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Un LABEX pour le projet FIRST-TF

Les instituts FEMTO-ST et UTINAM font partie des cents projets de LABoratoires d’Excellence (LABEX)retenus dans le cadre du grand emprunt. Ce projet de réseau thématique pour la recherche,l’innovation, la formation, les services et transfert en Temps-Fréquence (FIRST-TF) est porté par le SYRTE (SYstème de Références Temps-Espace) de l'Observatoire de Paris. Il implique également le Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers (Paris 13) et GEOAZUR à l’Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur.

Mais il est a noter que 40% des ressources se situent à Besançon.

Le projet permettra de coordonner au niveau national des activités de recherche dans le domaine de la métrologie temps fréquence.

En particulier, il vise à déterminer des étalons internationaux concernant le temps et la fréquence et développer des sources ultra stables pouvant servir à un grand nombre d'applications dans les domaines de l'environnement,de la défense, du spatial et des télécommunications.

En effet, L'impact des références de temps et de fréquence est primordial dans toutes les architectures de communication. Cela va donc intéresser les équipementiers de ces domaines(ST Microelectronics, Thales, EADS,..)où il est essentiel de pouvoir disposer des technologies les plus avancées.

Les retombées du projet pour le grand public sont importantes et concernent les applications de géolocalisation comme galileo qui permet de développer un grand nombre d'applications dans la vie de tous les jours au travers des plateformes de téléphonie portable.

  • FEMTO-ST is closed

    Within the framework of Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic and  following the measures announced by the President of the French Republic,  all the premises of our laboratory in Besançon, Belfort and Montbéliard cities are closed to the public from this Tuesday March 17.

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  • I-PhD Innovation Competition: 2 winners from FEMTO-ST

    Maya Geagea (ANIO-PAC project: micro fuel cells), and Gaël Matten (VIBISCUS project: noise reduction system), special jury prize, are winners of the 2019 innovation awards.

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  • Sarah Benchabane winner of an ERC Consolidator grant 2019

    CNRS Research Fellow at the FEMTO-ST Institute, Sarah is awarded with a prestigious €2M European Research Council (ERC) grant for her  project : Nanophonics for Quantum Information Processing.

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  • Stardust Odyssey : A new world record !

    Discover the smallest volume character ever animated in stop-motion (frame by frame) through a short film made thanks to FEMTO-ST's high-tech robotic equipments and researchers.

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  • Final report of the DATAZERO project

    A national project to design and manage medium power data centers powered exclusively by renewable energy sources

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  • Vladimir GAUTHIER is national winner of the PEPITE competition for young creators of innovative companies

    Entrepreneurial PhD at FEMTO-ST, Vladimir Gauthier is developing a company project on the microrobotic sorting of biological cells, which has received national price !

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  • Two young regional researchers awarded by the CNRS bronze medal

    Aude Bolopion (microrobotics) and Nadia Yousfi-Steiner (electrical engineering), two young researchers from FEMTO-ST Institute, were awarded by the CNRS bronze medal for their contribution to the advancement of French research.

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  • Secure and certify time

    Inauguration on Tuesday, July 9 of a joint laboratory between FEMTO-ST and Gorgy Timing to develop secure and certified time and frequency broadcasting systems for wireless and computer networks.

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  • Micro-soufflage de verre pour la réalisation de composants optiques miniatures

    A team of researchers from FEMTO-ST has developed miniature conical lenses by revisiting glass-blowing techniques practiced since Roman times.

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  • Detecting problems of the anti-bleeding system of patients in 60 minutes

    Researchers from FEMTO-ST institue and the Universitiy of Geneva  have developed an innovative device that investigates a patient’s platelet capacity in near real-life conditions so that bleeding can be stopped.

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