Laboratory of the Abbe School of Photonics

LIGHT profile

The LIGHT profile encompasses research in the areas Optics and Photonics, Materials and Nanotechnologies, Energy Research and Environmental Technologies and Data-driven Sciences.
Laboratory of the Abbe School of Photonics
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

The funding program of the LIGHT profile

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    Supporting members of the LIGHT profile The LIGHT profile aims to initiate and catalyze interfaculty cooperation and to promote new collaborations and research initiatives within LIGHT’s main research areas. To ensure the continuous development and expansion of existing structures in research and teaching, the LIGHT profile supports researchers with a flexible funding program. An overview of the funding lines can be found here.

Retrospective on the Jena LIGHT Conference 2024 – Photonics Meets AI

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    Key Themes, Highlights, Gallery

    The first conference in the upcoming conference edition Jena LIGHT, funded and facilitated by the LIGHT profile of the University of Jena, was held at the Abbe Center of Photonics (ACP) in Jena from September 3 to 6, 2024.

    Click here for a short review of the conference

News

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    Excellent ratings for the University of Jena

    Master's programmes in Physics, Computer Science and Mathematics score highly in the latest CHE University Ranking
    Students on the campus of the University of Jena.
    Image: Nicole Nerger (Universität Jena)
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    Join ACP as Leading Expert in the Nanotech Lab!

    We are looking for a strong-personality scientist carrying out scientific work in the nanotechnology laboratory and in the clean room, including in particular work on the scanning electron microscope and focused ion beam.
    Electron-beam written wafer with multiple chips containing Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs).
    Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)
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    • Life
    Interdisciplinary research reveals adaptation mechanisms of microscopic algae

    Study by researchers from the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse" shows how the green alga can adapt its shape and metabolism under natural conditions without changing its genome.
    Dr Trang Vuong (l.) and Dr Prateek Shetty show the growth of the green alga in the spatially structured 3D environment in comparison to conventional cultivation conditions in the laboratory.
    Image: Maria Mittag (Universität Jena)
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About the LIGHT profile

The laudable work of Zeiss, Abbe and Schott is globally recognised as a prime example of innovative symbiotic collaboration, consisting of excellent basic and applied research as well as successful, internationally oriented entrepreneurship.

Under this umbrella, the aim of the LIGHT profile is to foster the scientific strength of the Optics and Photonics sector and to integrate research on Materials and Nanotechnologies, Energy Research and Data-driven Sciences as further main research areas. Within the scope of this scientific background, creating sustainable interdisciplinary links with the fields of biology and medicine have been encouraging fruitful cooperations within the University motto LIGHT-LIFE-LIBERTY.

Main Research Areas

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Structural facilities/Scientific centres

Research Structures - German Research Foundation

Research Structures - European Union and European Research Council (ERC)

Research Structures - Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Faculties Connected to LIGHT

Cooperation Partners

Veranstaltungen

  1. ACP lab
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    Harnessing Biaxial Strain for Tailored Electrical and Optical Properties in free standing TMDC Monolayers using a Nanoscopic Probe
    10:00 ·
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    Master’s thesis defense by Sandhya SUSHIL

    • presence
    • online
    • public
    • barrier-free
  2. High resolution microscopy.
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    Investigation of Metasurface-Based Fabry-Perot Microcavities
    10:00 ·
    • Workshop

    Master’s thesis defense by Anna KARTASHOVA

    • presence
    • online
    • public
    • barrier-free
  3. Open Photonics Innovation - ACP's Lichtwerkstatt
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    Lichtwerkstatt Workshop - Programming Games with Unity 
    17:00 ·
    • Workshop

    Einführung in die Spieleprogrammierung mit der Unity-Engine

    • presence
    • public
    • barrier-free
    • Subject to registration
All events

Contact

The coordination team of the LIGHT profile serves as the reporting and strategic body. Spokesperson of the coordination team is Prof. Dr. Thomas Pertsch (Institute of Applied Physics) and deputy spokesperson is Prof. Dr. Felix Schacher (Institute for Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry).

Thomas Pertsch, Prof. Dr
Spokesperson | LIGHT profile
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Prof. Dr. Thomas Pertsch
Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)
Abbe Center of Photonics, Room 305
Albert-Einstein-Straße 6
07745 Jena Google Maps site planExternal link
Felix Schacher, Prof. Dr
Deputy Spokesperson | LIGHT profile
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Prof. Dr. Felix Schacher
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
Technikum Optik, Room 122
Lessingstraße 8
07743 Jena Google Maps site planExternal link
Jana Hölzer, Dr
Scientific Coordinator | LIGHT profile
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Dr. Jana Hölzer
Image: Sven Studenik
Room 305
Max-Wien-Platz 1
07743 Jena Google Maps site planExternal link