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Grant · Innovate UK

Vector Photonics: Bright Laser diOdes fOr aDvance metaL addItive maNufacturing systEms (BLOODLINE)

Awarded a £489k Innovate UK grant for "Bright Laser diOdes fOr aDvance metaL addItive maNufacturing systEms (BLOODLINE)".

Company: Vector Photonics
Funder: Innovate UK
Amount: £489k
Programme: Collaborative R&D
Role: Lead organisation
Dated: 1 Mar 2021
Record: UKRI Gateway to Research

Vector Photonics's other grants

QUantum communication Development with Increased Throughput for information Systems (QUDITS)

1 Oct 2022 · £120k · ISCF

ADRENALIN (lAser Diodes in the veRy nEar iNfrared for quantum AppLIcatioNs )

1 Nov 2022 · £211k · ISCF

Integrated Solid-State Steerable Lasers (I-STEER)

1 Mar 2024 · EPSRC

surFACe emItting Laser array for addITive mAnufacTuring Of theRmoplastics (FACILITATOR)

1 Apr 2021 · £213k · Innovate UK

FRONTIERS (FRee space optical cOmmuNicaTIons Enhanced thRough pcSels)

1 Mar 2024 · £692k · TMF

Automated Nano AnaLysing, characterisatiOn and additive packaGing sUitE (ANALOGUE)

1 Mar 2024 · EPSRC

A U.K. Hub for Quantum Enabled Position, Navigation and Timing (QEPNT)

1 Dec 2024 · EPSRC

Gallium nitRide based Advanced PHotonIc Crystal Structures (GRAPHICS)

1 Jun 2024 · £421k · Innovate UK

phoTonIc crysTal lAsers for etherNet applications (TITAN)

1 Jun 2021 · £300k · Innovate UK

Tamm metasurface lasers for sensing and datacomm applications

1 Oct 2023 · EPSRC

Chip-scale Atomic Systems for a Quantum Navigator

16 Nov 2023 · EPSRC

High Optical Power PCSEL Laser for Intersatellite Data Transmit Enhancement (HOPLITE)

1 Aug 2025 · £1.31m · Innovate UK

1 Jan 2023 · £696k · Innovate UK

1 Apr 2025 · £270k · Innovate UK

Lasers fOr Communications AppLications (LOCAL)

1 Oct 2020 · £174k · Innovate UK

Laser lIFeTest (LIFT)

1 Dec 2021 · £99.3k · Innovate UK

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