The NextGenPCF consortium brings together 18 leading European industrial, and research groups from 9 European countries. The partners in the consortium are:
Alcatel Cit
Alcatel is n°2 in optical networking. Its optical solution portfolio answers all the transmission needs: access, metro, terrestrial and submarine networks.
www.alcatel-lucent.com/
Altechna
Altechna Co.Ltd. is dynamic, innovative and rapidly growing enterprise in high-technology field. Altechna specializes in laser related components, technologies and Diode Pumped Solid State microlasers.
www.altechna.com/
Degussa Novara Technology
Degussa Novara Technology s.p.a. is specialized in a technology for the production of silica glass based on the solgel method. The objective of the company is to spread the technology through the collaboration with entrepreneurs and established companies in the glass business. Licensing of the technology is one of our goals.
www.novaratechnology.com/home.html
Draka Comteq France
Draka Comteq is n°2 in the world and n°1 in Europe on optical fibres and optical fibre cables.
www.draka.com
Draka Comteq Fibre BV
Draka Comteq is n°2 in the world and n°1 in Europe on optical fibres and optical fibre cables.
www.draka.com
FiberSensing
FiberSensing is a leading developer and manufacturer of optical fiber Bragg grating (FBG) based sensor systems for advanced monitoring applications in markets such as civil and geotechnical engineering, aeronautics, aerospace and energy production and distribution. Founded in April 2004 as a spin-off from R&D Institute INESC Porto, the company, supported by competences in fiber optic technology, optoelectronics, digital electronics and instrumentation, offers technologically advanced solutions while ensuring innovation, quality and reliability.
www.fibersensing.com
FOS&S
FOS&S (Fibre Optic Sensors and Sensing Systems) is a worldwide company with branches in Belgium and Hong Kong and is active within the fibre optical sensing business in different market segments: Aerospace, Oil industry, Process industry, Mining industry and Civil engineering.
www.fos-s.be/
France Telecom
In an extremely competitive market, France Telecom Group aims to differentiate itself from its rivals by offering all its customers access to a new universe of wireless broadband services as well as simplified and modular offering tailored to their requirements..
www.francetelecom.com
Heraeus Quarzglas
Heraeus Quarzglas is the world leading manufacturer of synthetic fused silica tubes for the production of optical fibers and the worlds largest integrated quartz glass manufacturer. Due to our well known competence in manufacturing high quality customized products of highest purity for different applications, our products are widely used for specialty fiber fabrication.
www.heraeus-quarzglas.com/
Horiba Medical
On all five continents, more than 27,000 laboratories already use diagnostic systems designed, developed and produced by HORIBA Medical. From hematology analyzers to clinical chemistry systems, reagents, training and customer support, today HORIBA Medical offers innovative solutions world-wide to help improve tomorrow's health.
IPHT Jena
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www.ipht-jena.de/
INESC Porto
INESC Porto - Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of Porto - is a private non-profit association recognized as Public Interest Institution (Associated Laboratory). The main activities of INESC Porto are scientific research and technological development as well as consulting and advanced training. Activities are clustered as Telecommunications and Multimedia, Power Systems, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Information and Communication Systems and Optoelectronics.
www.inescporto.pt
Leukos
Leukos is a spin-out company from XLIM at the University of Limoges, France. The company has a strong expertise in compact supercontinium sources and in fibre-based variable delay lines.
www.leukos-systems.com
Multitel
MULTITEL is a private, no-profit research centre, leading applied research and development activities for industry leaders, SMEs and spin-off companies. Multitel is active in five interrelated R&D domains : Photonics, Local Networks, Signal Processing, Image Processing and Coding, Speech Technologies and Data Fusion. Multitel is also a technology transfer medium, and many spin-off already emerged from the centre
www.multitel.be
Osyris
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www.osyris.com
RED-C Optical Networks
RED-C is a leading developer and manufacturer of high-end optical amplifiers and integrated subsystems. These include a distributed Raman amplifier with advanced features such as high pump power, flattened gain spectrum, advanced eye protection mechanisms, and gain and tilt control.
www.red-c.com
Universite De Limoges
XLIM is a mixed research unit between the French CNRS and the University of Limoges, having a deep experience in modelling, fabricating and characterising air/silica microstructured optical fibres. The laboratory has been particularly noted for its excellent results on LMA Bragg fibres, dispersion-compensating fibres and supercontinuum generation.
www.unilim.fr
Universite Des Sciences Et Technologies De Lille
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http://ustl1.univ-lille1.fr
University Of Bath
The Centre for Photonics and Photonic Materials (CPPM) at the University of Bath has a strong background in designing and fabricating Photonic Crystal Fibers, having demonstrated the world's first PCF in 1996, and subsequently the first photonic bandgap fibre and the first hollow-core fibre.
www.bath.ac.uk/physics/groups/cppm/
Vitron
VITRON, one of the world leader in the production of infrared substrates and optical components, Machinable Glass Ceramic for technical and medical applications, special glass research and production provides you with exceptional materials and service.
www.vitron.de/
