Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies
| Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies | |
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 Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies |
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| Category: | research Institute |
| Carrier: | legally independent |
| Legal form of the carrier: | Registered association |
| Facility location: | Jena |
| Type of research: | Basic research , applied research |
| Subjects: | Natural sciences |
| Areas of expertise: | Optics , photonics |
| Basic funding: | Federal Government, State of Thuringia |
| Management: | Jürgen Popp |
| Employee: | 322 |
| Annotation: | As of July 2013 |
| Homepage: | www.ipht-jena.de |
The Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies eV (IPHT) was founded in 1992 as an Institute for Physical High Technology in Jena. It is a non-profit research institution . As a registered association, it is supported by the association's members in addition to institutional funding from the federal government and the Free State of Thuringia . In addition to public institutions, members include companies in the region as well as personalities from business and science.
For the IPHT, photonics, the most important key technology of the 21st century, is the focus of research. The institute provides research services from basic research to application-oriented implementation in laboratory samples. With the reorientation of the institute towards photonic technologies and the associated renaming to the Institute for Photonic Technologies in 2007, the competencies in the three main research areas 'Biophotonics', 'Fiber Optics' and 'Photonic Detection' are bundled.
In July 2013, based on the results of an evaluation by the Science Council , it was decided to include the institute in the Leibniz Association , which took effect on January 1, 2014.
Research priorities
Optical system solutions for questions from the fields of medicine, life and environmental sciences are the focus of the work at the Institute for Photonic Technologies under the motto " Photonics for Life ". The research focus biophotonics connects all research activities at the IPHT. It aims at new photonic processes, which, together with the two main research areas of fiber optics and photonic detection, will be transferred into application-oriented innovative systems.
Open questions in basic research are identified and addressed in close cooperation with partners in medicine , life and environmental sciences . The research results open up new methodological approaches and at the same time open up further application potentials for photonic solutions. With its method and process research, the IPHT makes a significant contribution to progress in these socio-politically relevant areas.
Work at the IPHT takes place in eight research departments as well as research and junior research groups. New biophotonic methods for spectro-optical and imaging diagnostics and bioanalytics per se are linked to the research and implementation of corresponding light sources and photonic detection systems. In addition, fiber optic system solutions are becoming increasingly important for instrumental implementation because of their unique properties and their miniaturization potential. Conversely, biophotonics with its specific requirements has an effect on basic research in these research fields.
From this synergetic interweaving of the three main research areas of biophotonics, fiber optics and photonic detection, the IPHT gains its coherent scientific profile and derives its self-image “ From Ideas to Instruments ”.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Tino Zippel: Great success for the Jena Institute for Photonic Technologies. In: OTZ.de, July 13, 2013.
Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 33.5 " N , 11 ° 34 ′ 2.1" E