Photonics & Imaging
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Science and technology of light
Photonics and imaging encompass all devices related to the visible or invisible light spectrum, from infrared to X-rays. Photonics is the science and technology of light, working on the duality of an electromagnetic wave and a particle known as a photon.
Photonics is now widely used in our daily lives. Cameras, lasers, fibre optics, Augmented & Virtual Reality, sensors, lighting, adaptive optics… photonics covers an infinite number of applications, thanks to its ability to generate, emit, transmit, capture and analyse photons.
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Photonics produces systems that are complex in their design and manufacture, but simple in their use, for a wide range of civil and military applications: defence and security, space, energy, environment, Industry of the future (or industry 4.0/Smart industry), agriculture, health, etc.
Major technological challenges
Embedded systems (hardware/software optimisation)
Intelligent learning, image recognition
Robotics
Connected sensors
Data interpretation coupled with AI
Augmented and mixed reality
Multimodal imaging, data fusion
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WORKING GROUP DEDICATED TO PHOTONICS AND IMAGING
SCS cluster is setting up a working group to encourage innovation and R&D projects in photonics and imaging.
KEY FIGURES
- Cumulative sales of around €18 billion, of which 50% from exports, in a global market worth €615 billion
- Growth of more than 30% over the last 5 years
- 85,000 jobs, with a growth forecast of around 150,000 jobs in France by 2030
- Around 1,100 companies, 80% of them SMEs
- Around 300 fundamental and applied research laboratories, with the capacity to carry out industrial-scale research
TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGH-GROWTH MARKETS
Photonics produces systems that are complex in design and manufacture but simple in use:
- Space, the historic field of photonics (large telescopes, earth observation satellites, communication satellites with laser links and quantum cryptography),
- Industry of the future/Industry 4.0 (quality control with 100% real-time production verification)
- Agriculture (disease detection, optimising water supply and treatment)
- Health (biophotonics, etc.) and Life Sciences
- Defense and access security