Industry 4.0
Photonics, and more specifically laser processing, are now emerging as a key technology for the industry 4.0, providing concrete answers to the challenges of transformation, sustainability, and industrial competitiveness.
With nearly two decades of expertise and close collaboration with industry, ALPhANOV develops high-value-added laser processing designed to meet emerging production needs.
By anticipating the potential of lasers to reinvent traditional manufacturing methods, often heavy, polluting, or unsuitable for new materials, ALPhANOV has positioned photonics as a strategic technological alternative.
Thanks to its precision micro-machining solutions (cutting, texturing, engraving, welding), the center helps evolve manufacturing processing toward greater flexibility, productivity, and efficiency. These technologies pave the way for producing complex parts from a wide variety of materials, making the industrial environment more agile and resilient.
Linked collaborative projects
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Femtocell: A pilot line for next-generation (Gen4) batteries
The Femtocell project brings together leading industrial and technological partners around a shared goal: to develop a femtosecond laser pilot line dedicated to the cutting and structuring of electrodes for next-generation batteries. It addresses the...
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GIGAGREEN Project
Boost the next wave of electrode and cell components processing techniques, enabling breakthrough innovations.
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NEXTFAB - MULTIMODAL, FLEXIBLE AND AUTOMATED PILOT LINE FOR HYBRID COMPONENT MANUFACTURING
The NEXTFAB project would provide a multi-technology pilot tool for the 4.0 manufacturing of hybrid components.
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SMARTGLASS: photonics-based Sustainable Manufacturing of Abrasion-ResistanT, Anti-Reflective GLASS
To offer an environmentally-friendly laser-based solution for surface-treatment.
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Newskin - Advanced surface nanotechnologies
Creating an innovation ecosystem to accelerate industrial adoption of advanced surface nanotechnologies.
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LASHARE - Industrial laser systems
(2013 - 2019)
To gather and develop knowledge about industrial laser systems and their use throughout the value chain.Learn more
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LASER4FUN - Surface micro-nano structuring
(2015 - 2019)
To develop new surface micro-nano structuring methods using amerging SP/USP laser technologies.Learn more
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TALSO - New brazing process
Develop a new cold brazing process based on porous silver oxalate joint for the thermal functionalization of optical components.
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Convergence - Optical components for power lasers
Design and realize optical components to enable the rise in energy and average power of diode-pumped solid lasers.
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AS TGV - Laser percussion drilling
To develop a new femtosecond-laser based technique for high throughput percussion drilling.
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ADDIMAFIL - Additive manufacturing by laser fusion
To develop a robotic unit for additive manufacturing by laser fusion of wire for large metallic parts.
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Compochoc - Non destructive testing
To create a new non destructive testing (NDT) technology that can lead to easy assembly qualification and control.
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Publications
- Traitement et fonctionnalisation de surface par rayonnement laser femtoseconde en régime rafale GHz (2026-06-25)
- Zero taper, fast drilling of high thickness metal parts (2017-06-27)
- Machine Learning Assisted Ablation of Silicon for Integrated Circuit Fault Analysis (2025-09-25)
- Machine Learning for Predictive Control of Silicon Thinning in Integrated Circuits (2025-10-15)
- Machine learning-driven optimization of silicon wafer thinning for hardware security applicatons (2025-03-27)
- Scaling of Laser Processing - Making light matter (2026-10-22)
- Laser glass cutting by spatio-temporal control of energy deposition using bursts of femtosecond pulses (2017-05-01)
- Filamentation and beam-reshaping in a 2D quadratic nonlinear medium (2021-01-01)
- Ultrafast laser bessel beam interaction with fused silica in single pulse, MHz-burst, and GHz-burst (2025-09-24)
- Ultrafast laser drilling of through vias in soda-lime glass using GHz-burst mode operation (2024-06-20)
- Ultrashort pulse laser-induced texturing of stainless steel at 1 MHz and high average power: impact of process parameters (2017-02-17)
- Ultrashort pulsed laser texturing of current collector for Si/C Li-ion anodes: Characterization of electrochemical performance and evolution of interface morphology (2025-02-15)
- Upconversion Nanoparticles Synthesized by Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquid: Effect of the Stabilizing Environment (2017-01-01)
