Hi there ! Welcome to this website.
My name is Thomas Ako, I am a photonics engineer, patent analyst and business developer. You can learn more about my background by checking my LinkedIn profile.
What to Expect from this Website
This website is all about proper storytelling for photonics. Photonics can be quite complex as a technology. At the same time, it is very useful and its applications are almost always multidisciplinary.
Photonics companies (most of whom are still start-ups) need to tell their story. This frequently involves making the technical information of your product or service more accessible to a target audience. Usually, there is a website with a blogging section but only a handful of blog posts.
This website is about showing photonics companies how blog posts can be crafted around core technical concepts to inform/attract potential customers.
In addition to this, the website also endeavours to provide informational resources useful for practicing photonics engineers and hobbyists alike.
My Background in Photonics
I studied photonics in Belgium and Sweden through the Erasmus Mundus Master in Photonics. My master thesis work focused on transformation optics and metamaterials.
For my PhD, I worked on integrating liquid crystal display technology with silicon photonics and realised tuneable silicon photonic components for telecom applications.
You can find more information on publications from my time as a researcher on the website of the Ghent University Library.