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Abbe Center of Photonics

Front facet of the ACP building in 2019.

Front facet of the ACP building in 2019.

Image: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)

The Abbe Center of Photonics (ACP) is the academic center of scientific activities in the fields of optics and photonics at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena de. Research is conducted in joint cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute JenaExternal link, the Helmholtz Institute JenaExternal link, the Leibniz Institute of Photonic TechnologyExternal link, and the Deutsches Optisches Museum (D.O.M.)External link. In the last years, ACP has become one of the leading European centers for research and education in optics and photonics as well as in the development and transfer of optical technologies. ACP is strongly engaged in young-career scientists' education via its integrated Abbe School of Photonics and sustains strong links with local industry partners as well as with the international scientific community. read more

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    Join ACP and QPhoton as a Junior Group Leader in Quantum Photonics!

    We are offering the great opportunity of a new Junior Research Group in Quantum Photonics within our CZS QPhoton center! The new leader will establish his/her own research group, to start in 2025.
    Fictious quantum lab envisioned by AI.
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    Closing the STEM Gap

    The Federal Ministry of Education and Research-funded project "Hands On! The MINT-Makerspace" begins at the Abbe Center of Photonics.
    Dr. Theresia Palenta, Canan Gallitschke and Johannes Kretzschmar (from left to right) prepare an experiment.
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    Quantum Ideas Factory 2025: A Hands-On Hackathon for Quantum Programming

    40 Participants from the EU DigiQ consortium gathered in Jena. 
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    Solid success at Photonics West - Three Best Student Paper Awards for our researchers

    Again, three researchers from our two institutes IAP and Fraunhofer IOF were honored with the Best Student Paper Award at the renowned SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco.
    Our award winners: from left to right Mathias Lenski, Gonzalo Palma Vega and Philipp Gierschke in San Francisco with their awards
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    One of us - Maximilian Weißflog

    With curiosity and perseverance to success
    PhD Student Maximilian Weißflog in the Laboratory at the Abbe Center of Photonics Jena.
    Image: Ira Winkler
  6. How A Neuromorphic Chip Might Shape the Future of Industry

    Jena Physicist Heidemarie Krüger translates results from a research laboratory to a startup
    Prof. Dr. Heidemarie Krüger
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  • Prof. em. Hans Bachor (ANU Canberra).
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    The combination of Jena University and Fraunhofer in optics is really unique in Europe. The integration in Jena looks seamless.

    Prof. Dr. em. Hans Bachor, The Australian National University, Canberra.

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