The International Conference on Laser Ablation (COLA) is the premier event in the field of laser ablation and applications. The 17th COLA conference will be held at the Creta Maris Resort (https://www.cretamaris.gr) in Hersonissos, Crete, Greece from September 29 – October 4, 2024, and promises to be an exceptional gathering of laser scientists, end-users, students and industry professionals from around the world.
EUSIPCO is the premier European conference on signal processing. The 32nd edition will be held in Lyon, at the Lyon Convention Center, located close to the downtown area, the historic district and the train station.
The EUSIPCO 2024 edition will have a specific flavour, with a focus on interdisciplinary research in signal and image processing, geared toward major societal challenges.
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 intends to participate in this event; more info soon.
Cross-disciplinary event highlighting compelling optics and photonics technologies—from digital optics to quantum technologies to optical imaging, sensing, and metrology. Additional topics include THz photonics, 3D printed optics, photonic glasses, photosensitive materials, and biophotonics.
The LIMES Cluster will have a booth at this event; more info soon.
The aim of this symposium is to provide a forum for discussion of fundamental aspects of laser‐matter interaction, the state‐of‐the‐art of laser materials processing, and topics for the next generation with fundamental scientists, end users and laser manufactures. We expect that LPM2024 would play an important role not only for understanding fundamental knowledge of laser precision microfabrication but also forecasting future technologies to be developed and the future laser market.
The LIMES Cluster, including METAMORPHA, plans to participate in this event. More info soon!
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.
