Experiment for proton acceleration at the POLARIS high-energy laser system.

Projects

Experiment for proton acceleration at the POLARIS high-energy laser system.

Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)

Strategic ACP funding focuses on large scale, interdisciplinary and sustainable collaborative research projects. The following list is a selection of strategic research projects which have been acquired by ACP's principal scientists through competitive funding programs:

German Research Foundation (DFG)

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Cluster of Excellence 2051 "Balance of the Microverse" - rooted in microbiology, substantially supported by photonics methods and technologies
Collaborative Research Center (SFB) CRC 1375 "NOA - Nonlinear Optics down to Atomic scales"
Collaborative Research Center (SFB) CRC 1278 "PolyTarget - Polymer-based nanoparticle libraries for targeted anti-inflammatory strategies" de
Collaborative Research Center/Transregio (SFB/TRR) TRR 234 "CataLight - Light-driven Molecular Catalysts in Hierarchically Structured Materials"
Research Unit FOR 2783 "Probing the Quantum Vacuum at the High-Intensity Frontier"
Core Facility "Jena Biophotonic and Imaging Laboratory"

European Union and European Research Council (ERC)

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Attosecond Chemistry COST Action (CA18222)
FastGhost - Fast quantum ghost microscopy in the mid-infrared (EU-FET-OPEN 899580)
Image-IN - Imaging Infections: integrated, multiscale visualization of infections and host response (MSCA-ITN 861122)
Laserlab Europe - Integrated Initiative of European Laser Infrastructures
LISA - Laser Ionization and Spectroscopy of Actinide elements (MSCA-ITN 861198)
LOGICLAB - Molecular logic lab-on-a-vesicle for intracellular diagnostics (MSCA-ITN 813920)
METAFAST - Metasurfaces for Ultrafast Light Structuring (EU-FET-OPEN 899673)
Raman4Clinics - Coordination of COST Action BM1401
SURQUID - Super-resolving Quantum Imaging and Detection (EU FET-OPEN 899824)

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

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Collaborative ZIK Astro Optics - Collaborative Centre for Innovation Competence
InfectoGnostics - Federal Research Campus
Leibniz Center for Photonics in Infection Research, funded in the framework of the National Research Infrastructure Roadmap
Lichtwerkstatt Jena - Open Photonics Innovation initiative, funded in public-private partnership
Max Planck School of Photonics - Photonics education of excellence
OptiCon - Optical in situ investigation and modeling of high-temperature conversion processes - Collaborative Centre for Innovation Competence
Tailored Optical Fibers (TOF) - Growth Core ('Wachstumskern'), in collaboration with 21 industry and non-university partners and funded in public-private partnership

Thuringia

Image: TAB und TMWWDG

2D-SENS - Thuringian Research Group for ultrasensitive energy-efficient gas sensors from 2D materials, funded by the Country of Thuringia, in partnership with the Technical University of Ilmen
EPhoQuant - Thuringian Research Group for heterogeneous electronics-photonics integration in quantum-photonic components, funded by the Country of Thuringia, in partnership with the Technical University of Ilmenau
FASTPHOTON - Thuringian Research Group for for single-photon laser-diodes in quantum communication, funded by the Country of Thuringia, in partnership with the Technical University of Ilmenau
FOQUOS - Research Group for Quantum Optical Imaging by Entangled Photons, funded by the Country of Thuringia, in partnership with the Technical University of Ilmenau
InQuoSens - Thuringian Innovation Center for Quantum Optics and Sensor Technology in Jena/Ilmenau, funded by the Thuringian Ministry for Economy, Science, and Digital Society
Leistungszentrum Photonik, funded by the State of Thuringia and the Fraunhofer Society, in partnership with the local Fraunhofer, Leibniz and Helmholtz institutes in Jena
Quantum Hub Thuringia - strategic network for the development of quantum technologies in Thuringia, together with eight partners and coordinated by ACP, funded by the Country of Thuringia (TAB)

Foundations and others

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ATHENA "Accellerator Technology HElmholtz iNfrAstructure", large-scale research infrastructure project funded by the Helmholtz Society, and in partnership with more than 40 scientific partner institutes in Germany
digiPHOTON - initiative to establish and improve digital eduation at the Abbe School of Photonics, funded within the IP digital program of the the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
InfectoOptics - Collaborative Science Campus with several partners, funded by the Leibniz Association
Intelligent substrates: switchable interfaces based on multiresponsive hybrid materials, funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation
Jena Alliance Life in Focus - A Carl Zeiss Foundation Project de- Excellence-based graduate school concept including the Abbe School of Photonics, funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation