Research Groups

Official websites of major university and institute groups working on lasers and optics.

• United Kingdom

  Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC)

  University of Southampton

  Research topics

  • Fibres and communications
  • Nanophotonics
  • Photonic systems, circuits and sensors
  • Lasers and special fibres

  Official website

• Germany

  Institute of Applied Physics (IAP)

  Friedrich Schiller University Jena

  Research topics

  • Fiber and waveguide lasers
  • Ultrafast optics
  • Micro- and nano-optics
  • Optical system design and simulation

  Official website

• Germany

  Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF, Jena

  Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

  Research topics

  • Optical systems
  • Micro- and nanostructured optics
  • Laser technology
  • Imaging and sensing

  Official website

• United States

  Advanced Technology (includes the Laser Technology and Applications group)

  MIT Lincoln Laboratory

  Research topics

  • Solid-state lasers
  • Fiber lasers
  • Diode lasers

  Official website

• United States

  Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE)

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

  Research topics

  • Photonic materials, devices and systems
  • Atomic physics
  • Quantum computation and communication
  • Nanoscale materials, devices and systems
  • Energy, power and electromagnetics
  • Information science and systems
  • Biomedical science and engineering

  Official website

• United States

  AFRL

  Air Force Research Laboratory

  Research topics

  • Directed energy
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Quantum
  • Materials and manufacturing

  Official website

• United States

  CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics

  University of Central Florida (UCF)

  Research topics

  • Laser science and technology
  • Fiber optics
  • Nonlinear and quantum optics
  • Integrated and nano photonics
  • Imaging and display
  • Biophotonics

  Official website

• Australia

  Institute for Photonics, Advanced Sensing and Quantum Technologies (IPAS-QT)

  Adelaide University

  Research topics

  • Photonics
  • Sensing

  Official website

Institution names, group names and research topics are taken from each official website. Departments and addresses may change.