Photonics Beyond the Hype: Where Europe Actually Stands Today

Monday, February 9, 2026

For years, photonics has been presented as a technology of the future — elegant, powerful and perpetually just over the horizon. It appears in research agendas and innovation strategies alongside quantum computing and other long-term breakthroughs. As a result, it is still widely perceived as experimental rather than structural.

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