Photon etc. (Canada) and Leukos (France) won a second award regarding their business collaboration for the development of the Tunable Laser Source: “Prix d’excellence en affaire Québec-France” given by the French Chamber of Commerce in Canada. Customers have now access to an integrated tunable laser source with an optimized efficiency coupling instead of integrating themselves two distinct products which introduces alignment or calibration problems. This great collaboration was also the first step of a long-term partnership including local distribution of the respective products of each partner. Both companies have gained expertise from each other and implemented a long-distance work platform. This remarkable collaboration had already obtain an award regarding the high potential of the innovative product. The broadband Tunable Laser Source of 0.3 – 2nm bandwidth won the best price “Photon d’Or” in the Innovation storefront of OPTO 2008 Exhibition in Paris.