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MBI researchers find the solution to the puzzle
Slow, but efficient: Low-energy electron emission from intense laser cluster interactions:
For the past 30 years intense laser cluster interactions have been seen primarily as a way to generate energetic ions and electrons. In surprising contrast with the hitherto prevailing paradigm, a team of researchers…
Jenoptik is investing in its Berlin site
Jenoptik is responding to the growing demand for high-power laser diodes with technical modernization and higher levels of staffing.:
In Berlin, Jenoptik is investing in modern production equipment, so ensuring the long-term competitiveness in a photonic core business: Thanks to new machines and systems, Jenoptik can speed up order processing for…
Concepts for new switchable plasmonic nanodivices
A magneto-plasmonic nanoscale router and a high-contrast magneto-plasmonic disk modulator controlled by external magnetic fields:
Plasmonic waveguides open the possibility to develop dramatically miniaturized optical devices and provide a promising route towards the next-generation of integrated nanophotonic circuits for information processing,…
Insight into catalysis through novel study of X-ray absorption spectroscopy
An international team has made a breakthrough at BESSY II:
For the first time, they succeeded in investigating electronic states of a transition metal in detail and drawing reliable conclusions on their catalytic effect from the data. These results are helpful for the…
Best of two worlds: combining optical tweezers with time-resolved confocal microscopy
PicoQuant and Ionovation now offer an integrated platform that combines microscopy and force spectroscopy:
As a joint development, PicoQuant and Ionovation combined time-resolved microscopy and optical tweezers in a single system. Both instruments retain their individual functionalities but can also be used together, thus…
Photon counting camera LINCam now available from PicoQuant
The LINCam from Photonscore which operates in the time domain is now part of PicoQuant’s detector line-up with single photon sensitivity:
PicoQuant proudly announces the inclusion of the LINCam, a photon counting camera manufactured by Photonscore, to its line up of single photon sensitive detectors. The LINCam is a single photon counting device working…
QuCoa - new PicoQuant's software for the analysis of quantum correlations
Simplify data acquisition and analysis for quantum correlation and coincidence counting applications:
PicoQuant has released the QuCoa software package, an integrated solution for data acquisition and analysis using the unique T2 time-tagging mode of PicoQuant's TCSPC electronics. QuCoa is aimed at research areas…
Water makes the proton shake
MBI Scientists describe ultrafast motions and fleeting geometries in proton hydration:
Basic processes in chemistry and biology involve protons in a water environment. Water structures accommodating protons and their motions have so far remained elusive. Applying ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy,…
PicoQuant expands its hybrid photomultiplier detector line-up
Two new models from the PMA Hybrid Series cover broad spectral ranges with excellent detection efficiency:
PicoQuant has released two new single photon sensitive hybrid photo detector models with excellent temporal resolution for its PMA Hybrid Series: The PMA Hybrid 42 covers the entire visible range from 300 to 850 nm…
7.4 million euros from the EFRE fund
HZB is setting up a new application laboratory for developing superconducting accelerator components:
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin is receiving 7.4 million euros from the European Regional Development Fund (EFRE). The money is being used to set up the application laboratory “SupraLab@HZB” for the advancement of…
Understanding the stability, behaviour and surface properties of nanoparticles and quantum dots using Hansen Solubility Parameters
LUM’s CEO Dietmar Lerche combines STEP-Technology® with multi-sample analytical photocentrifugation:
Devices based on quantum dots and smart nanoparticles are currently getting a lot of attention. For instance, the colours, contrast and brightness of displays based on quantum dots provide benefits for users of TVs…
A beacon for advanced materials
A recent setup, the INAM network intends to introduce brilliant ideas to the field:
No basic research, no advanced materials. Yet all too often, pioneering knowledge fails to leave the laboratory because scientists shun the step to the product. It is important that all players join forces in the…
Fluctuating liquid structure induces ultrabroad infrared absorption
MBI scienstists investigate hydrated protons on ultrafast time scales:
The elusive infrared absorption continuum of protons in aqueous environment has been topic of intense controversial debate since half a century. A team of scientists from the Max Born Institute and the Ben Gurion…
Center for Photonics and Optics
Location: Carl-Scheele Str. 16, 12489 BerlinUse: Offices, LabsArchitects: Matthias Sauerbruch, Louisa Hutton, Coordination: Fraunhofer Management mit Bauplanung Stoessel, Buildt: June 1996 - Mach 1998Investment: 51…