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Strong fields and ultrafast motions
Experiments at the Max Born Institute demonstrate how to generate and steer electrons in liquid water:
Water molecules undergo ultrafast dithering motions at room temperature and generate extremely strong electric fields in their environment. New experiments demonstrate how in presence of such fields free electrons are…
Change at the top of the Berlin laser diode manufacturer TOPTICA eagleyard
Claus Heitmann succeeds Dirk Schumann:
As of 9/1/2020 Dipl.-Ing. Claus Heitmann joins the management of TOPTICA eagleyard as Managing Director in Berlin alongside Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Muchametow. Claus Heitmann studied microsystems technology engineering and…
Distinguished Service Award for Wolfgang Heinrich
FBH researcher was honoured for outstanding contributions to the IEEE MTT Society and the microwave profession:
Wolfgang Heinrich was honored with the IEEE MTT Distinguished Service Award 2020. The prize recognizes his significant contributions and outstanding service to the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society and the…
A point guard in the quantum world
The Scottish photonics specialist M Squared now has a facility in Adlershof:
M Squared has made a name for itself in the photonics industry as a provider of high-end lasers and instruments for use in quantum technology, biophotonics, and chemical sensing. The Glasgow-based company is now…
Humboldt-University Berlin appoints Jan Lüning
HZB’s Scientific Director was appointed Professor of Electronic Properties of Materials/X-ray Analysis:
Prof. Dr. Jan Lüning, Scientific Director at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), was appointed to an S-W3 professorship at Humboldt University in Berlin in July. The professorship is entitled “Electronic Properties of…
AEMtec starts construction to expand space in Adlershof
Groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of additional clean room production area of 1500 sqm and office space of 900 sqm:
AEMtec GmbH follows the successful growth course of the past years. In calendar week 28, the first construction work began on the AEMtec site in Berlin, Germany. To serve the increasing requests of a broad customer…
Robust laser technology for climate satellites
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut supplies components for the Franco-German satellite MERLIN, which will be used to measure the methane concentration in the Earth’s atmosphere:
The Franco-German satellite MERLIN is due to be launched into space in 2025 to measure the methane concentration in the Earth’s atmosphere – a milestone in climate research. Important components of the LiDAR…
MBI researchers detect new technique to change the oscillation frequency of atoms
Hammer-on technique for atomic vibrations in a crystal:
Vibrations of atoms in a crystal of the semiconductor gallium arsenide (GaAs) are impulsively shifted to a higher frequency by an optically excited electric current. The related change in the spatial distribution of…
New substance library to accelerate the search for active compounds
Substance library of the HZB-MX team is available worldwide for the development of drugs, also in the search for active substances against SARS-CoV-2 :
In order to accelerate the systematic development of drugs, the MX team at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and the Drug Design Group at the University of Marburg have established a new substance library. It…
MBI generates infrared pulses with excellent beam quality and outstanding pulse stability
Record parameters for amplified ultrashort pulses at 2-µm wavelength and kilohertz repetition rates :
Power-scalable ultrafast laser sources in the midwave-infrared (MWIR) are a key element for basic research and applications in material processing and medicine. Optical amplifiers based on chirped pulse amplification…
Light from inside the tunnel
Physicists from the University of Rostock and MBI Berlin reveal a so-far overlooked nonlinear optical mechanism:
Steering and monitoring the light-driven motion of electrons inside matter on the time-scale of a single optical cycle is a key challenge in ultrafast light wave electronics and laser-based material processing.…
FBH and UVphotonics developed versatile LED irradiation system
Plug and play solution for surface treatment – from disinfection to medical treatments:
For disinfection purposes, the compact system can be equipped with UV LEDs to eliminate germs on critical surfaces such as mobile phones. It can also be assembled with LEDs providing the optimum emission spectrum for…
Turning science fiction into science fact
Professor Jürgen P. Rabe, director of the Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences IRIS Adlershof, about building bridges, joint labs, and a new research building:
Ten years of IRIS Adlershof: what exactly goes on here? Jürgen P. Rabe: It all begins with asking good questions – questions that impose themselves on us, that we can provide answers to by using our scientific…
Focusing on advanced materials
A graduate school in Adlershof offers top qualification and turns teams into families:
Advanced materials are a cutting-edge field. Diodes, solar cells, transistors, and storage elements – they are all based on state-of-the-art electronic materials. The products containing these ‘advanced and novel…
MBI researchers set new record for energy scaling of near-infrared light pulses
New compressor delivers above-terawatt 1.5-cycle pulses at kilohertz repetition rate:
Researchers at the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) have reached a new milestone in few-cycle pulse generation, breaking a 10-year-old record and achieving…
Optimize opto-electronic devices with new compact measuring system
HZB team receives Field Study Fellowship from the Helmholtz Association for the further development of the “LumY Pro” measuring device:
In order to develop efficient opto-electronic devices such as solar cells or LEDs, it is crucial to improve the quality of the semiconductors. To achieve this, it is necessary to determine the luminescence yield of…
ARIA invests € 2 Million in Inuru
Active packaging manufacturer will use funds to build a production line for sustainable luminous packaging and labelling products:
Inuru announced a € 2.3 Million Series-A funding round, led by the Warsaw based venture capital fund ARIA, to accelerate the production of affordable active packaging and labeling products. Inuru will use the fund to…
MagForce AG and affiliated European clinics support World Brain Tumor Day on 8 June
At virtual events, patients receive advice on treatment approaches with NanoTherm Therapy:
MagForce AG, a leading medical device company in the field of nanomedicine focused on oncology, offering the NanoTherm Therapy System for the treatment of brain tumors, announced that they will together with…
LUM quality management system again certified according to ISO 9001:2015
LUM GmbH is a leading international provider of innovative measurement technology for particle characterization in the nano and micro range, for dispersion analysis and for materials testing:
Effective May 20, 2020, LUM continues to be certified, now for the scope: Design, production and marketing of measurement- and analysis techniques for particle, dispersion and materials characterization as well as…
Unique measurement system for 5G-MIMO and space applications put into operation at FBH
State-of-the-art equipment for microelectronic research in Germany:
With the delivery of Keysight Technologies’ custom-designed wideband microwave downconverters, all key components for the novel 5G-MIMO system are now in place at Ferdinand-Braun-Institut. The system was funded within…