French Deeptech cluster
French Deeptech cluster
ALPHA - Route des Lasers & des Hyperfréquences (ALPHA-RLH) supports companies and laboratories in setting up, appraising and financing collaborative innovation projects (regional, national and European). Based at four sites in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region (Bordeaux, Limoges, La Rochelle and Pau), the cluster federates players in the Photonics & Microwave deep-tech sectors. It supports the growth and internationalization of innovative companies and participates in regional economic development.
It draws on three areas of expertise: Photonics-Laser (laser sources and processes, optical components, instrumentation), Electronics-Hyperfrequencies (integrated electronics, radio communication systems, radar systems) and Materials, Photonics, Electronics (nanomaterials, ceramics, composites, polymers), with support from the Digital, Industry of the Future & Cultural and Creative Industries cross-functional area.
ALPHA-RLH fosters collaborative innovation serving four application markets:
-Aeronautics-Space-Defense: embedded optical/optronic systems, innovative solutions for materials shaping, communication, navigation, lighting;
-Communication-Security: components or systems for data transmission, securing data and networks;
-Energy-Smart Building: solar technologies, lighting solutions, energy efficiency, energy storage, communicating or connected devices for buildings;
-Health (Medical Devices and Autonomy): imaging, diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, technological solutions for people losing their autonomy.
The cluster's founding members
ALPHA-RLH is an association under the law of 1901.
The Board of Directors is made up of 43 members, elected for 3 years by the General Meeting and divided into 4 colleges:
"Founding members", "Companies", "Research, training and/or technology transfer establishments and organizations", "Institutional".
It defines the strategy and major orientations of the ALPHA-RLH cluster.
ALPHA-RLH is chaired by the CEA.
Elected by the Board of Directors, the Bureau steers the cluster in conjunction with the operational team, responsible for implementing the decisions of these 2 bodies.
The ALPHA-RLH cluster coordinates the Research/Training/Industry ecosystem in the photonics and microwave fields in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region: research, technology transfer and training centers, universities, companies (start-ups, VSEs, SMEs, ETIs, major groups), around innovation projects.
Excellent research laboratories and training courses
With top-notch universities spread across the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, the cluster's action is underpinned by teaching excellence and a powerful research capability.
The main players:
- The universities of Bordeaux, Limoges, La Rochelle, Poitiers, Pau and Pays de l'Adour;
- The research organizations CNRS, CEA, INRIA and their associated Joint Research Units (CELIA, IMS, LOMA, LP2N, PPRIME, IRCER, XLIM....), the Institut Lasers et Plasmas (ILP),
- Bordeaux INP engineering schools, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, ENSAM, ENSIL, ESTIA, 3IL...,
- The PYLA continuing education center at ALPhANOV in Bordeaux offers over 60 short courses in lasers, optics, photonics, electronics and microwaves.
Technological resource centers
They act as an interface between industry and research, and provide technological services (analyses, tests, studies, etc.).
Key players :
- The ALPhANOV technology center supports industrial innovation with its expertise in optics and lasers,
-CISTEME, Centre d'Ingénierie des Systèmes en Télécommunications en ElectroMagnétisme et Electronique, specializing in microwave components and systems,
- CATIE, specializing in digital technologies
- CTTC, CITRA, CANOE...
Industrial leaders and innovative companies
ALPHA-RLH counts industrial leaders and major international contractors among its members in the Neo-Aquitaine region, including ArianeGroup, Dassault Aviation, HENSOLDT-NEXEYA, Legrand, Safran, Saint-Gobain, Thales...
Innovative SMEs and dynamic ETIs such as Amplitude, CILAS, Exosens, SERMA work closely with major groups.
Thanks to its support for project leaders, its links with support and financing structures, and its contacts with potential technological partners, the cluster has been able to foster the creation of start-ups (AeroDIODE, AirMems, AMCAD Engineering, GLOphotonics, Ilasis, Leukos, Polyrise...) that have gradually become players in major collaborative projects.
In Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- L'ADI Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Agence de Développement et d'Innovation,
- Aerospace Valley, notably as part of the PHAROS partnership (Photonics, Hyperfrequencies, Aeronautics and Space),
- Le Pôle Européen de la Céramique, notably as part of the "Materials, Photonics, Electronics" area of expertise.
At national level
- L'Association Française des Pôles de Compétitivité (AFPC),
- Photonics France, the French photonics federation,
- Alliance des pôles de la photonique which promotes collaborations with the Images & Réseaux, Minalogic, SCS and Systematic Paris-Region clusters.
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