🌍✨ World Quantum Day – April 14 ✨🌍

Celebrating the science behind modern tech, from lasers to quantum communication & QKD.

🔬 #WorldQuantumDay #QuantumScience #Photonics

🌸🐣 Happy Easter from the PCRL team! 🐣🌸

As spring fills the world with color and light we wish you a season full of warmth, positivity and inspiration. May this time bring fresh perspectives.

𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳! ✨

#HappyEaster #KaloPascha #PCRL #SpringVibes

🌟 Υποδεχθήκαμε μαθητές Γ’ Λυκείου από το 5ο Λύκειο Ιλίου στο School of Electrical and Computer Engineering - NTUA

Παρουσίαση από Hercules Avramopoulos & ξεναγήσεις σε PCRL και High Voltage Lab ⚡

Καλή επιτυχία στις σπουδές τους! 🚀

#PCRL #NTUA #STEM #Engineering

🌟 OFC 2026

Georgios Syriopoulos presents agent-controlled hybrid comms & sensing for 6G/Industry 5.0

📍 Th2A.65 | Mar 19 | 10:30–12:00 | Petree Hall C

#OFC2026 #6G #Photonics #PCRL

🚀 PCRL at OFC 2026

Evrydiki Kyriazi presents a 0.48 Tb/s hybrid FSO/fiber system with SDN capabilities — pushing ultra-high-speed connectivity.

📍 M1H.3 | Mar 16 | 8:30–8:45 | Room 502B

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆

Το 1993, μια δωρεά $1M από την AT&T (ex-Bell Laboratories) στο National Technical University of Athens έβαλε τα θεμέλια του PCRL.

Περισσότερο από εξοπλισμός, ήταν γνώση, όραμα και εμπιστοσύνη.

30+ χρόνια μετά, η ιστορία συνεχίζεται 🚀

#ThrowbackThursday #PCRL #Photonics #NTUA

🎓 Σήμερα στο PCRL υποδεχθήκαμε 80 μαθητές Λυκείου από την Εράσμειο Σχολή!

Παρουσίαση από τον Hercules Avramopoulos & ξενάγηση στο lab με θέματα φωτονικής και οπτικών επικοινωνιών 💡

Χαρά μας να βλέπουμε νέους με ενδιαφέρον για την τεχνολογία! 🚀✨

#PCRL #NTUA #ECE #Photonics #STEM #FutureEngineers

🚀 PCRL researchers published in Scientific Reports:

👉 “𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕-𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆-𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝑸𝑲𝑫 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚-𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔”

Huge congratulations to the entire research team👏

Congrats to the team 👏
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#Photonics #QuantumCommunication

PHOREVER EU Project | Promotional Video YouTube video by PHOREVER Project

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭! 🎉

PHOREVER is building a compact platform to analyze extracellular vesicles (EVs) for earlier disease detection — powered by photonics, microfluidics & AI.

🎥 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨: youtu.be/I-JVipihZKc?...

#PHOREVER #HorizonEurope #Photonics #MedTech

#ΤοΚοπηΤηΠιτα2026

Today we gathered for our traditional Vasilopita (Greek New Year’s cake) cutting at PCRL.

Wishing a happy, healthy, and creative new year 2026 to all our colleagues, partners, and friends! ✨

✨𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓰𝓸𝓸𝓭 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼!🎄

Last night, the PCRL Christmas party brought together current and former members of our lab, along with their families, for an evening full of laughter, memories, and festive cheer.

Wishing all our friends a joyful Christmas season!

#oncePCRLalwaysPCRL

🎄 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲!

Wishing you and your families health, joy, and peaceful holidays.
May the new year bring inspiration and new opportunities.

✨ 𝒲𝒶𝓇𝓂 𝓌𝒾𝓈𝒽𝑒𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒫𝒞𝑅𝐿 𝓉𝑒𝒶𝓂 ✨

#SeasonGreetings #Happy2026 #PCRL #ResearchCommunity

📢𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗜𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗦 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲!

As part of the consortium, PCRL is pleased to contribute to the project’s ongoing progress and share its latest updates.

Find out more at pleiades-project.eu/wp-content/u...

POLYNICES Project paves the way for a new era of highly customizable and scalable photonic systems, all with minimal cost and effort.
🔗 lnkd.in/drP7azD5

#POLYNICESProject #HorizonEU #Photonics #Research #EUfunded @pcrl.bsky.social

On 7–8 October 2025, we met at IDLab–imec in Ghent, Belgium, for the LOLIPOP Project M38 plenary meeting, two days of 💡 updates, 💬discussions and 🤝collaboration!

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📢 On 30 Sept, we had the honor of welcoming 𝗠𝗿. 𝗦𝗲𝗶𝘇𝗼 𝗢𝗻𝗼𝗲 (𝗜𝗧𝗨 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿) and 𝗠𝗿. 𝗝𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗣𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 (𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗜𝗧𝗨 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲) at PCRL, NTUA.

We enjoyed sharing our research and exchanging ideas — thank you for the inspiring visit! 🙏