A continuous evolution making R&D always closer to the industry

The Applied Photonics Department aims at being a bridge between the academic research and the industrial world by turning innovation out of the lab into future products or services.

Multitel objective is to be a main european actor in design of next generation, cost effective, fibre lasers and amplifiers. Multitel has already achieved a large number of developments through European collaborations and has turned some of these achievements into prototypes and future products to be transferred to industry. This makes Multitel the ideal partner for European collaborations and for companies wishing to develop new solutions based on fibre laser technology.

Multitel develops customized solutions based on Optical Fibre Sensors (OFS) and Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) for physical and (bio)chemical sensing. Multitel's know-how goes from the design and numerical simulations, to the prototyping of the sensors, the opto-electronical interrogation system and the signal processing.

Laser micromachining, material characterization (tomography, pump-probe systems), THz imaging and spectroscopy are among the possible applications of fibre lasers. Multitel is developing these activities in order to validate and optimize its developments according to the needs and constrains of the final applications. Furthermore, these evolutions are the examples of a vivid wish to always progress and expand the domains of expertise of the center.

Multitel Applied Photonics Department is also always open to new collaborations.

Business and services

On the basis of the knowledge and expertise developed through different research projects, the Applied Photonics department also provides various services:

Expertise on fibre based solutions, laser processing and custom prototyping:

These services are offered in many application areas, including telecom networks, medicine, manufacturing, sensing, defence, space, aeronautics...