{"id":338,"date":"2026-10-09T13:10:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/live-sessions\/?post_type=event&#038;p=338"},"modified":"2026-10-09T13:10:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:10:35","slug":"photonics-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/live-sessions\/live-session\/photonics-in-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Photonics in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Join us for this live session to hear from Martin Young, a second-year doctoral student at the Centre for Doctoral Training in Applied Photonics, and find out about the exciting work the Fraunhofer Centre are doing in the world of photonics, right here in Scotland!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/curiousabout.glasgowsciencecentre.org\/live-sessions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/10\/Martin-Young.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-339 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>About <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Martin Young<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin is a second-year Doctoral student in Photonics with the Centre for Doctoral Training in Applied Photonics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He works with a company called Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics on a project focusing on using tiny LEDs to make tiny scientific instruments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He studied Astronomy and Physics at the University of Glasgow, before working in the photonics industry for a few years building lasers and installing spectrometers. 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