Dutch Photonic Devices programme Stimulating Innovation through Science >>Focus on innovation Published by: NL Agency Other relevant Dutch Organisations Enterprise Europe Network in general: NL Innovation • Assist companies in identifying potential commercial partners, Juliana van Stolberglaan 3 EG-Liaison especially in other countries PO Box 93144 EG-Liaison supports interested companies and institutions in • Help SMEs develop new products, to access new markets and to 2500 AC The Hague, The Netherlands obtaining European R&D funding. The aim is to promote (Dutch) inform them about EU activities and opportunities Phone +31 88 602 54 96 participation in European R&D programmes and to stimulate • Advise small businesses on technical issues such as intellectual www.agentschapnl.nl/iopphotonicdevices European cooperation in the field of innovation. 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It is the contact point for [email protected] | www.agentschapnl.nl/egl www.enterpriseeuropenetwork.nl businesses, educational institutions and government bodies for information and advice, financing, networking and regulatory matters. Enterprise Europe Network Photonics Cluster Netherlands Launched in 2008 by the European Commission, the Enterprise Photonics Cluster Netherlands’ (PCN) objective is to be the Dutch The division NL Innovation helps Dutch businesses to innovate, Europe Network combines and builds on the former Innovation platform for knowledge transfer in the field of photonics for high-tech by providing finance, advice and contacts. Relay Centres (IRC) and Euro Info Centres (EIC). The new integrated companies and education at all levels. PCN was initiated by the Network offers a ‘one-stop shop’ to meet all the information needs Nederlandse Vereniging voor Fotonica (Dutch Society for Photonics, Innovation-oriented research programmes - IOP of SMEs and companies in Europe. The Enterprise Europe Network NVvF) and is co-supported by TNO Science & Industry in Delft. Stimulating Innovation through Science is present in more than 40 countries, with around 4,000 experien- The Dutch government aims to make the research world more accessible to ced staff in 600 local partner organizations providing expert advice Contact Guus Taminiau, Secretary | T: +31 6 286 15 334 industry and to improve and intensify contacts between the business and services to EU businesses. [email protected] | www.photonicscluster-nl.org community and the research world. The innovation-oriented research programmes (IOP) subsidise innovation-oriented technological research projects within specific themes at universities, (non-profit) research institutes and companies that fulfill the long-term needs of industry in the Netherlands. University applications of light attract much scientific University Medical Centre Research institute University of Groningen and commercial interest. They are January 2010 UMC Groningen Other Dutch research programmes Joseph Braat: Professor emeritus in Optics at Delft University of Technology: important enabling technologies for Dutch Photonic Devices programme “For a long time, the lasers featuring in James Bond and Star Wars movies were the numerous scientific and industrial areas. Merging Electronics and Micro & Nano-Photonics in Integrated science fiction-like applications of a mysterious domain for the general public. Other educational institutes: The IOP Photonic Devices programme Systems (MEMPHIS) Now, however, photonic devices are widely accepted in our everyday lives. They started in January 2006 and concentrated Haagse Hogeschool, Den Haag ASTRON MEMPHIS is a coherent and visionary project bringing together the bring new light in all colours, facilitate information transport and data storage, from 2006 to 2009 on the development of Leidse Instrumentmakers School, Leiden best of `micro- and nano-electronics’ and `micro- and nano-pho- show clear-cut images on flat screens and help doctors to heal their patients. advanced light sources and detection tonics’ in a converging integrated technology platform which can Better cooperation will enable us to transform the new opportunities photonic NIKHEF devices provide into socially-relevant and durable applications.” systems, and the application of photonic AMOLF University of Amsterdam be exploited in different applications, like communication, devices in health and medicine. Vrije Universiteit AMCUniversity of UtrechtUniversity of Twente medical devices, consumer infotainment, data processing, SRON machine control, aviation and space markets. Focus is on develo- ESTEC FOM UMC Utrecht The Dutch focus NMI University of Leiden ping tools (equipment and processes) and hybrid and heterogene- allows the development of new functional materials with well-desig- University of Delft The Netherlands has an excellent know- TNO Wageningen University ous integration technologies for bringing photonics and micro- ned properties. In the Netherlands, eight research institutes with a ledge infrastructure and is therefore an Erasmus MC (CODT) electronics together and to show several demonstrators of this high reputation in photonics have combined their activities in this ideal breeding ground for the development Radboud University Nijmegen platform technology. An excellent balance of partners from industry programme. Together, they focus within NanoPhotonics on two of innovations. There are a number of (multinational and SME), universities and research institutes results themes: nanoscale energy transfer and photonic signal processing. COBRA excellent research groups in the field of DPI in application-focussed fundamental research and development to University photonics at universities, (non-profit) University Medical Centre Technical University of Eindhoven create novel technology for a multi-market future. Contact Research institute University of Groningen research institutes and companies. UMC Groningen Prof. dr. A. Polman The Dutch have been focussing particularly Contact Center for NanoPhotonics, FOM-Institute AMOLF on the following areas: Dr. Bart Verbeek | T: +31 73 521 95 62 T: +31 20 608 13 00 • The development and application of • IR swept source for high-resolution ASTRON UMC Maastricht [email protected] | www.smartmix-memphis.nl www.nanoned.nl/flagships/nanophotonics light sources, primarily lasers, amplifiers functional imaging in medicine and LEDs, for production and material • HIP: HemodynamicsNIKHEF by Interferometric Smart Optics Systems (SOS) The Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) AMOLF University of Amsterdam processing, lithography, measuring PhotonicsV rije Universiteit AMCUniversity of UtrechtUniversity of Twente Technological breakthroughs of the 21st century will greatly depend FOM promotes, coordinates and finances fundamental physics SRON techniques, lighting, communication, • HYMPACT:ESTEC HybridFO MammographyM UMC Utrecht using Applications of photonic devices on the way we can generate, control and use harnessed light. An research in the Netherlands. Relevant programmes with respect to NMI University of Leiden bio photonics, health care, medical Photacoustic ComputedUniversity of DelftTomography in health & medicine important share in the explosive development of the photonics photonics: TNO Wageningen University diagnostics linked to medical therapy and • MEM-FLIM: ModulatedErasmus MCElectron- (CODT) Development of new applications in health markets will spring from the quest for increased resolution in • The Industrial Partnership Programme eXtreme UV Dutch Photonic Devices programme Radboud University Nijmegen research; Multiplied all-solid-state camera for & medicine and specific medical imaging systems in health and life sciences, industrial imaging, Multilayer Optics Stimulating Innovation through Science • Research into new materials with special Fluorescence Lifetime ImagingCOBRADPI Microscopy applications, diagnostics and therapy consumer optics and astronomy. A good example is the use of • Microphotonic Light Sources optical properties, such as photonic • Frequency comb laser devices:Technical University of Eindhoven(invasive & non-invasive). deformable mirrors in astronomy with active feedback control, • Plasmonics crystals, photonic fibres, new substrate Miniaturization and application to which have dramatically improved the image resolution. The SOS • Joint Solar Programme The Dutch government aims to make the research world more accessible to industry and to materials, non-linear optical materials metrology and non-linear microscopy In the coming years new calls for projects programme aims at making this type of technology accessible and www.fom.nl/live/english/home.pag and integrated-optical and micro-optical • On-chip Integrated CO2 and NH3 HumanUMC Maastricht