Some collaborations and R&D networks with national and international research groups and/or institutions have been established during these 25 years, in particular:
- Centre of Applied Photonics (CAP), INESC-TEC (Porto, Portugal)
- Applied Optics Group, School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent (Canterbury, Kent, U.K)
- Ophthalmology Dept., Hospital Privado da Boa Nova (Matosinhos, Portugal).
- Optics Group, Dept. of Physics, University of North Carolina (Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A.)
- Physics Dept., Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
- OBEL, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Western Australia (Perth, Western Australia)
- Photonics Research Group, Aston University (Birmingham, U.K.)
- Photonics Eng. Group, Universidad de Cantábria (Santander, Spain)
- Lab. Instrumentacion Espacial (LINES), Division de Ciencias del Espacio, INTA - Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial (Madrid, Spain).
- Biosensors Group, ITQB, Univ. Nova Lisboa (Oeiras, Portugal)
- Dept. of Optoelectronic Eng., Chongqing University, (Chongqing, P.R.China)
- Electronic and Telecommunications Eng. Dept., Univ. Nova de Lisboa (Caparica, Portugal)
- Electronics and Computer Eng., Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)