| Research Groups | National Programmes | Photonic Clusters | Industrial Activities |
| NAME | DESCRIPTION |
| Kista Photonics Research Center | • Optical Communication - Systems and Networks : Broadband Access, Free Space Optical Communication - Components : Planar Lightwave Glass, Waveguides, Semiconductor-based Components (Quantum Dot Lasers, Spatial light modulators, design, Modeling, Fabrication and Characterization of Light Intensity Traveling-Wave Electro-Absorption modulators, Ultrafast Phenomena, VCEAMs, VCSELs) • Biophotonics • Imaging: Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector • Quantum Optics : near-term applications such as quantum cryptography as well as concepts of more long-term interest such as quantum teleportation, quantum error correction, quantum repeaters, and quantum networking. • Materials - Semiconductors in GaN - InP-on-Silicon • Photonic Integration - Packaging - Photonic Crystals: Design, Application of a-Si:H as a core material for 2D photonic crystal devices - Photonic Lightwave Circuit : SiO2/Si Arrayed Waveguide Grating demultiplexers with flat-top spectral response |
| Materials Science Programme | |
| Mesoscopic Physics and Photonics, | |
| Microtechnology Centre at Chalmers | |
| Optics, Photonics and Quantum Electronics | • Optics - femtosecond optics - spectroscopy of semi conducting nanostructures - electromagnetic optics - near field optics - coherent optics • Photonics and Microwave Technology - devices for fibre optic communications - light modulators for fibre optic communications - integrated optical circuits in silicon - special methods for making extremely small electronic components (around 100 nm) • Quantum Electronics and Quantum Optics - Quantum Cryptography - characteristics of photonic components based on periodic dielectric structures - minute semiconductor lasers |
| Physical Electronics and Photonics | |
| Strategic Research Center in Photonics | |
| System and Instrumentation Physics |