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The Center for Photonics Sciences at the University of Eastern Finland and Akita Prefecture in Japan are entering into a partnership that will bring together North Karelia’s expertise in photonics and Akita Prefecture’s expertise in robotics and technology.

The first-ever International Conference on Nano-, Tera-, and Bio-Photonics brought researchers from around the world to Joensuu.

Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have uncovered two complementary mechanisms that govern coherence in miniaturised lasers composed of metallic nanoparticle arrays incorporated with an optical gain material, also known as plasmonic lattice lasers.

Maryam Ghasemitarei, Atri Halder, Robert Leigh, Jenni Mölkänen and Hanna Ristolainen were appointed to three-year UEF Research Fellow positions.

Researchers have demonstrated a solid-state organic laser microcavity fabricated entirely by solution processing.

The Research Council of Finland’s (RCF) Scientific Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering awarded the University of Eastern Finland 4 million euros for Academy Projects and 1.9 million euros for Academy Research Fellows.

Hamza Rehman, MSc, focused on developing ultrathin nanocarbon‑based terahertz (THz) components using pyrolytic carbon, pyrolyzed photoresist films, and fragmented graphene.

Wenlong Liu, MSc, investigated meromorphic solutions of the complex Schrödinger equation with delay and the complex Schrödinger equation with q-shift.

University of Eastern Finland alumnus Ezekiel Kuhoga is a passionate entrepreneur operating under his private trade company, Kuhoga.