National development funding has been awarded to photonics companies based across the country, which could well lead to the need for scientific sales jobs.
The companies, based in Scotland, London and Cambridge, won the funding through the Technology Inspired Innovation competition, run by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), which promotes collaborative research and development in optics and photonics.
TSB chief executive, Iain Gray, said the award recognised the need to assist companies and universities in turning promising pieces of research into products that can be of economic benefit to the country.
He explained, “The aim of these funding competitions is to stimulate projects inspired by new discoveries and breakthroughs, including ideas that are yet to find specific applications in a recognised market or business sector.”
Among the companies due to be funded under the electronics, photonics and electrical systems division of the TSB’s funding are Scotland’s M Squared Lasers, Coherent Scotland and Thales Optronics, as well as Cambridge-based Plastic Logic.
Coherent Scotland’s project will specifically focus on high peak power ultrafast oscillators (“HiPPOs”) which will be made for use in biological applications in multiphoton microscopy. It will also look at new laser sources that can be tailored for imaging performance and ultimately bring multiphoton technology to a wider market.
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