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    "Electronics and photonics must become one"

    Physicist from the University of Jena receives ERC Synergy Grant for joint project ATHENS, which aims to accelerate data transmission
    Prof. Dr Carsten Ronning in an experimental setup for a photoluminescence experiment.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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    New Vice-Presidents take office

    From 1 November, the University of Jena will have two vice-presidencies with a different structure
    Vice-President Prof. Dr Bärbel Kracke and Vice-President Prof. Dr Thomas Pertsch.
    Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)
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    Teaching at eye level

    Physicist Prof. Dr Martin Ammon is honoured with the Teaching Award 2024
    Martin Ammon is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Jena.
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
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    Highest honour for materials scientist

    Prof. Dr Klaus D. Jandt receives Heyn Commemorative Medal
    Prof. Dr Klaus D. Jandt was honoured with the Heyn Medal of the German Society for Materials Science.
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
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    Developing customized materials for the energy transition

    Materials computer scientist Prof. Dr Janine George receives ERC grant endowed with 1.5 million euros
    Prof. Dr Janine George receives research funding of 1.5 million euros for her ‘Multibondes’ project.
    Image: BAM
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    Breakthrough in quantum optics

    An international team of researchers develops a miniaturized source for entangled photon pairs
    Artistic visualization: Transformation of light properties by 2D meta-materials.
    Illustration: Christian Süß (Fraunhofer IOF)
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    Successful EMIMEO Summer School 2024 hold at ASP

    Last week, the Abbe School of Photonics hosted its much-anticipated EMIMEO Summer School, featuring the highlight of the year of this EU Joint Master Program. Alltogether, the School counted more than 70 participants.
    Impressions of the EMIMEO Summer School 2024 in Jena.
    Image: Canan Gallitschke
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    Best student award for CFBG at 2 µm

    At this year's OPTICA Congress “Bragg Gratings, Photosensitivity and Poling in Optical Materials and Waveguides (BGPP)” in Québec City (Canada), PhD student Georg Richard Schwartz was honored.
    Georg R. Schwartz, PhD student at the research group Ultrafast Optics, proudly present his OPTICA Student Award at the lab in the IAP.
    Image: Ira Winkler
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    Innovation Center for Quantum Optics and Sensor Technology InQuoSens enters phase II

    6.26 million euros for the University of Jena and TU Ilmenau
    Wafers with photonic circuits, as developed in the innovation centre.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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    Prize for research in laser technology

    European Physical Society (EPS) honours Jena physicists for developing coherent extreme-ultraviolet light sources
    Die Preisträger: Prof. Dr. Jens Limpert (r.) und PD Dr. Jan Rothhardt.
    Image: Mathias Lenski
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    Lichtwerkstatt Jena and Hands-On Quantum Technologies at the Maker Faire Hannover

    The Maker Faire, Germany's largest do-it-yourself (DIY) festival, invited people to Hannover over the weekend to create, experiment, and learn. Numerous projects funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) were present.
    The "Lichwerkstatt Jena" (en: Light Workshop Jena) is a BMBF-sponsored makerspace with a focus on photonics.
    Image: VDI Technologiezentrum
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    Prestigious EPS-QEOD Prize for research in laser technology and its applications 2024 awarded to Prof. Jens Limpert and Dr. Jan Rothhardt

    Professor Dr. Jens Limpert and Privatdozent Dr. Jan Rothhardt are awarded the EPS-QEOD Prize for Research in Laser Technology and Applications 2024. 
    PD Dr. Jan Rothhardt and Prof. Jens Limpert with the EPS-QEOD Award of the Division of Quantum Electronics and Optics of the European Physical Society (EPS).
    Image: Mathias Lenski
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