Let there be light: Tyndall secures €5m in photonics funding

Photonics is used in high-speed fibre optic communications, cardiac diagnostic sensors and self-driving cars

PhotonicLEAP Prof. Peter (Head of Photonics Packaging & Systems Integration), Parnika Gupta (PhD student, Photonics Packaging & Systems Integration) and Dr. Josue Parra (Engineer, ficonTEC Ireland).

A European research project based in Tyndall aiming to drive down the cost of photonics manufacturing has secured €5m in funding through the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme.

PhotonicLEAP is a European collaborative project coordinated by Tyndall in Cork. With demand for photonics being driven by mass-market technology requirements, the global photonics market is expected to be worth over €850bn by 2026.