The Photonics Leadership Group collects and disseminates input from the full spectrum of UK photonics industry to provide expert informed guidance to government, support agencies, users and developers of photonics to highlight opportunities for maximising the growth and adoption of this key enabling technology.
The PLG welcomes input from industry leaders from across the full spectrum of those developing and applying photonics in the UK, from component suppliers to integrated system manufacturers. We are especially grateful to the following stakeholders for their regular input.
If you are interested in becoming a regular stakeholder, attending ~3 meetings per year and reviewing PLG recommendations and outputs, please contact us. Stakeholders are asked for a voluntary contribution to offset the costs of operating the PLG, although membership no one is excluded if they are unable to contribute.
Each PLG meeting is attended by 25-30 people from the following pool of organisations with 50-60% of those attending every meeting being senior managers at UK manufacturers based throughout the country. The PLG is a voluntary organisation and we are grateful to everyone who has contributed their time to championing the cause of photonics in the UK and provided venues time and support to the group.
| AILU | Leonardo |
| Liverpool John Moores University | Lumerical |
| Alrad / UK Industrial Vision Association | M Squared Laser |
| Anchored In | Oclaro |
| Artemis Optical | OPS Innovations / Lumenisity |
| Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies | Oxford Lasers |
| BAE systems | Photonsens |
| BEIS | PhotonStar LED |
| Chromacity | Pure LiFi |
| CIP Huawei | QinetiQ |
| Coherent Scotland | Qioptiq |
| Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) | Seagate |
| National Healthcare Photonics Centre | SPI Lasers |
| Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult | SPIE Europe |
| Compound Semiconductor Centre | STFC/Central Laser Facility |
| CST Global | Technology Scotland / Scottish Optoelectronics Association |
| EPSRC | Thales UK |
| EW Simulation Technology Ltd | Thorlabs |
| Fraunhofer UK | TWI |
| Gooch and Housego | UCL |
| Grounded Innovation | UKTI |
| Harlin | University of Sheffield |
| Heriot-Watt University | University of Southampton |
| Innovate UK | University of Swansea |
| Institute of Physics | University of Aston |
| IPG | University of Cambridge |
| IQE | University of Oxford |
| Knowledge Transfer Network | Vitritech |
| Laser Quantum | Welch Optoelectronics Forum |
| Lein Diagnostics | II-VI |