🥇 BEST THESIS AWARD: Arturo Fernández Gámez (Silicon Nitride External Cavity Lasers enabled by micro-transfer printing) 🥇 BEST PRESENTATION AWARD: Halewijn Van den Bossche (Lab-on-a-Chip for Bacterial Identification combining SERS and Machine Learning) Congratulations ! 👏

🚀 Two exciting PhD opportunities at B-PHOT! 🔬 PhD in Optical Detection of Neurodegenerative Diseases: b-phot.org/phd-optical-de… 📡 PhD in Advanced Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors: b-phot.org/phd-advanced-f… Join our team & contribute to groundbreaking advancements in photonics! ✨

🚀 Optica's Sensing & Imaging Congress brought together experts in optical science, including 4 B-PHOT researchers: Heidi Ottevaere, Lien Smeesters, Tatev Chalyan & Maria Lopera. 🧑‍🔬 📸 More about their interesting presentations & panel discussions: b-phot.org/news/b-phot-re…

📯Dear members of the Belgian photonics community, the abstract submission is now open! Share your latest results with us through a poster or a contributed talk. Submission link is --> bepom.org/abstract-instr…

The EIC Pathfinder project VortexLC hosts a workshop on the latest advances in microfabrication techniques for polymers, glass and silicon, with a focus on microfluidic devices. 📆 3 September '24 📍 VUB Photonics Campus, Gooik 🇧🇪 ✍️ Register for free: b-phot.org/news/vortexlc-…

🇧🇪B-PHOT will co-organise the 5th edition of bePOM, hosted at VUB. This free 2-day #photonics networking event allows early-career & established researchers to (re)discover the ongoing research topics in Belgium. 📆19-20 Sept '24 🔗More: b-phot.org/news/strengthe…

Check out our latest results on Ultracompact 3D Splitters for Single‐Core to Multi‐Core Optical Fiber Connections! B-PHOT Brussels Photonics @FlandersMake onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lp…

🎥 We were thrilled to have Jose Pozo from Optica visit the Photonics Innovation Center! He captured the essence of our work in this fantastic video. 🎥 🙏 Thank you, Jose, for highlighting our efforts! youtube.com/watch?v=S-tHhq…

🗣️ Prof. Heidi Ottevaere will be a speaker during the 'Photonics in healthcare' session at the #EURegionsWeek in Brussels on Wednesday, 9 October '24. 🌍🇪🇺 ⚡️ Register now & discover the transformative impact of #photonics technology in the #healthcare sector! b-phot.org/news/discover-…

📢 B-PHOT Brussels Photonics is organising a one-day #PhotonHub Demo Centre about Photonics and Food. 📅 19 September 2024 📍 Brussels, Belgium 👉 buff.ly/4dlKfg4

The abstract submission deadline has been extended until the 7th of September bepom.org/registration !!! Do not miss this chance to join us and connect with the all-Belgian #photonics community!

⚡️ B-PHOT will host an online introductory training course on #photonics innovation on 24 September 2024. Join this exciting 2.5-hour training from PhotonHub Europe to understand how photonics technologies can be innovatively applied to your industry! 🚀 b-phot.org/news/b-phot-ho…

🌟Celebrating the Day of Photonics! #CARLA partner B-PHOT Brussels Photonics is hosting a Photonics Outreach Capsule in Brussels! 👩‍🔬52 students are diving into #photonics with hands-on experiments in optical telecom, lenses, polarization & holograms. Inspiring the next gen!💡 #DayOfPhotonics

Registrations are now open for the next edition of our 3-day hands-on Experience Centre training on Optics and Freeform Optics taking place from 11 to 13 March 2025. Secure your seat now: vub.be/en/event/photo… B-PHOT Brussels Photonics PhotonHub @FlandersMake

📺 Check out our short demo video on thermal monitoring of rotating ⚙ motor components with optical fiber sensors💡: youtu.be/UeSO9BqJSpI?si… 👨‍🔬 👩‍🔬 A @FlandersMake collaboration between VUB B-PHOT Brussels Photonics and UGent UGent Machineries & Factories.

Our team wishes you a season of brightness and joy! Happy holidays, and we look forward to seeing you again in 2025! ✨

Looking forward to present two talks at SPIE #PhotonicsWest2025 #BiOS and #OPTO next week! B-PHOT Brussels Photonics VUB Faculty of Engineering @FlandersMake