The CentraleSupélec campus in Metz hosted, for two days, six physics teachers from the Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles, BTS and Bac Pro in photonics as part of a LIESSE (Interdisciplinary Links with Higher Education Schools for Structuring Exchanges) practical course. This course was organised by Prof. Damien Rontani, with the collaboration of university lecturers and researchers from the Chair in Photonics and the LMOPS laboratory (Optical Materials, Photonics and Systems Laboratory): Nicolas Marsal, Marc Sciamanna, Nacera Bouldja and Ninel Kokanyan.
On the 1st of March, the ICube laboratory and Institut Photonique took part in the open days organised by University of Strasbourg with a booth at the Télécom Physique Strasbourg (TPS) school of engineering in order to promote academic programmes in the field of photonics. Attendees had the opportunity to discover the specialisation courses provided by TPS such as “Physics” which offers an option in photonics.
Mr. Mustapha Remouche, business and scientific mediation manager at ICube, presented a stand to promote photonic and light sciences, explaining photonics and its range of applications through interactive experiments.
Four main themes of the science of light were touched on, along with experiments and explanatory mediums:
As a PhD student at CentraleSupélec, Sebastian Alveteg presented his research work at the SPIE event Photonics West which was held in San Francisco from the January 28th to 30th.
Sebastian’s works focus on exploring the possibilities of using a photorefractive crystal for performing reservoir computing.
In the process he investigates how the nonlinear photorefractive property of the crystal impacts the machine learning capabilities. The work shows clear correlation between the strength of the nonlinear index modulation and the performance of the reservoir and should provide a good foundation for further research in the topic or neighboring ones that also want to take advantage of the photorefractive effect for computation tasks.
The Chair in Photonics team, structure within the and the laboratory (CentraleSupélec and ), has just published an article in the journal revealing a new and totally unexpected behaviour of lasers: some of the “modes” spontaneously synchronise, revealing in the laser emission a very ordered dynamic coexisting with the disorder resulting from the other unsynchronised laser modes. Order therefore appears spontaneously in the middle of the disorder of a laser emission
Many were there to honour the first rendez-vous with photonics organised by Institut Photonique on the 27th of November at the University of Technology of Troyes.
To begin with, the Institut Photonique team explained in detail its strategic plan which aims to develop training courses, cooperations, the diffusion of knowledge and innovation.
During the two first round-tables, industrial and academic experts discussed the applications of photonics in the fields of sensors and imaging with applications in health, materials, energy and defence. The LMOPS, ICube, CRAN, IJL, L2n (Light, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies) laboratories in the Grand Est region; the companies GDI Simulation, Holo3, and Poladerme; and the public institution ONERA were for instance represented.
A round-table discussion dedicated to innovation and presented by SATT Sayens unveiled several company projects carried out based on research results acquired by the laboratories of the academic partners of Institut Photonique. Cristal Laser was the one company of reference for this part on innovation.
Finally, a last round-table discussion focused on support solutions for technology transfer.
Around a hundred attendees (researchers, professors, students, industrialists, academic societies) ensured the success of the event. A day of exchanges giving rise to many ideas to be put into practice for the impact and future of photonics with the launching of “Institut Photonique Student Chapter”, the largest photonics students network in France, gathering students and graduates in photonics in the Grand Est region and Luxembourg and supported by the international societies for photonics SPIE and OPTICA.
The newspaper La Semaine puts the spotlight on photonics in an article published on the 20th of November 2024: research, innovation, popularisation of science… topics at the heart of the Chair in Photonics by CentraleSupélec and Institut Photonique.
You can find the article on the website of La Semaine:
On the 20th of November, the Chair in Photonics of Centralesupélec welcomed in Metz the UdPPC (union of science professors and teachers).
The morning was dedicated to a conference on hydrogen, preceding a welcome and a presentation of the School, which was an opportunity to introduce new specialty courses, mainly for high school and preparatory classes teachers. For instance, CentraleSupélec offers a specialty course in Physics – Quantum systems, photonics, nanotechnologies, under the responsibility of Prof. Damien Rontani, which will open at the start of the 2025 academic year.
In the afternoon, attendees visited the photonics laboratories, with group activities on the slowing of light and lasers.
The American university Stanford University and the company Elsevier published their “World’s Top 2% Scientists” ranking
Institut Photonique at the heart of scientific dissemination
Photonics in the spotlight during the Business forum of the UTT
