The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF), also referred to as the Fraunhofer IOF, is an institute of the Fraunhofer Society for the Advancement of Applied Research (FHG). The institute is based in Jena . Its activities are attributed to applied research and development in the branch of natural sciences in the field of optics and precision engineering . The institute was founded in 1992.
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48-608: A platform for interdisciplinary cooperation, for representing campus activities to the outside world and for developing strategies for added value synergies between the members. For example, the Campus Association annually grants its most talented young scientists the Campus Award in Life Science and Physics. The Association organises scientific talks by internationally renowned scientists, presents campus research activities to
64-601: Is the basis for collaboration between Fraunhofer IOF staff and the staff of the Institute of Applied Physics at the University of Jena. The aim of the cooperation is to provide practical training for the students, to improve the implementation of research results into practice and to share the high-quality equipment and infrastructures of both institutions. At the end of 2020, Fraunhofer IOF had almost 330 employees, most of whom are scientists and technicians. The operating budget for
80-489: The Digital Age", the team of experts led by Sergiy Yulin (Fraunhofer IOF), Peter Kürz (ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (SMT) division), and Michael Kösters (TRUMPF Lasersystems for Semiconductor Manufacturing) was awarded the prize for technology and innovation. Beutenberg Campus The Beutenberg Campus is a science and research site situated in southern Jena , Germany. The physician Hans Knöll founded
96-577: The Fraunhofer IOF was EUR 51,5 million in the 2020 financial year. The Fraunhofer IOF has been headed by Andreas Tünnermann since 2003, who is also Director of the Institute of Applied Physics at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena. The institute has excellently equipped laboratories on an area of 3830 m² plus 1115 m² clean room (ISO class 1 - ISO class 7), a mechanics workshop meeting
112-719: The Institute for Applied Physics (IAP) of the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena . The facility is also used by the Institute for Photonic Technologies (IPHT), Jena. The facility cost twelve million euros and was financed by the European Union, the Free State of Thuringia and the Fraunhofer Society. In 2003, the Fraunhofer Society concluded a cooperation agreement with the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. It
128-626: The Technology and Innovation Park Jena and the Bioinstrumentation centre, host more than 50 companies. In addition, Wacker Biotech GmbH has established biotechnology production facilities on campus. Beutenberg Campus offers an interdisciplinary knowledge and technology platform for work in innovative research. It is a competence centre for research in terms of the guidelines Life Science meets Physics . The areas of biology , natural product chemistry, environmental research and medicine complement
144-514: The department structure: In July 2006, the Fraunhofer IOF opened the Center for Advanced Micro- and Nano-Optics (CMN-Optics). The core of the facility is the SB350-OS electron beam lithography system. This device, also known as an "electron beam recorder", allows minimal structure sizes in the range of 50 nm with a high accuracy on substrate sizes up to 300 mm. The center is operated jointly with
160-415: The experience of the Jena region in the field of surface and thin film technologies for optics, the Fraunhofer IOF conducts research and development in the area of optical systems aiming at enhancing the control of light – from its generation and manipulation to its actual use. The combination of competences in the areas of optics and precision engineering is particularly important. The focuses also result in
176-579: The first biomedical research institute at Beutenberg in 1950. From 1970, it was run as the Central Institute of Microbiology and Experimental Therapy (Zentralinstitut für Mikrobiologie und experimentelle Therapie - ZIMET) of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR . From 1982 institutes focussing on physics were also set up on the site. Following German reunification in 1990, a multidisciplinary science and research centre
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#1732847916591192-525: The highest demands as well as a test field for extensive testing and demonstration purposes. In the years 2002 and 2013 expansion facilities were built on the Beutenberg Campus in Jena. In 2017 a fiber technology center was inaugurated at Fraunhofer IOF, which includes new special laboratories for the production of active and passive micro- and nanostructured optical fibers and one of the world's most powerful fiber drawing towers. In cooperation with
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224-564: The physics of optics , photonics and optical microsystems. Over 2300 people currently work on the Campus, more than 1000 are scientists. German and foreign students pursue their PhDs in association with one of the seven international research schools and in close cooperation with the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. In 1998 the Institutes on Campus organised themselves into the Campus Association. This non-profit Campus Association provides
240-835: The semi-conductor manufacturer company Osram Opto Semiconductors from Regensburg, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute in Jena, headed by Andreas Bräuer, received the German Future Prize worth EUR 250,000 on December 6. Their innovation consisted of improved chips, packages and a special optical system that enable more powerful light-emitting diodes. Stefan Nolte from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF) and Friedrich Schiller University Jena were together with Jens König ( Robert Bosch GmbH ) and Dirk Sutter (Trumpf Lasers) awarded for their work with ultra-short pulse lasers on December 4, 2013. For their project "EUV Lithography - New Light for
256-507: Was created in response to a recommendation by the German Council of Science and Humanities . The campus currently hosts nine research institutes. These include three Leibniz Association institutes, two Max Planck Society institutes, one Fraunhofer Society institute, one institute funded by the State of Thuringia , as well as Friedrich Schiller University institutes. Two start-up centres,
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