The Photonics & Microwave Competitiveness Cluster in Nouvelle-Aquitaine (France) alpha-rlh.com
The ALPHA-RLH competitiveness cluster works with companies and laboratories in setting up and funding innovative projects PHOTONICS - LASERS TWO CORE TECHNOLOGIES MICROWAVES - ELECTRONICS AND DIGITAL SOLUTIONS FOR APPLIED MARKETS Health / Aeronautics, Space & Defense Communication & Security / Energy & Smart buildings
PHOTONICS-LASERS alpha-rlh.com
PHOTONICS-LASERS This Strategic Field of Activity covers a broad area of technologies encompassing the entire value chain of complex photonics-based systems. Among others, it includes laser sources and processes, next-generation fiber optics, processes for testing and transforming materials using laser sources, photonic components and sensors, instrumentation with new vision, holography and metrology systems, and the encoding, transmission and processing of very high-speed optical signals. OPTICS LASERS IMAGING VISION LIGHTING METROLOGY 3D FIBER Emmanuel FRETEL Head of the Photonics-Lasers Strategic Field of Activity e.fretel@alpha-rlh.com
MICROWAVES-ELECTRONICS AirMems alpha-rlh.com
MICROWAVES-ELECTRONICS This Strategic Field of Activity covers all the technologies for making systems for the transmission of information or communication at frequencies ranging from just a few MHz to 300 GHz and beyond, right up to Terahertz. Microwaves-Electronics includes technologies for components and design of circuits and systems for performing the high-frequency electronic functions found in many applications. ELECTRONICS ELECTROMAGNETISM INTEGRATED CIRCUITS RADIOFREQUENCIES PRINTED ELECTRONICS MICROELECTRONICS COMPONENTS 3D PACKAGING NANOTECHNOLOGIES Patrice GAMAND, PhD Head of the Microwaves-Electronics Strategic Field of Activity Mob. +33 (0)6 17 58 07 15 p.gamand@alpha-rlh.com
HEALTH (MEDICAL DEVICES AND AUTONOMY) alpha-rlh.com
HEALTH (MEDICAL DEVICES AND AUTONOMY) This Strategic Field of Activity aims to meet needs in the biotechnology and biomedical fields, facing growing demand due to the ageing population and the overall improvement in quality of life. It offers opportunities for high added-value developments for biology, health, and autonomy, such as high-resolution optical biological imaging, cell or tissue analysis, therapeutic laser treatments, technological solutions for prevention, maintaining autonomy and in-home support, and augmented reality tools. This Strategic Field of Activity includes BIPSA (Bio-Imaging in Photonics and Health in Nouvelle-Aquitaine), run jointly by the BRAIN, TRAIL, and LAPHIA Labexes. IMAGING FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY ENDOSCOPY MEDICAL LASERS BIO-ELECTROMAGNETISM BIOPHOTONICS Christophe RANGER Head of the Health (MD & Autonomy) Strategic Field of Activity Mob. +33 (0)6 03 22 59 17 c.ranger@alpha-rlh.com
Barrau COMMUNICATION & SECURITY alpha-rlh.com
COMMUNICATION & SECURITY This Strategic Field of Activity covers applications for wireless and wired RF telecommunications in the following fields: radar, telecoms, space, wireless telephone, and transport. It also encompasses lowrange communications standards: RFID (for reading tags from a distance) and sensor networks for connected objects, as well as high and low-speed optical communication (LiFi, VLC, infra-red), data transfer security, and protection of intelligent networks (data encryption algorithms). CONNECTED OBJECTS CELLULAR 5G RADIOCOMMUNICATION OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS RADAR SENSOR NETWORKS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INSTRUMENTATION CRYPTOGRAPHY Patrice GAMAND, PhD Head of the Communication-Security Strategic Field of Activity Mob. +33 (0)6 17 58 07 15 p.gamand@alpha-rlh.com
AERONAUTICS, SPACE & DEFENSE alpha-rlh.com
AERONAUTICS, SPACE & DEFENSE This Strategic Field of Activity covers areas ranging from the factory of the future (laser procedures, robotics, cobots, vision, optical NDT, laser cladding, adaptation to the REACH regulation, etc.) to embedded systems for navigation, communication and optronics (display, imaging, radar, LIDAR, etc.). It promotes collaboration between decision makers in the world of aeronautics, space and defense, and the photonics and microwave frequencies community in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It includes PHAROS (Photonics, Microwaves, Aeronautics and Space), run jointly with the Aerospace Valley competitiveness cluster. NIGHT VISION NDT TREATMENTS MATERIALS DETECTION PROTECTION NAVIGATION ROBOTICS TELECOMMUNICATIONS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Philippe GALERA Head of the Aeronautics, Space & Defense Strategic Field of Activity Mob. +33 (0)6 27 72 18 27 p.galera@alpha-rlh.com
ENERGY & SMART BUILDINGS alpha-rlh.com
ENERGY & SMART BUILDINGS This Strategic Field of Activity covers the entire value chain in the sectors of (conventional and renewable) energy, smart buildings (communicating or connected devices for buildings, embedded systems), solutions for intelligent storage and management of energy in buildings or local territories (smart grids), digital and big data technologies offering graphic interfaces and data fusion tools for smart buildings and their sensor networks. It includes SYSOLIA (Industrial Solar Systems in Nouvelle-Aquitaine). LED-OLED PHOTOVOLTAICS CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER ORGANIC ELECTRONICS IOT - CONNECTED OBJECTS SENSORS LIFI SMART GRIDS IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY Tarik LAOUEDJ Head of the Energy & Smart Buildings Strategic Field of Activity Mob. +33 (0)6 74 44 66 04 t.laouedj@alpha-rlh.com
DIGITAL SOLUTIONS & THE FACTORY OF THE FUTURE FIELD OF ACTIVITY alpha-rlh.com
DIGITAL SOLUTIONS & THE FACTORY OF THE FUTURE FIELD OF ACTIVITY This Cross-Disciplinary Field of Activity serves all six of the cluster s technological and applied Strategic Fields of Activity. It aims to provide tools that are a complement to components and technological sub-systems, and to use the data they produce and/ or collect. Digital solutions such as machine learning, augmented reality, data fusion, user interfaces and connected objects contribute to the dissemination and adoption of technologies for different applied markets. INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) AUGMENTED REALITY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ROBOTICS DIGITAL SIMULATION COGNITICS BIG DATA VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING REAL- TIME COMPUTING CRYPTOGRAPHY Ariane VEDRENNE Head of the Digital Solutions & The Factory of the Future Field of Activity Tel. +33 (0)5 87 21 21 20 a.vedrenne@alpha-rlh.com
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