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Swiss Research Institutions Rated Among Best in World

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Marie Freebody, Contributing Editor, [email protected]

Some of its best-known exports may include watches, chocolate and cheese, but Switzerland also is home to a healthy photonics industry, which, according to an October 2009 report by Swiss-based consulting firm Optech Consulting, has generated a direct revenue of about CHF3 billion ($2.8 billion), ranking it second per capita in Europe. Quantum photonics specialist ID Quantique of Geneva was co-founded by Grégoire Ribordy with the support of the University of Geneva. Courtesy of ID Quantique. Some of the country’s most important photonics firms include ID Quantique of...Read full article

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    Published: August 2010
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