Institute of Photonics and Electronics (ÚFE) plays a leading role in the research of photonics, optics and electronics in the Czech Republic and it collaborates with both research and industry worldwide. The transfer of knowledge and technology into practice and the contribution to the technological development of Czech industry are a natural part of the mission of ÚFE. Here you will find some reports on the licenses we have provided, prototypes developed, participation in trade fairs and other interesting facts about the application of our research results.
Within the framework of the MŠMT – ERC CZ project, our institution has focused on a fundamentally new method for detecting and tracking protein conformation at the level of individual molecules, in their natural time scales, and potentially without the use of molecular labels. The result was a new type of spatial light modulator, utilizing the thermo-optic effect to create areas of locally semi-uniform refractive index change, which is insensitive to polarization, does not contain residual diffraction patterns, and can achieve modulation frequencies up to the MHz range with an available full range of phase shift.
A licensing agreement was concluded in 2022.
We participated in the leading global trade fair for components, systems, and applications in photonics, Laser World of Photonics, which took place from April 26th to 29th in Munich. We exhibited at a booth alongside representatives from the Czech Optical Cluster.
In collaboration with an industrial partner within the MPO – TRIO project, our institution has focused on researching a new technology that can be applied in the production of power semiconductor components, one of the key technologies of the present day. The project found synergies between the institution’s know-how in the field of inorganic nanomaterials and the needs of the industry. The achieved results allowed for the conclusion of a licensing agreement in 2022.
Time is science. A comic book about the development of a commercially successful device for comparing time scales using satellite navigation systems.
In a summer special of the TV series “Wandering Cameras” called “Journeys through the Czech Republic of the future,” the hosting duo will transport themselves to the Czech Republic of the future. Specifically, they will visit companies and scientists who have already surpassed their time and are changing the world with their discoveries and work, playing an important role in it.
Scientists from the Nano-Optics research team have developed a new technology that allows for the creation of a three-dimensional image from a continuously moving sample using an optical microscope. The prestigious journal Nature Communications reported on the new patented method today.
The project Thulium fiber lasers for industrial and medical applications, in which scientists from our institute participated, was awarded the TA ČR 2020 prize.
ÚFE participates in the coordination of thulium laser development and thulium optical fibre development within the TALOS project of the European Defence Agency.
We hosted a meeting of the NATO SET-ET-113 „Advanced Infrared Laser Component technology“ technical team.
In 2019, the Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences is commemorating 40 years since the start of research on optical fiber technology in the Czech Republic.
Within the framework of the MŠMT – ERC CZ project, our institution has focused on a fundamentally new method for detecting and tracking protein conformation at the level of individual molecules, in their natural time scales, and potentially without the use of molecular labels. The result was a new type of spatial light modulator, utilizing the thermo-optic effect to create areas of locally semi-uniform refractive index change, which is insensitive to polarization, does not contain residual diffraction patterns, and can achieve modulation frequencies up to the MHz range with an available full range of phase shift.
A licensing agreement was concluded in 2022.
Within the framework of the MŠMT – ERC CZ project, our institution has focused on a fundamentally new method for detecting and tracking protein conformation at the level of individual molecules, in their natural time scales, and potentially without the use of molecular labels. The result was a new type of spatial light modulator, utilizing the thermo-optic effect to create areas of locally semi-uniform refractive index change, which is insensitive to polarization, does not contain residual diffraction patterns, and can achieve modulation frequencies up to the MHz range with an available full range of phase shift.
A licensing agreement was concluded in 2022.