Czech Optical Cluster

Czech Optical Cluster was created with the aim to improve the conditions for optical industry development in the Czech Republic through cooperation of companies, public sector and educational sector in the entire value chain in the field of optics, optomechatronics, photonics, optoelectronics and fine mechanics, including related production, technology and service development in supplier’s and customer’s domain.

Members of the Czech Optical Cluster

News:

8.September 2026

Jana de Merlier: It’s not enough to just develop a technology. At HiLASE, we want to know what problem it should solve and why

Europe has world-class science, yet it often fails to turn research results into successful innovations and new products. One way to connect research with industry is through research and technology organizations. How do they work, why is working with people key in them, and what are the experiences of the […]

5.September 2026

Lukáš Palatinus from the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic received a medal for electron crystallography and microscopy

Lukáš Palatinus, head of the Electron Crystallography Laboratory at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, received the Gjønnes Medal for Electron Crystallography and the Cowley Medal of the International Federation of Microscopy Societies. Czech crystallography has a long and strong tradition, and the Institute of Physics […]

26.August 2026

ELI General Assembly Announces Leadership Transition

The current Director General of the Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC (ELI) will step down at the end of September 2026. Allen Weeks announced his departure after eight years at a recent meeting of the ELI General Assembly in June. During his tenure as Director General, ELI established its world-leading user […]