- Upscaling laser polishing for large 3D surfaces (2020-03-02)
- Surface blackening by laser texturing with high repetition rate femtosecond laser up to 1MHz (2014-03-07)
- Surface functionalisation of transparent materials by selective laser etching (2023-03-17)
- Surface Morphologies in Ultra-short Pulsed Laser Processing of Stainless-Steel at High Repetition Rate (2019-09-01)
- Texturing metal surface with MHz ultra-short laser pulses (2017-07-24)
- The cleanability of laser etched surfaces with repeated fouling using Staphylococcus aureus and milk (2023-01-01)
- The Femtoprint Project
- Through Glass Via Drilling Using GHz-bursts of Femtosecond Pulses: Challenges and Implementation (2024-12-01)
- Towards Laser-Textured Antibacterial Surfaces
- Traitement laser femtoseconde haute puissance des batteries de nouvelle génération : évaluation des performances de découpe et de structuration de surface (2026-07-02)
- Transient waveguiding effects during glass processing by bursts of ultrashort laser pulses (2015-06-21)
- Pushing laser nano-structuring through mass production (2022-03-04)
- Real-Time Monitoring of Thermal Phenomena during Femtosecond Ablation of Bone Tissue for Process Control (2024-03-26)
- Recent Advances in Manufacturing of Riblets on Compressor Blades and Their Aerodynamic Impact (2013-06-03)
- Role of the intensity profile in femtosecond laser surface texturing: an experimental study (2021-01-01)
- Short and long term surface chemistry and wetting behaviour of stainless steel with 1D and 2D periodic structures induced by bursts of femtosecond laser pulses
- Springtail-Inspired Triangular Laser-Induced Surface Textures on Metals Using MHz Ultrashort Pulses (2019-07-25)
- Study of the wettability behavior of stainless steel surfaces after ultrafast laser texturing (2018-10-25)
- Study on the influence of repetition rate and pulse duration on ablation efficiency using a new generation of high power ytterbium doped fiber ultrafast laser (2013-03-15)
- New fast galvo scanner head for high throughput micromachining (2018-02-19)
- Novel approaches in zero taper, fast drilling of thick metallic parts by ultra-short pulse laser
- Parameters of Influence in Surface Ablation and Texturing of Metals Using High-power Ultrafast Laser (2015-01-01)
- Polissage d'acier inoxydable par impulsion laser femtoseconde en burst-GHz (2024-06-18)
- Projet Newskin : solutions industrielles pour la fonctionnalisation de surfaces par laser (2024-06-18)
- Pulse to pulse control in micromachining with femtosecond lasers (2020-03-02)
- Pump-Probe Imaging of Ultrafast Laser Percussion Drilling of Glass in Single Pulse, MHz- and GHz-Burst Regimes (2025-01-09)
- Pump-probe measurements of GHz-burst Bessel-beam single-shot modification of fused silica using femtosecond pulses | SPIE Photonics Europe (2026-04-13)
- Pump-probe shadography of glass drilling in different femtosecond burst regimes (2025-03-19)
- Pump-probe shadography of glass drilling in different femtosecond burst regimes | SPIE Photonics West (2025-01-27)
- Large-area glass welding and dissimilar bonding using femtosecond lasers (2026-03-04)
- Large-scale, high-strength transparent welding of thick fused silica using femtosecond laser pulses | SPIE Photonics Europe (2026-04-13)
- Laser induced periodic surface structures generation by femtosecond laser and multi-plane light conversion beam shaping (2020-03-02)
- Laser machining with ultra-fast lasers (2024-06-13)
- Laser Processing in the Manufacture of Dye-Sensitized and Perovskite Solar Cell Technologies (2016-01-01)
- Laser sintering of silver nanoparticles thin films for display industry
- Laser structuring of electrodes for improved Li-Ion battery performance (2024-04-02)
- Laser surface preparation for adhesive improvement of Ti6Al4V (2017-02-17)
- Laser-based surface functionalization of transparent materials by Direct Laser Interference Patterning technique (2024-10-01)
- Laser-induced melting for polishing with femtosecond GHz-burst on stainless steel (2024-07-02)
- Laser-induced stress by multi-beam femtosecond pulses in fused silica (2024-05-28)
- LIPSS and DLIP: From hierarchical to mutually interacting, homogeneous, structuring
- Machine learning assisted optimization of surface roughness on silicium | SPIE Photonics West (2025-01-30)
- Machine learning assisted optimization of surface roughness on Silicon
- Metal microdrilling combining high power femtosecond laser and trepanning head (2013-03-15)
- Method and appliance for cutting materials by multi-beam femtosecond laser (2024-01-30)
- Microscope optique à résolution nanométrique pour la texturation de surface par laser de matériaux de grandes dimensions (2026-03-26)
- Modeling dielectric material modifications by trains of fs laser pulses (2015-06-21)
- High-resolution intra-volume coloring of metal-doped glass (2017-01-01)
- High-throughput depaneling of PCBs by high-power UV and Green ns laser source in burst-mode regime of interaction
- Impact of beam profile on surface texturing (2021-03-05)
- Improved laser glass cutting by spatio-temporal control of energy deposition using bursts of femtosecond pulses (2017-12-25)
- In-line monitoring of submicron laser texturing: a test bench for scatterometry (2021-06-21)
