Thales, ICFO Partner on MIR Lasers. BARCELONA, Spain, Dec. 9, 2014 — The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) will collaborate with the Thales Group of France to develop ultrafast mid-infrared lasers with high energies and repetition rates. Targeted applications for the lasers include IR spectroscopy and biomedical imaging, as well as particle acceleration, attoscience, and tabletop coherent x-ray imaging and spectroscopy. From left to right, Christophe Simon-Boisson, Dr. Olivier Cha...