Industry Technology Programme

The Industry Technology Programme will be held alongside the exhibition on 31 August and 1 September 2022 and will bring together leading technology experts to discuss cutting edge technology in optics and photonics from an industrial perspective. 

• Day 1 - 31 August: Type II Superlattices and Complementary Strained Quantum Layers: New Horizons, Perspectives,
  Translation & Industrial Growth in Photonics. Supported by the CSA Catapult
  
• Day 2 - 1 September:  Quantum technologies - Photonic Systems for Quantum Telecommunications (Quantum Key
  Distribution); Photonics Systems for Quantum Computing/Quantum Information; Photonics around Atomic
  Traps and Technologies (inc. Quantum Sensing, Clocks, etc) Supported by the CSA Catapult and NPL

The 1-Day event on T2SL & Related Quantum Layer Technologies Road-mapping Exercise and Workshop is sponsored by the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult, Newport, Wales, in partnership with the Institute of Physics. The Organisers also acknowledge the support of the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, for organising the Quantum Technologies 1-Day programme. The ITP was led by the Optical Group, IOP.

Day 1: Type II Superlattices and Complementary Strained Quantum Layers: New Horizons, Perspectives,
Translation & Industrial Growth in Photonics

T2SLs and related quantum strained layers are emerging compound semiconductor photonics technologies covering the short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) to the long-wavelength IR (LWIR) spectral ranges. T2SL detector technologies are increasingly becoming competitive with the gold standard Mercury Cadmium Telluride (MCT or CMT) detectors. However, while MCTs are also compound semiconductors, regulatory constraints around the use of Mercury products and processes are causing a shift in the balance towards other types of environmentally friendly detector technologies. Furthermore, although the enabling approaches around MCT detectors are fairly well developed e.g., cooling mechanisms and readout designs, there are opportunities for emerging semiconductor detectors and complementary technologies to operate at higher temperatures or near room temperature in addition to novel readout architectures. In addition, smaller size and lower energy consumption devices will help towards achieving a net-zero global energy economy. This programme is however not limited to detector technologies.

Speakers include:

• Manoj Kesaria, Cardiff University - Emerging type-II superlattice (T2SL) for infrared detectors
• Charlie Turner, Leonardo - T2SLResearch Programmes and Development Issues
• Jo Shien Ng, Sheffield University - Photodiodesfor Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) Band
• Ross Wheeler, Teledyne e2v - T2SL Based IR Detectors, the Future of IR Detector Technology?
• Mark Goossens, CSA Catapult, Global Shifts in the Semiconductor Industry and its Implications for the UK Economy
• UK Roadmap for Type II Superlattices (T2SLs) and Complementary Strained Quantum Layers Moderators: Dr Jolyon De Freitas and Dr Mark Goossens (CSA Catapult)
  
  

Day 2: Quantum technologies - Quantum Communications; Photonics Components; Quantum Sensing & Timing; Quantum Industry & Ecosystem 

To see the full ITP Programme, click here.