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

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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.

22 May 2025
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Jena receives two Clusters of Excellence
Friedrich Schiller University has been successful in the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments with its "Balance of the Microverse" and "Imaginamics" Clusters. It therefore fulfils the requirements for an application to become a University of Excellence.
Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
22 May 2025
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CZS Endowed Professor for Uwe D. Zeitner
New inspiration for the IAP and micro-optics
Image: Ira Winkler
22 May 2025
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Online Conference on Research Data management
The Thuringian RDM Days will take place from June 18 to 19.
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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.

Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
Optics and Photonics Ultraoptics, Strong Field Physics, Biophotonic,Quantum Technology
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
Materials and Nanotechnologies Nanomaterials, Glass Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
Energy Storage and Conversion and Environmental Technologies Energy Storage Systems, Photovoltaics, Membrane Technologies
Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
Data and Information Computer and Data-based Sciences

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Contact

The coordination team of the LIGHT profile serves as the reporting and strategic body. Interims Spokesperson of the coordination team is Prof. Dr. Felix Schacher (Institute for Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry), deputy spokesperson Prof. Dr. Holger Gies (Institute for Theoretical Physics).

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