- Industrial micromachining with ultrafast laser: ps and fs comparison on metals and semiconductors (2012-11-01)
- Innovative laser manufacturing processes at nano scale within the NewSkin Open Innovation Test Bed (2024-06-20)
- Insight into replication effectiveness of laser-textured micro and nanoscale morphology by injection molding (2021-05-01)
- Interplay of DLIP and LIPSS in surface structuring (2022-03-04)
- Intra-volume processing of gelatine hydrogel by femtosecond laser-induced cavitation
- La fotonica europea tiene il passo: intervista a Laura Gemini (2024-05-09)
- High power femtosecond fiber amplifier for efficient trepanning drilling in stainless steel (2014-11-16)
- High throughput femtosecond laser processing for new generation battery (2025-03-19)
- High throughput femtosecond laser processing for new generation battery | SPIE Photonics West (2025-01-27)
- High throughput manufacturing of micro-structured electrodes by femtosecond laser in MHz and GHz burst regimes (2026-05-28)
- High throughput processing of polymer and composite materials by high power nanosecond UV pulses | SPIE Photonics West (2025-01-28)
- High throughput selective ablation of PET by high-powerUV ns laser source in burst-mode regime of interaction (2024-11-04)
- Fabrication of multisymmetrical hierarchical structures by direct laser interference patterning with 2 beams (2023-11-30)
- Femtoprint: A femtosecond laser printer for micro- and nano-scale systems (2012-05-06)
- Femtosecond fiber delivery for industrial applications (2023-01-01)
- Femtosecond laser ablation of thin films in organic photovoltaic cells including silver nanowires as the transparent electrode (2014-06-01)
- Femtosecond laser cutting of glass by controlled fracture propagation (2015-05-10)
- Femtosecond laser for glass processing (2015-10-04)
- Femtosecond laser processing in burst regime, a rapid manufacturing tool for high precision surface treatment (2024-06-13)
- Femtosecond-Laser Mould Texturing Enables Tunable Biointerfaces in COC Microfluidics (2026-06-02)
- Fonctionnalisation par laser, en surface et en volume, des matériaux destinés à la photonique (2026-01-14)
- Forming of metal sheets textured by LIPSS (2023-03-17)
- Functional Surfaces Generated by Femtosecond Lasers (2015-06-21)
- Generation of micro- and nano-morphologies on a stainless steel surface irradiated with 257 nm femtosecond laser pulses (2018-01-01)
- GHz and MHz Burst enhanced femtosecond laser structuring of electrodes for improved Li-Ion battery performances | SPIE Photonics Europe (2026-04-14)
- GHz femtosecond laser for highly efficient LFP, NMC, and solid-state battery cutting
- GIGAGREEN Project : Ultra-Short Pulse Laser Technology meets Next-Gen Battery Production (2024-06-13)
- Controlling 2D laser nano structuring over large area with double femtosecond pulses
- Controlling and upscaling laser induced surface morphology : from tens of microns to tens of nanometres (2019-02-14)
- Controlling laser-induced features morphology on stainless steel surfaces using high average power femtosecond laser (2017-06-25)
- Controlling Micron and Submicron Scale Laser Induced Surface Structures on Stainless Steel with Industrial Femtosecond Lasers
- De l'ablation à la fonctionnalisation de surface avec une source femtoseconde en mode rafale GHz (2026-07-01)
- Dielectrics cutting with Bessel beam in femtosecond GHz-burst regime (2024-03-13)
- Drilling of Through Holes in Sapphire Using Femtosec-ond Laser Pulses
- Efficient Metal Processing Using High Average Power Ultrafast Laser
- Experimental and numerical investigation of the impact of helical coil targets on laser-driven proton and carbon accelerations (2025-03-20)
- Extended application field in femtosecond processing with 300 W lasers (2022-04-01)
- Extending ultra-short pulse laser texturing over large area (2016-11-15)
- A study on UV laser drilling of PEEK reinforced with carbon fibers (2012-03-01)
- Ablation laser par double impulsion pico-femtosecondes, mono-bi-chromatique, et multi-perforation de la silice fondue (2020-12-10)
- Advanced 2D DLIP generation by MPLC for integration into mass production of functionalized surfaces (2024-03-13)
- Agile Manufacturing in GHz Regime: exploring the possibilities
- Beam engineering for high throughput material processing with high power, femtosecond lasers (2019-03-04)
- Beam engineering strategies for high throughput, precise, micro-cutting by 100 W, femtosecond lasers
- Beam engineering strategies reduce heat accumulation effects in high power, ultrashort pulse laser machining (2020-09-04)
- Burst Enhanced Femtosecond laser processing of electrodesfor improved Li-Ion Battery performances (2024-11-04)
- Compact, integrated femtosecond lasers for mobile display processing (2015-08-24)
- Comparative analysis of different pulse configurations in silicon laser processing with GHz bursts | SPIE Photonics Europe (2026-04-15)
- Comparative study of bulk modifications in borosilicate glass induced by femtosecond laser in single pulse, MHz-, and GHz-burst regimes (2026-03-04)
- 2D laser induced periodic surface structures with double cross-polarized pulses (2018-02-19)
