonics

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Photonics
CO-Chair EU Prof. Francois
Flory Directeur de Centrale Marseille
Recherche et Technologies Ecole Centrale
Marseille, POPsud - Optitec
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Agenda / content

• Optitec
• Photonics market outlook
• Photonics21 The European Technology Platform
• Photonics21 research priorities and fields of
  cooperation

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OPTITEC a Competitiveness Cluster  Complex
Optics and Imaging Systems   

• Leading optics community in France more
  than 160 members
• 25 of French optics RD
• 12 500 qualified staff jobs including 5000
  researchers and engineers
• Regional GDP 890 M
• Mean growth rate 10
• Exports 38 of annual turnover
• 15 for RD

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OPTITEC  Complex Optics and Imaging Systems 
industrial sectors
Thales Aliena Space
EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
Instrumentation Industrial processes
Environment, solar cells, Lighting
Space Sub-sea Nuclear
ITER
Eurocopter

• Hostile environments
• Automation
• Zero breakdowns

Telecoms
ST Microlelectronics
Micro and nano photonics
Health care
Complex optics and imaging systems in extreme
environment
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OPTITEC  Complex Optics and Imaging Systems 

• Joint RD projects
• 17 share platforms (2001-2003)
• An global investment over 70 M funds provided
  by industrial funding public funding
• A European strategy
• Member of Photonics 21
• Leader of 2 European programmes
• Development of partnerships with European
  clusters UK, Germany, Spain,

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Photonics World Market
In 2005, photonic products achieved sales of 228
billion worldwide. Based on an annual growth rate
of 7.6 percent, the forecast for 2015 is for an
international volume of some 439 billion.
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ETP Photonics21

• The European Technology Platform (ETP)
  Photonics21
• is a European membership association with no
  legal
• form.
• The objectives of Photonics21 are
• Establish strategic links and align common
  efforts in Photonics RD
• Transform knowledge into leading-edge
  technologies and products which are competitive
  on a global scale
• Define medium to long-term research and
  technological development objectives
• Provide for the necessary research environment
  capable of accelerating Photonics research in
  Europe.

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Photonics21 Members

• over 1,000 members from 43 countries
• 90 members located in EU-27
• Balanced membership composition (industry lt--gt
  science)
• SMEs represent the majority of the industrial
  members
• Photonics21unites the majority of the
• leading Photonics industries and relevant
• RD stakeholders along the whole
• economic value chain throughout Europe.

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Photonics21 Workgroups
Photonics21 comprises seven work groups. Four of
those are focusing on different fields of
application and three on cross-sectoral issues.
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Work Group 1 Information and Communication

• Research priority Photonic Systems - Networks
  for High and Ultra High Speed Optical Core
  Networks
• Objective To develop system, sub-system, and
  component technologies to deliver truly cost
  effective transport at 40Gbps, 100Gbps and
  beyond, to enable the next phase of core network
  evolution.
• Key areas include
• What are the network possibilities enabled by the
  current and future components?
• How do we predict and control what happens when
  we put these components together? Examples might
  include
• Operation of Concatenated Wavelength Selective
  Switches.
• Management of optical power transients.
• Handling of transparency, reconfigurability etc
• Component design naturally links to architectural
  aspects e.g. control plane implications.
• ....

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Work Group 2 Industrial Manufacturing

• Research priority Laser Processing of New and
  Mixed Materials
• Objective Reliable processes e.g. joining,
  cutting, drilling and structuring for novel and
  advanced materials. Materials include metal
  alloys for next generation production e.g.
  high-strength steels and material combinations
  comprising dissimilar materials, plastics and
  fibre-reinforced, and nano-particle doped
  composite materials.
• Key areas include
• Development of tailored and / or flexible laser
  processes
• Enhance the knowledge of laser-based machining
  applied to novel and complex materials
• Development of process strategies which contain
  tailored energy distributions tailored in space
  and time and flexible processes which vary
  according to the local material properties.

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Work Group 3 Life Sciences Health

• Research priority Molecular imaging and
  functional imaging
• Objective Development of photonic components and
  systems to enable new and innovative types of
  molecular diagnostics and molecular imaging
  methods.
• Key areas
• Merging of imaging and spectroscopy to the next
  levels, e.g. by the combination of innovative
  microscopic techniques like digital holographic,
  4?, STED microscopy and spectroscopic methods
  like multi-photon absorption, stimulated
  emission, and CARS spectroscopy.
• New or improved markers e.g. with higher
  selectivity or specificity or multifunctionality
  have to be developed to allow e.g. the
  observation of a multitude of biological
  processes with minimal or no disturbances.
• Long term aim A marker-free observation of the
  changes cells undergo as a result of beginning
  diseases.

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Work Group 4 Lighting and Displays

• Research priority Highly efficient, large area
  light sources based on organic light emitting
  diodes (OLEDs)
• Objective Improve luminance efficiency and
  lifetime signifanctly reduce production costs.
• Key areas
• OLED materials aiming at technological
  breakthroughs in the areas of internal/external
  quantum efficiency
• Significantly increased out-coupling efficiency
  (external quantum efficiency)
• Stack development and testing procedures aiming
  at excellent reliability in relation to failures
  by short circuits during operation. Occurrence
  should be significant lower than 500 ppm on
  emitting multi-tiled or single tiled areas of
  e.g. 60 cm x 60 cm
• Cost reduction large-area, high-speed
  manufacturing methods and suitable equipment
  (e.g. high rate sources and in-line process
  control)

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Thank you

• Contact details
• Prof. Francois Flory
• Photonics21
• secretariat_at_photonics21.org
• francois.flory_at_ec-marseille.fr