tweezers, and the assembling of configurable arrays of interacting Rydberg atoms. "Imaging and Information" group (head: Caroline Kulcsár & François Goudail) : digital processing, adaptative optics, polarimetric imaging, co-design of imaging systems "Nanophotonics & Electromagnetism" group (head: Henri Benisty & Philippe Lalanne) : nano-optics devices and metasurfaces, plasmonics and quantum nanophotonics, thermoplasmonics Laser group (head: Patrick Georges, Frédéric Druon) : ultrashort sources, semiconductor lasers, LED pumping, laser systems Biophotonics group (head: Michael Canva, Nathalie Westbrook) : in vivo functional imagery, OCT imagery, kinetics of individual biomolecules, biochips, optical tweezers XUV optics group and fabrication lab (head: Franck Delmotte) : design and fabrication of high-precision XUV optics for EUV telescopes, soft X-ray microscopy, plasma diagnosis, attosecond physics... The mirrors used for the STEREO mission (NASA project) and for the Solar Orbiter's EUI instrument were made at Institut d'Optique. Non-linear photonics group (head: Philippe Delaye) In 2005, the total budget for the research department is 7.8 million euros. The school also has a special body called IOTech that has the function of working on industrial development. International partnerships About 60% of the students have an international experience as they come out of the school, after having gone abroad for a whole year of study or through an internship. It is possible to study abroad at a foreign university or school as part of the degree, through which students usually receive a double diploma. International partnerships: UK: University of Cambridge, Cambridge (Part III of Mathematics Tripos at Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics) UK: Imperial College, London (Master of Science in optics and photonics, nanophotonic, quantum fields and fundamental forces) Canada: Université Laval (Maîtrise en physique) USA: University of Arizona, Tucson (Master of Science in optical sciences) USA: University of Central Florida, Orlando (Master of Science in physics) Sweden: Royal Institute of Technology (double degree) The "Optics in Science and Technology" Erasmus Mundus programme takes part in 23 projects that are recognized by the European Commission. The members of this programme are: France: Institut d'Optique Graduate School France: Université de Paris-Sud Netherlands: Technische Universiteit Delft, Delft (Master of Science in applied physics) Germany: Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena (Diplom-Physiker) Poland: Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw UK: Imperial College, London (Master of Science in optics and photonics). References External links L'Institut d'Optique, with link to the École supérieure d'optique The MSc Optics in Science and Technology of the Erasmus Mundus programme optique