No.12
Optics meet-up
Connecting the optics community in Jena.
Our next event:
April 2027

Dear Optics Community,
dear Optics-Valley,
We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming Optics Meet-up! Please take a moment to make a note for the April 2027, in your calendar.
Format:
The event will feature two fascinating talks (~15 minutes each) by two inspiring speakers from the field of Optics & Photonics, followed by networking at the bar. The event will start at 19:00 (entrance from 18:30) and last until 00:00.

OUR Recent Talks
From Commodity to Strategic Bottlenecks – Optical Materials for IR Applications
Optical materials for the Infrared gain more and more interest these days. Why are some of them scarce and how do we deal with this?Are there alternatives? Some thoughts about abundance, properties and stable supply.
DR. GORDON VON DER GÖNNA

Electro-Optical Sensors at HENSOLDT Optronics: Current Challenges
The current developments in sensor technology for stabilized platforms in relevant military systems—such as main battle tanks, submarines, or aircraft—are examined against the backdrop of available technologies and materials.
DR. MARTIN HÜBNER

Register for our next event
Inspiring talks, great contacts. Join our Optics Meet-Up and connect with people in Optical Engineering and Photonics from Jena and across Germany.
Registration open

Speakers history
Lithography, Photonics, and All That
MARKUS SCHRÖFL, PhD

Cancer Treatment Monitoring Using Quantum-Sensing-Based Optical MRI
ROBIN ALLERT

Nanoimprinting Lithography:A Revolutionary Approach to Micro and Nano Optics Fabrication
PATRICK SCHUSTER

Advanced Modeling of Two-Photon Lithography & Color Centers for Quantum Optics
VALERIIA SEDOVA & MOSTAFA KOTKAT

The Abbe School of Photonics - shaping the talent for tomorrow
PROF. DR. THOMAS PERTSCH

Gutenberg Moment of Holography: Pathway to Mass Fabrication of Holographic Products
Dr. Roman Kleindienst

When Light Breaks Symmetry: "Exceptional" Effects in Kerr Resonators
Lewis Hill, PhD

Bridging Photonics: My Journey from Japan to Germany and Research on Silicon Nanophotonics
Katsuya Tanaka

Locust or large corporate: what to consider when planning for succession or growth
Fabian Rücker

Picometer Interferometry - the Heart of Digitalization Talk
Jochen Hetzler, PhD

Abbe's Theory of Imaging and its applications
Jan Werschnik, PhD

HIGH RESOLUTION LED MATRIX LIGHT SOURCES FOR AUTOMOTIVE HEADLAMPS
Florian Kolb, PhD

REFRACTIVE MICRO-OPTICS FOR AUTOMOTIVE ILLUMINATION
Dmitrii Stefanidi

GLASS SUBSTITUTION FOR OPTICAL DESIGN USING SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
Aleksei Garshin, PHD

25 years of EUV multilayer optics development in Jena
TORSTEN FEIGL, PhD

Deutsches Optisches Museum (D.O.M.) – concept and realization
PROF. DR.-ING. TIMO MAPPES

How to start a company?
Carolin Münzberg

Deformable Phase Plate – a new technology for plug-and-play adaptive optics
Pouya Rajaeipour, PhD

How to design a metalens?
Dominik Schulz

Nanocomposites as next-generation optical materials
Daniel Werdehausen, PhD

Translating optical design freedom into 3D printed micro-optics
Nils Fahrbach

Manufacturing & assembly limitations to consider when designing an optical system
Kseniia Zavatskaia

Next generation optical design software
Goran Baer & Jens Siepmann

Register now
Date
April 2027 at 19:00 (entrance from 18:30)
Location
Technologie- & Innovationspark Jena
Photonics Precision Engineering GmbH
Moritz-von-Rohr Straße 1A
07745 Jena
Germany
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