Photonics Industry Day
On October 8th, we had the pleasure of hosting the 11th edition of Photonics Industry Day at Forum EPFL, bringing students and industry professionals together to explore Switzerland’s optics and photonics landscape. From company presentations to informal table discussions and a networking apéro, the afternoon was an opportunity to discover applications beyond the lab, ask (…)
EPC at CERN – Underground edition!
After our last visit to CERN, EPC – EPFL Photonics Chapter had the wonderful opportunity to return and go underground to see the ATLAS Collaboration experiment. Standing beside an experiment built to investigate the fundamental building blocks of the universe gave us a real sense of the scale and ambition of particle physics.We also visited (…)
EPC at CERN
This August, the EPC – EPFL Photonics Chapter had the pleasure of organizing a guided visit to CERN! During the visit, our participants had the opportunity to discover CERN’s world-leading research facilities and get a closer look at the incredible work being carried out in particle physics and beyond. It was a great opportunity to step (…)
EPC Summer Hike Leysin
Yet another successful edition of our annual EPC Summer Hike! We spent an amazing day exploring Leysin and hiking up to La Riondaz Peak, while meeting new people, sharing ideas, and enjoying the beautiful scenery together. A huge thank you to everyone who joined us, we hope you had a great time, made new friends, (…)
Eindhoven High-Tech Exchange 2026
EPC member Diana Dall’Aglio, had the opportunity to attend the 2026 edition of the High-Tech Exchange, organized by Optica and the Eindhoven Photonics Society at the Eindhoven University of Technology. The event included industry talks, networking opportunities and an ASML site visit which gave participants valuable perspectives on the latest technological developments and career paths (…)
POB May 28th
We were delighted to welcome Agostino Di Francescantonio, a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Nanoscience for Energy Technologies (LNET), who gave a fantastic presentation entitled “Nonlinear and Reconfigurable Optical Metasurfaces”. The talk was followed, of course, by pizza and beer. We also introduced the new logo for our chapter, designed by Desiree Lim.
Volumetric Additive Manufacturing Workshop
On April 10th, the EPFL Photonics Chapter had the pleasure to be a part of a workshop on Volumetric Additive Manufacturing (VAM) at EPFL, organized by Prof. Christophe Moser (LAPD Lab). The workshop opened with a presentation by Prof. Moser as well as the presentation of the EPC activities by Eksha Rani, followed by engaging talks (…)
POB February 19th
We had our first POB (pizza-optics-beer) of the year! We had the pleasure to host Paula Nuño Ruano – postdoctoral researcher in the Photonic Systems Laboratory (PHOSL) with the presentation entitled: “Silicon subwavelength devices for efficient Brillouin scattering”.
POW
A big thank you to everyone who attended the Christmas edition of our POW (Pizza-Optics-Wine) seminar — it was a great success! A special thanks to Elif Nur Dayi for her insightful lecture, “Copper as a Nonlinear Platform: Stable SHG from Monocrystalline Microflakes.” Your contribution made the event exceptional. Looking forward to seeing you all (…)
Optica Article Writing Workshop
We held a workshop on article writing in collaboration with Optica, that brought together our students, professors, and journal editors for an engaging session on scientific writing and publication practices. A warm thank-you to our invited professors Olivier J.F. Martin, Luc Thévenaz, and Dr. Claus Roll, who all shared their expertise. Special thank you to our (…)