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You are a company looking to leverage innovation through photonics?You are a researcher looking to advance your breakthrough with photonics?

ACTPHAST is a unique one-stop-shop open access full supply chain for supporting your photonics innovation.

We facilitate cross-border collaboration to match the best solutions to the biggest challenges.

ACTPHAST4.0 was specially designed to support European SME's who want to boost the innovation of their projects with photonics. Even if the company was not using photonics before.
Learn more about the supported companies and the ACTPHAST4.0 outcomes

The application period for ACTPHAST4.0 has now closed.

PhotonHub Europe is the long-term successor to ACTPHAST for supporting photonics innovation in European companies, especially SMEs. PhotonHub operates a continuous open call. For further details, visit: https://www.photonhub.eu
ACTPHAST4R aims to support researchers who have a conceptional breakthrough and would like to realize their early stage demonstrator with mature photonics technologies.
Learn more about ACTPHAST4R

Photonics?

Photonics is a key digital technology that supports the digital transformation of European industry & society.

Never used photonics and interested to know more how photonics can support your innovation?

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Discover how photonics is a key-enabler for innovation in different domains

Photonics – the science of creating, manipulating, transmitting and detecting light – is literally everywhere, from smartphone displays to fibre-optic broadband to energy-saving LED lights to the laser surgery that saves our life. As light particles (known as photons) replace electrons in many of our most important technologies, innovations already in the pipeline will improve healthcare, grow food, save energy, cut pollution, expand connectivity, transform manufacturing and usher in a new era of mobility.

More about the how photonics can help to innovate in different application domains

Information & Communication

Smart Cities & Smart Living

Sustainability

We provide access to state-of-the-art technology platforms.

Each of the 7 technology platforms contain the full supply chain from design, mastering, prototyping, characterisation, replication, assembling and packaging.

More about our Technology Platforms

TP-1: Free-space photonic components and systems

TP-2: Glass and Polymer Speciality Fibers & Fiber Devices

TP-3: Polymer-based components and large area organic photonics

TP-4: Micro-Opto-Electro Mechanical Systems (MOEMS) integration

TP-5: Silicon-based Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) or Chips

TP-6: InP-based Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) or Chips

TP-7: Si3N4 and SiO2 passive waveguide technologies

25 Europe’s leading photonics research institutes at your service

Through ACTPHAST you can access 200 of the best experts and technologies from 25 of Europe’s leading photonics research institutes, covering the entire supply chain to accelerate breakthroughs towards prototype, and beyond into mass manufacturing.

Find all the ACTPHAST partners here