News & Events

An overview of our latest news and events we have attended

Summary of the UK Semiconductors conference 2018 held 4th-5th July

Thank you to all of the sponsors, speakers and poster presenters for making another hugely successful meeting and to Sheffield Hallam University for hosting UKS2018.

The Future Photonics Hub Industry Day 2018 – Thursday 20th September 2018, University of Southampton

Registration for the Hub Industry Day is now open. Free delegate registration.

The Future Photonics Hub (the Hub) has announced funding for five new research projects that seek to develop a pathway to manufacture for the next-generation photonics technologies.

£250k from the Future Photonics Hub Innovation Fund, supported by the Engineering and Research Council (EPSRC), has been awarded to industry-focused research projects.

Report on "UK Photonics: The Hidden Economic Engine” is launched to mark the International Day of Light (16th May 2018)

To mark the International Day of Light a report by the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), the Future Photonics Hub and the Photonics Leadership Group (PLG) is launched on 16 May 2018.

Researchers collaborating on ambitious £5.54m manufacturing innovation project

Researchers in the National Epitaxy Facility to collaborate on ambitious £5.54m manufacturing innovation project for advanced materials and devices.

National Epitaxy Facility News (Issue 1)

Our April 2018 News bulletin is issued.

Flat band polaritons spotted in Lieb lattice

Research update on flat-band polaritons in Physics World

Paul Blomfield, MP for Sheffield Central, explores our state-of-the-art Facility

Paul Blomfield, MP for Sheffield Central, visited the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, in February 2018, and talked with researchers about the National Epitaxy Facility