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Latest photonics and optics news

Optical camera and laser altimeter for ESA's JUICE mission
07.05.2025

DLR pools expertise in space research

The new DLR Institute of Space Research is being formed from the internationally acclaimed Institutes of Optical Sensor Systems and Planetary Research:

Space is a key technology for the future, essential for exploring planets, Earth observation and security. Satellites and space probes equipped with highly specialised observation instruments are indispensable for all…

Figures: Experimental setup and results of the switching processes
22.04.2025

Ultrafast Plasmon-Enhanced Magnetic Bit Switching at the Nanoscale

MBI researchers demonstrated a way to control and manipulate nanoscale magnetic bits:

Researchers from Max Born Institute have demonstrated a successful way to control and manipulate nanoscale magnetic bits — the building blocks of digital data — using an ultrafast laser pulse and plasmonic gold…

Illustration: measurements at a diamond
15.04.2025

An elegant method for the detection of single spins using photovoltage

The approach of an HZB team could lead to a much more compact design of quantum sensors:

Diamonds with certain optically active defects can be used as highly sensitive sensors or qubits for quantum computers, where the quantum information is stored in the electron spin state of these colour centres.…

Illustration of the influence of a laser pulse on phonons
14.04.2025

New research unit to study the generation, transport and detection of chiral phonons

DFG funds spintronics research with 3.2 million euros / MBI involved:

Spintronics is already widely used in data storage, sensor technology and, increasingly, in communication technology. Many of our cars and cell phones already contain components based on spintronics. Spintronics means…

10.04.2025

FBH leads European diode-pumped laser efforts

EuPRAXIA selects second laser-driven accelerator site:

The EuPRAXIA consortium has selected ELI Beamlines at ELI ERIC in the Czech Republic as the site for its laser-driven second plasma-accelerator pillar. This decision marks a major milestone in the consortium’s journey…

03.04.2025

Breakthrough: First electron beam in SEALab advances accelerator physics

HZB team generates and accelerates an electron beam from a multi-alkali photocathode:

The SEALab team at HZB has achieved a world first by generating an electron beam from a multi-alkali (Na-K-Sb) photocathode and accelerating it to relativistic energies in a superconducting radiofrequency accelerator…

Analysis system on a trailer standing in a field
02.04.2025

Efficient soil analysis – high-tech for sustainable agriculture

Mobile sensor platform from Leibniz Institutes ATB and FBH can precisely detect the composition of soil on the move:

Precise information about agricultural soils is key to managing them more efficiently and sustainably. Researchers at the Leibniz institutes FBH and ATB have recently enhanced an existing sensor platform for mobile…

27.03.2025

Catalysis research with the X-ray microscope at BESSY II

Scientists studied changes in catalysts during the synthesis of ammonia from waste nitrates:

Contrary to what we learned at school, some catalysts do change during the reaction: for example, certain electrocatalysts can change their structure and composition during the reaction when an electric field is…

27.03.2025

Bruker introduces a new EBSD detector for advanced materials characterization

eWARP combines direct electron detection and CMOS technologies:

Bruker announces the launch of eWARP, a new detector for Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) that marks the advent of a new era in EBSD technology. Featuring a revolutionary Bruker-engineered camera that combines…

19.03.2025

Agreement on EUV reflectometry between PTB and ZEISS extended until the end of 2029

Cooperation strengthens the European technology network:

PTB's laboratory for metrology with synchrotron radiation in Berlin-Adlershof is an important node in the network of European research infrastructure that has helped to enable the monopoly position of European…

17.03.2025

Hera space probe photographs Mars during flyby

The ESA mission is on its way to the Didymos asteroid system:

On 12 March 2025, the European Space Agency (ESA) Hera space probe conducted a flyby of Mars. This event marks a significant milestone on Hera's journey to the Didymos asteroid system, where researchers aim to gain…

26.02.2025

Berlin instrument flies to the Moon with IM-2 mission

New lunar mission to demonstrate search for water ice at Moon's south pole:

In the early hours of 27 February 2025, at 00:30 Central European Time, the IM-2 mission launches, carrying the Athena lander from the US New Space company Intuitive Machines on its second mission to the Moon. On…

06.02.2025

MBI researchers manipulate the propagation of light in everyday liquids using ultrashort light pulses

Discovery enables new applications for optical measurement technology and communication with light:

The phase and the group velocity of light propagating in conventional optical media cannot exceed the speed of light in vacuum. However, in so-called epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) materials, light exhibits an infinite phase…

Logo: Photonics Days 2025
29.01.2025

Benefit from the early bird discount for Photonics Days 2025

Trade fair and conference on 8 and 9 October with prominent guests in Berlin-Adlershof:

The Photonics Days 2025 are once again expected to attract more than 400 participants, 100 national and international speakers, 36 exhibitors from all over Germany as well as the visits of our international political…

28.01.2025

PicoQuant launches HydraHarp500 on the market

The time tagger sets new standards in speed, precision, and flexibility:

PicoQuant GmbH, based in Adlershof, has unveiled its latest development, HydraHarp 500. The device is described as the next-generation Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC) unit. With outstanding time…

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Newtonstraße 14, 12489 Berlin
Walter-Nernst-Haus, Hörsaal 0’06
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Newtonstraße 14, 12489 Berlin
Walter-Nernst-Haus, Hörsaal 0’06
Wed 25 Jun
17.15
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Newtonstraße 14, 12489 Berlin
Walter-Nernst-Haus, Hörsaal 0’06
Tue 08 Jul
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Berlin Quantum BBQ
Rudower Chaussee 29, 12489 Berlin
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Mon 14 Jul
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Für Unternehmen aus Berlin und Brandenburg
Tue 15 Jul
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Falling Walls Lab Berlin-Adlershof
Richard-Willstätter-Str. 11, 12489 Berlin
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) at Europa-Center
Tue 09 Sep
17.00 - 20.00
Berlin Quantum BBQ
Rudower Chaussee 29, 12489 Berlin
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Tue 23 Sep - Fri 26 Sep
Workshop: Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Super-resolution Microscopy
Volmerstraße 2, 12489 Berlin
Bunsen-Saal
Tue 07 Oct
17.00 - 20.00
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Rudower Chaussee 29, 12489 Berlin
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