Lasers for Biophotonics

A team of 18 European partners, including Toptica (Germany), Time Bandwidth (Switzerland), MMI (Germany), M-Squared Lasers (UK), and multinationals Phillips (Germany) and Alcatel Thales (France) has been granted 10.1 million for a four year project funded by the European Commission to develop a new generation of biomedical lasers together with University partners. Under the acronym Fast-Dot and the leadership of the University of Dundee, a novel semiconductor design, new laser and resonator concepts will be investigated to generate new type of laser sources dedicated to biophotonic applications. The new lasers will be much smaller and more efficient than current lasers, which are not portable and are heavy on energy consumption. They will be designed for use in microscopy and nano-surgery, where high precision cutting, imaging and treatment therapies will be made possible.