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)

Retrospective on the Jena LIGHT Conference 2024 – Photonics Meets AI

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    Graphic: Tung Nguyen/Pixabay
    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

    • Light
    • Life
    • Liberty
    A university thrives on freedom

    The university welcomed its 3,750 first-semester students with a festive ceremony
    Awarding of citizens' letters to one first-year student from each faculty at the matriculation ceremony.
    Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)
    • Light
    ASP joins DigiQ, the largest European Master Network of Quantum Technology

    DigiQ is a European Master Program in Quantum Science and Technology, of which ASP is now an official, affiliated partner. For students it offers participation in "DigiQ networks", online courses, internships, hackathons, schools and more. All our students can apply to become part of the DigiQ networks.
    Waveguides for quantum spectroscopy.
    Illustration: Setzpfandt research group
    • Light
    • Life
    • Liberty
    Jena is a cosmopolitan city

    Master's student Sameer Khatri receives this year's DAAD Prize for International Students at the University of Jena
    Indian student Sameer Khatri receives the DAAD Prize 2024.
    Image: Nicole Nerger/Universität Jena
All short news

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

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.

Veranstaltungen

  1. Screenshot einer SQL-Anwendung
    Image: Zedif
    Introduction to the Database Query Language SQL
    9:00 ·
    • Workshop

    Learn to query relation databases with SQL.

    • presence
    • public
    • barrier-free
    • Subject to registration
  2. Netzwerk
    Image: Elisa via pixabay
    Long Night of the Sciences
    18:00 ·
    • Workshop

    The JSEC is taking part in the LNdW again this year

    • presence
    • public
    • barrier-free
  3. Man schreibt auf einer Schreibmarschiene im 19. Jahrhundert style
    Image: Nomad_Soul/stock.adobe.com
    A brief Introduction to R
    9:00 ·
    • Workshop

    This introductory R course is aimed at beginners who have little or no experience with the R programming language.

    • 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