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Pupils use photonics to tackle real-life problems at school
With the B-Photonics Challenger Cup, we challenged pupils of schools in Flanders and Brussels to find solutions for problems in their daily lives. Find out who won the 2020 edition!
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The Ghost Effect and A Pinhole Camera: IDeaLight.competition Winners 2020!
The winners of the IDeaLight.competition 2020 have been announced!
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B-Photonics Cup: vote for the audience award
Come and have a look during the online closing ceremony! Vote for the audience award or participate in next year's edition!
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B-PHOT celebrates International Day of Light with new website
B-PHOT launches a new website on the International Day of Light. Check out our new online hub for all information on photonics research, innovation, education and STEM! Discover the power of light here!
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VUB launches online info days
You can now make an online appointment with our European Master of Science in Photonics Programme Director Heidi Ottevaere!
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Celebrate light with the IDeaLight competiton
SPIE VUB Student Chapter will celebrate virtually the International Day of Light on 16th May in Belgium with an event “IDeaLight. competition 2020”. Everyone is welcome to participate in the competition with recorded homemade experiments.
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B-PHOT research published on cover of Sensors
The article 'A Tunable Freeform-Segmented Reflector in a Microfluidic System for Conventional and Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy' from B-PHOT researchers Qing Liu, Hugo Thienpont, Heidi Ottevaere and Michael Stenbæk Schmidt, was published in the journal "Sensors" and rewarded with front-cover visibility.
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Hamamatsu Applied Photonics Innovation Chair
With this chair Hamamatsu Photonics wants to intensify its contacts with B-PHOT researchers and stay in touch with B-PHOT's latest research breakthroughs and their potential applications.
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Photonics Bootcamp 2020
Bachelor students, get ready to dive into the next level of applied physics, photonics and engineering for innovative applications.
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B-PHOT celebrates the new year in style!
The B-PHOT team went on a visit to Aalst and enjoyed a fantastic evening!
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Nathalie Vermeulen Program Chair of OSA Nonlinear Photonics 2020
B-PHOT researcher Nathalie Vermeulen serves this year as Program Chair for the Nonlinear Photonics meeting of the Optical Society of America.
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