Mirella Koleva
Organisation: Quantopticon Role: CEO and co-founder Based in: Chicago, USA
Mirella Koleva co-founded Quantopticon, a British-American start-up creating a design software platform for quantum photonics devices such as single-photon emitters and solid-state qubits, with her mother – Dr Gaby Slavcheva – in 2017. Dubbed ‘Quantillion’, the software is
capable of computing the correct parameters that guarantee the peak performance of quantum-photonic devices manufactured using the firm’s blueprints. The company has since been awarded
more than £300,000 in Innovate UK funding, collaborated with institutes such
Masaru Koshihara
Organisation: Anritsu Corporation Role: Assistant manager Based in: Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa, Japan
Masaru Koshihara is working on frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) measurement using a wavelength swept light source, which has applications in areas such as long-distance OCT, shape measurement and fibre sensing. ‘By analysing the interference signal of
light propagating in an optical fibre using a similar measurement method [to lidar], it is possible to measure the distribution of strain, temperature, etc. As with lidar, it can also be applied to shape measurement of large structures and SS-OCT (swept source-optical coherence tomography) for
Education: Graduate School of Engineering, Hosei University
non-destructive inspection. Our wavelength swept light source has high coherence, which enables long-distance, high-precision measurements,’ said Koshihara. As this is a new product, he said its
market recognition is still low: ‘In order to have this swept light source widely adopted by various customers, we intend to increase awareness of this product through various activities such as presentations at academic conferences, submission of papers, and participation in exhibitions.’ Koshihara plans to attend Photonics West, OFS, OFC, ECOC and OFT.
Tim Kunze
Organisation: Fusion Bionic Role: CEO Based in: Dresden, Germany
Since 2021, Tim Kunze has been the CEO of Fusion Bionic, which focuses on the commercialisation of laser texturing solutions using direct laser interference patterning for large-area and high-speed laser surface functionalisation. Prior to that, he led the surface functionalisation team at Fraunhofer IWS. Kunze believes the next big development
in the field will be the upscaling of the average laser power (for laser manufacturers) and improved beam delivery technologies (technology providers) to meet the demands of large-area surface processing.
Education: PhD in Natural Science, Dresden University of Technology
‘More and more applications require the
need for large-area treatments to change the surface properties in a desired way. This includes especially the substitution of established surface finishing technologies such as chemical etching and coating technologies. ‘Laser processing can pave the way to a much greener and sustainable surface processing,’ he said. You can find Kunze online at
linkedin.com/in/ tim-kunze-33577a139/. Among the exhibitions he plans to attend are Laser World of Photonics 2023 and Glasstec 2024.
Education: PhD in the Chemical Biology of Health and Disease, Imperial College London
as Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Edinburgh, and the Tyndall National Institute of Ireland, and won second place in the SPIE Startup Challenge at Photonics West 2022. ‘Quantum technologies will be key
to solving some of the world’s biggest problems, from discovering new drugs and vaccines, to developing ultra-secure communication systems,’ said Koleva in a past interview. ‘Through Quantopticon, we’re speeding up the development of these technologies and making them more affordable so we can bring them to the mass market.’
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