‘The UK Government has identified photonics as a key technology’
The University of Southampton’s CORNERSTONE facility is “a leading example” of academic and industry cooperation.
Science Minister Lord Patrick Vallance, left, and Professor Graham Reed, Director of the Optoelectronics Research Centre
at the university, attended the opening of its new semiconductor lithography facility in April 2025
With photonics in the UK on track to generate £50bn by 2035, we caught up with the Semiconductor team at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to find out more about the Government’s view of the sector
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