Infrastructure and Facilities

ACP research building at the Beutenberg Campus

Front facet of the ACP research building in Jena.
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

Parts, but by far not all of our research, are hosted in the ACP research building located at Albert-Einstein-Str. 6, 07745 JenaExternal link. The building was opened in immediate vicinity to the Institute of Applied Physics, the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision EngineeringExternal link and the Leibniz Institute of Photonic TechnologyExternal link. It has been funded by the State of Thuringia and the German federal government with more than 24 million Euro. It offers 2,600 m² space including top-notch functionalized optical, biological and chemical labs, seminar rooms, offices and an auditorium. Since 2016, the research site evolved into a strategic and integrative hub for interdisciplinary exchange within the main ACP research areas by hosting laboratories for joint research, and enhance the integration of ACP's educational programs into its research.

Substantial installation of research infrastructure and laboratory equipment inside the ACP building were funded by the State of ThuringiaExternal link and the European Funds for Regional Development (EFRE)External link within the infrastructural measures ACP-IPHT-FIB (2015 FOR 0005), ACP-MESOLAB (2015 FGI 0024), ACP-RÖNTGEN-BIOBILD (2017 FGI 0030), and ACP-CNQN (2018).

Currently, the ACP building is hosting the groups of ACP principal scientists Besaga, Goi, Limpert, Pertsch, Rothhardt, and Setzpfandt, as well as parts of the research of the ACP principal scientists Eilenberger, Popp, Schmitt, Schubert, Steinlechner, and Tünnermann.

Public rooms for science communication

Impressions Jena 2024
Image: Johannes Kretzschmar

ACP is organizing a thrilling program throughout the whole year, including international conferences and workshops, keynote lectures and research group seminars. In the public areas, seminar and meeting rooms with state-of-the-art videostreaming equipment can be reserved for events in the area of scientific communication and education in the context of optics and photonics:

Auditorium (up to 142 people)
Seminar room 1 (up to 42 people)
Seminar room 2 (up to 18 people)
Further meeting rooms in the office area

For reservation and further information, please contact rebeca.roeppenack@uni-jena.de, +49 3641 947961.

Photonics computer pool

PhD workshop on optical system design.
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

The computer pool in the ACP building is used for PC-based photonics lectures and seminars such as, e.g., computational photonics, optics design, and many others. Apart from the lectures and seminars, the ACP computer pool is open to all members of the University on working days from 7:45 am until 6 pm. Any student and/or scientist can log in via his personalized university account and use the software, including: Comsol 5.2a, MATLAB R2015b, Math Type 6, MS Office, MiKTeX 2.9, Origin Pro, Python 3.5, Wolfram Mathematica 11, ZEMAX OpticStudio 16.5.

Photonics library for students

ACP has an in-house library stock of special and up-to-date literature on photonics. This stock particularly hosts books which are strongly recommended for accompanying studies during the first, second and third semester of the M.Sc. Photonics course. This students' literature stock is officially part of the Thuringian University and Federal State Library (ThULB)External link. The photonics literature includes, but is not limited to, the state of the art on fundamentals of photonics, quantum optics, optics design, biophotonics, optical engineering and laser physics.

A detailed list of all available books can be accessed here: ACP photonics library content.External link
All books can be rented for home studies by every photonics Master's degree or doctoral student at the second floor of the ACP main building. To access or to rent any of these books, please contact rebeca.roeppenack@uni-jena.de.