Narran ROD’s laser cleaning technology will be used to clean the metal panels that clad the world’s tallest residential building – Central Park Tower in New York City. This iconic skyscraper, 472 metres tall, is home to luxury residences and offers breathtaking views of Central Park and the Manhattan skyline. [...]
An international, Czech-led consortium was the first to observe the 3D structure of preserved organic matter from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu. These rare samples were collected by the Japanese Aeronautic eXploration Agency JAXA‘s Hayabusa-2 spacecraft in 2019. In 2022, JAXA first allocated these samples to only a few countries, including [...]
The Czech Optical Cluster, along with its members Forvia Hella, Rigaku, Eli Beamlines, and Crytur, supported the student conference OPTO 2024, held from July 22-26, 2024, in Prague. This conference, dedicated to optics, photonics, and related fields such as spintronics, is the perfect platform for young researchers to network and [...]
They were the first in the world to image the entire chromosome in its natural state. Scientists from the Institute of Instrumentation of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic believe that their revolutionary discovery of miniature protrusions with spatially arranged loops of fibers on the surface of the [...]
The company EVPÚ Defense a.s., which deals with the development, production and service of electro-optical technologies for the defense and security industry, has recorded significant growth in recent years not only thanks to its ever-expanding product portfolio, but also thanks to the growing volume of important orders that it manages [...]
In cooperation with our members Centrum HiLASE and ELI Beamlines, it took place on 5-6 June in Dolní Břežany, the traditional Laser Innovative Technologies workshop. The workshop program included a number of very interesting presentations not only from members of the Czech Optical Cluster, but also, for example, the announcement [...]
The Czech optical cluster welcomed two more new members - companies IQS nano s.r.o. and Docter Optics s.r.o. IQS nano s.r.o. IQS nano is strongly focused on research and development, especially in the field of innovative additive and subtractive technologies enabling precise micro and nano production. At the same time, it focuses [...]
The LasApp project wants to effectively support lasers and thus the technological development of the Czech Republic. Regarding fiber lasers, the Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ÚFE of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic), which coordinates the entire project, [...]
The ELI Beamlines Research Center is working to complete the installation of the revolutionary ELIAS system. This system, which forms the core of the newly emerging coating laboratory, is a fundamental step towards the realization of the IMPULSE and THRILL projects. These projects, financed by the European program Horizon Europe, [...]
On April 16, 2024, the third meeting of the members of the Czech optical cluster, called "With each other ", took place. The aim of the concept "Between each other" is to facilitate mutual cooperation between the members of the cluster, both business and research and development. The number of members [...]