We are proud to announce that Mr. Vítězslav Moťka, co-founder and Ambassador of the Czech Optical Cluster, has received the prestigious title of Personality of the Czech Defence and Security Industry. The award was presented by the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic, the Army of the Czech Republic, [...]
On May 28, 2025, the Faculty of Science at Palacký University in Olomouc hosted a professional workshop titled "Advanced Technologies in Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) in Materials Science and Data Correlation for Deeper Analysis", organized in collaboration with ZEISS. The event attracted a number of experts from both academia and [...]
Scientists from the Joint Laboratory of Optics, a joint workplace of Palacký University in Olomouc and the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, were the first in the world to experimentally confirm the connection between the uncertainty of a quantum state and quantum entanglement, [...]
From May 19 to 21, 2025, the annual conference of the Czechoslovak Microscopy Society – Microscopy 2025 took place in Liberec, where the Czech Optical Cluster was proud to be a partner organization. The packed program featured a wide range of cutting-edge scientific topics—from cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) and 4D-STEM to [...]
On May 15, 2025, Petr Přikryl, Executive Director of the Czech Optical Cluster, attended the Photonics21 Board of Stakeholders meeting in Brussels—for the first time as an elected board member! As one of over 20 newly elected stakeholders, we are proud to contribute to shaping the European photonics strategy. Photonics21 [...]
The trade war between the United States and China has complicated the situation for many European exporters. However, new opportunities have opened up for the Turnov Crytur businessman Jindřich Houžvička. […]
Scientists from the Department of Optics, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, have introduced a new microscopy technique that changes the rules of the game in cell imaging. It will enable fast, contactless and non-invasive analysis of cells with high resolution. The results were published in the prestigious scientific journal Optica. [...]
EU Invests €15M to Help Companies Supercharge Their Products with Light. Building on successes to date, a new PhotonHub framework has been launched to fund photonics innovation projects until December 2028 through a pan-European network of partners which includes HiLASE Centre. […]
From April 23 to 25, 2025, the Czech Optical Cluster took part in the prestigious OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Exhibition (OPIE 2025) held in Yokohama, Japan. This international event is the largest specialized exhibition of optics and photonics in Japan and annually connects cutting-edge research with industrial innovation. The exhibition [...]
Meopta, a Czech manufacturer of precision optics, will provide the entire production and testing of the complete UTAAS system, SAABs’ unique fire control technology for CV90 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for the armies of the Slovakia, Czech Republic, Sweden and Denmark. […]