3. What is Photonics?
Photonics is everything that includes:
• Generation of light
• Amplification of light
• Transmission of light
• Modulation of light
• Detection of light
And all those numerous applications where light is used.
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4. Photonics – a Key Enabling Technology
Health
Environment
Energy
Secure Food
and Water
Security
PHOTONICS
Medical
sciences
Computing
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
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5. Photonics
Global market volume in 2011: 350 billion euro.
Europe: Global Market share: 18%, about 60 billion euro
Biggest segments:
- Displays
- Photovoltaic
- Information technology
- Light sources
- Medical technology & life science
- Safety- and defence technologies
- Measurement & automated vision
- Optical components and systems
Source: Photonics Industry Report 2013 by Photonics21
http://www.photonics21.org/download/Photonics_industry_report_2013/photonics_i
ndustry_report_2013.pdf
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8. University of Eastern Finland
• 15000 Students
• 4 Faculties in 3 Campuses
– The Philosophical Faculty
– The Faculty of Science and Forestry
– The Faculty of Health Sciences
– The Faculty of Social Sciences and
Business Studies.
• The areas of expertise in research:
– Forests and the Environment,
– Health and Well-being
– New Technologies and Materials.
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10. Our vision is to be a global pioneer in
photonics research and education to benefit
the photonics industry and society at large.
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Combines optics at UEF
11 professors
20 postdocs & senior
researchers
35 PhD students
10 technical staff
2 coordinators
50 MSc students
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12. Management
Steering group:
Dean Timo Jääskeläinen, Chairman
Prof Markku Kuittinen
Prof Markku Hauta-Kasari
Prof Seppo Honkanen
Prof Jyrki Saarinen
Scientific director:
Prof Pasi Vahimaa
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13. Advisory group
Antti Vasara, Executive Vice President, Product
Development Services, Tieto Oyj
Eero Salmelin, Director, Head of Imaging, Nokia
Jari Kervinen, Vice-President, Network Solutions, Abloy Oyj
Pekka Savolainen, Director of Optoelectronics Research
Centre, Tampere University of Technology
Harri Lipsanen, Professor, Department of Micro- and
Nanosciences, Aalto Univeristy
Pentti Karioja, Professor in photonics solutions, VTT
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15. International education in Photonics
• International Master’s Degree Programme in Photonics
– www.uef.fi/masterphotonics
• Erasmus Mundus Master’s Degree Programme: “Optics in
Science and Technology” – OpSciTech
– www.opscitech.net
• Erasmus Mundus Master’s Degree Programme: “Color in
Informatics and Media Technology” – CIMET
– www.master-erasmusmundus-color.eu
• Also activities in Research of Education in Photonics
More than 20 MSc in Photonics per year
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16. MSc in Photonics
Key
Partners
Other
departments
Other
universities
Companies
Key
Activities
Lectures,
Laboratory work,
Exams, Thesis
Key Resources
Teachers,
Supervisors,
Laboratories
Value Proposition
Education that is valuable
in both Academic world
and Industry.
Gain the skill needed to
guarantee
competitiveness.
Accelerate career.
Alumni network
Social media
Channels
Face-to-face contact
Internet based
distribution
Customer
Segments
Bachelors in
Science
Electrical
Engineers
Engineers also
in other fields
Revenue Streams
Cost Structure
Salaries
Laboratories and other facilities
Equipment
Scholarships
Customer
Relationships
Direct funding from the government; based on the
number of graduated.
Student fees.
Indirect income through PhD degrees, scientific
articles, and industrial and academic projects.
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17. PhD education in Photonics
• Almost 1/2 of all PhDs in
Photonics in Finland have
graduated in Joensuu
• In 2013, 7 students will get
PhDs in photonics in Joensuu
• About 1/3 of PhD working
now in companies, 1/3 in
Finnish universities, 1/4
abroad and rest in research
institutes.
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19. Examples of research topics
• Extremely sharp diamond needles for diamond turning
• Design, fabrication and applications of micro-optics and
nanophotonics
• Enhanced Raman spectroscopy with nanostructures
• Precise modeling of supercontinuum light sources
• Spectral color imaging in medical research
• Modification of surface properties with femtosecond laser
ablation
• 3D Printed Photonics
• Developing and testing of the LED systems
• Light scattering in nanostructured materials
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20. From theoretical work in nanophotonics to
replicated photonics components
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21. Displays
Cartilage condition
Mirrors for LED systems
Large area
illumination
OCT
Fluorescence enhancement
Beam Splitting Local field enhancement
Diagnostics with
Fluorescence markers
Tumor classification
Raman enhancement
R2R replication
Projectors
HydrophopicityDiabetic retinopathy
Ebeam lithography
Supercontinuum
screening
Coherence/-philicity
Cameras
Spectral imaging
SHG enhancement
NIL Spectral measurement
Plasmonic structures
Illumination analysis
Random laser
Bispectrum measurement
Diamond turned Micro- and nanofluidics
Fluorescence measurement mirrors
Diamond needle
FMM analysis PVD coating Holes with
Injection molding femtosecond laser
RIE
Spectral imaging
Graphene
THz imaging
ALD coating
Phase masks of industrial processes
Nickel plating Chiral nanostructures
Graphite flakes
Diamond turning Antireflection grating
cold cathode
X-ray tubes
DNA metamaterial Fabrication service
Nanodiamonds
Nanocarbon
Metamaterial
solarcells
Diamond turned
Characterization services
gratings
Nanoslot waveguide
LED illumination
Beam shaping
Near-field sensing
Design service
Optical telecom
Near-field microscopy
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26. Cooperation
• Examples of partner countries:
USA, China, India, Singapore,
Russia, Brazil, Germany,
France, Spain, Italy, Sweden,
UK, Japan
• Domestic cooperation with all
other universities in Finland
having photonics
• Multidisciplinary cooperation
with chemistry, medical
physics, diagnostics, biology,
etc.
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