Thanks to all the LIMES projects that joined the booth at Photonics Europe in Strasbourg last week! It was a busy event and the booth was in a great location. There was also an important METAMORPHA presentation by Paul Buske from RWTH on the dynamic beam shaping.
The Feb-2024 METAMORPHA newsletter has been released, with articles on:
METAMORPHA partner FORTH (Ultrafast Laser Micro- and Nano- Processing group | IESL-FORTH) is seeking candidates for either a Ph.D. student or a post-doctoral researcher position to work on the project. The research includes the fabrication of nano- and micro-structured topographies formed using ultrashort pulsed (USP) lasers tailored in shape and amplitude.
METAMORPHA has benefited from the Horizon Europe “Hop-on” facility which allows research institutions from Widening Countries to join ongoing R&I actions under Horizon Europe Pillar 2. METAMORPHA has added the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) from Crete to the consortium, bringing its expertise on simulation and experimental analysis of laser manufacturing processes.
In the EFFRA event held earlier today (12-Dec-2023) “Bridging the gap: Widening countries in the EU Manufacturing R&I landscape” METAMORPHA was featured as an example of the scheme and its benefits. Thanks to EFFRA for organising this event and presenting the material on our behalf!
Last week (14-16 Nov-2023) METAMORPHA partner fentISS attended the Space Tech Expo 2023 in Bremen, Germany. fentISS has a background in space-related technology and it is this knowledge of mission critical real-time synchronisation that led to its role in METAMORPHA. This transfer of space technology to manufacturing systems is proving a very fruitful area for collaboration. At the Expo, some METAMORPHA merchandise was distributed, and there were some very interesting discussions on cross-fertilisation of ideas.
METAMORPHA researcher Paul Buske (RWTH) gave a presentation on Diffractive neural networks for laser beam shaping – principle and applications in the ILT/RWTH Showcase Session at the 2023 Source Workshop (23-25 Oct-2023). The presentation had a strong focus on his METAMORPHA results. Martin Osbild (ILT) also presented on High-throughput Micro-Machining Using Ultrashort Pulsed Lasers. This conference, co-organised by ILT, RWTH and EUV – IUCC, covers high power light sources and extreme UV radiation.
The second project newsletter has been released, which includes items on the following developments in the last few months:
-Prize-winning RWTH beam shaping using SLMs
-Methods for the system synchronisation needed for real-time monitoring and control by fentISS.
-Micro-machining results from ILT
-An update on the data pre-processing required for machine learning development at UPV.
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Congratulations to Paul Buske (RWTH) for winning the Best Student Paper Award at the International Optical Design Conference (IODC 2023) held in Québec City (Canada) earlier this summer.
The paper was titled Diffractive Neural Networks Built from Spatial Light Modulators for Laser Beam Shaping in the NIR and VIS and this novel approach will be instrumental in beam shaping using cascaded SLMs in METAMORPHA.
A METAMORPHA project introduction video is now available from the website. This four minute video, recorded by the project researchers, gives a quick overview of the topics which will be studied over the course of METAMORPHA.
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Paul Buske from RWTH is one of four finalists (and the only one from Europe) for the Best Student Paper Award at the International Optical Design Conference (IODC 2023). His paper was on Diffractive Neural Networks Built from Spatial Light Modulators for Laser Beam Shaping in the NIR and VIS.
The results will be announced soon! Fingers crossed for Paul…
