Program 2023

Program may be subject to change.

The Photonics Days 2023 in short:

The Photonics Days Jena 2023 will take place from October 12 to 13, 2023, as an on-site event held in English with selective virtual-streaming offers.
You can choose whether to participate in Photonics Days Jena online or in person. The large range of programs is available for participants in presence in Jena.
We offer certain lectures via Streaming service as well as a virtual evening program. Necessary links will be send to you via Email.

The times given are all Central European Time (CEST; UTC +2:00 hours) and 24h format.

Thursday, October 12, 2023

#EXPLORE

Time	Agenda
9.00 – 9.15	Welcoming Remarks Read More Welcome to Photonics Days Jena 2023! Two days lie ahead of our participants – with a diverse program and many opportunities for networking, exchange, and joint creativity. Prof. Dr. Andreas Tünnermann, Director of the Fraunhofer IOF, will welcome you to our international network- and career event.
9.15 – 9.45	Photonics4Future 1: Nano 4 Climate: Empowering ESA’s CO2m with Nanophotonic Solutions Read More Climate Change is and will remain the key challenge for this century. It is driven by human emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Although key aspects are well understood, we lack good data on the emission and distribution of such gases on a global scale with high spatial and temporal resolution. The European Space Agency has devised CO2m – one of its sentinels – to overcome this issue. In this talk I shall discuss, how a 80 head strong team at Fraunhofer IOF is building the optical systems for the CO2m-instrument, a set of high resolution spectrometer instruments. I will focus on how nanophotonics, photonic integration, and innovative optical coatings need to be brough together to enable the instrument to function. by Dr. Falk Eilenberger (Fraunhofer IOF)
9.45 – 10.15	Photonics4Future 2: Development and manufacturing of the receiver telescope for the Ganymede Laser Altimeter (GALA) Read More The GALA (Ganymede Laser Altimeter) is one of eleven scientific instruments of the ESA mission JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer) with the goal of exploring the icy moons of Jupiter, with a special interest in Ganymede, which is with its atmosphere, magnetic field and water resources similar to earth. GALA is a laser altimeter that generates a surface profile with a resolution of <15 cm on the basis of an emitted laser pulse that is reflected on the surface of the moon 500 km away. Fraunhofer IOF was entrusted with the development and manufacture of the receiving telescope on behalf of HENSOLDT. The overall system is the responsibility of the DLR Institute for Planetary Research, which commissioned HENSOLDT with the development of the transmitter and transceiver unit and the procurement of the receiver telescope and its integration into the transceiver unit. by Dr. Henrik von Lukowicz (Fraunhofer IOF)
10.15 – 10.45	Coffee Break
10.45 – 11.30	IDEA PITCHES of Cluster of Excellence in Photonics Read More Innovative research ideas come up from anywhere. The annual Leistungszentrum Photonik IDEA PITCHES give you the opportunity and the budget to further explore those creative photonics ideas! Apply by September 15 and present your idea at the Photonics Days Jena on October 12! If your project convinces the audience, you will receive up to 10.000€ research budget to further investigate at the Fraunhofer IOF or the Lichtwerkstatt Jena (Open Photonics Makerspace). To help you being best prepared for the presentation in October, a consultation and pitch training will be offered by Eleonore Roderfeld and Dr. Sebastian Händschke (Digital Innovation Hub Photonics – DIHP). If you have any further questions, please reach out and drop a line to margherita.pasquali@iof.fraunhofer.de. We are excited to hear your innovative ideas! Flyer with Detailed Information
11.30 – 12.00	Lunch Break
12.00 – 12.15	Award Ceremony Elevator Pitches
12.15 – 12.45	Photonics4Future 3: “CubEnik – Chronicles of a satellite” Read More Projects in the scientific environment are confronted with conflicting requirements, especially space projects. Requirements of the project sponsor for predictability are in strong contrast to technical and scientific uncertainties. This talk addresses the cognition processes and the handling of changes in the course of the project using the example of a Cubesat mission for QKD and how systems engineering methods can help. by Daniel Heinig (Fraunhofer IOF)
12.45 – 13.00	Break
13.00 – 15.30	Maker Workshop by Lichtwerkstatt Jena: Read More Rapid manufacturing tools have proven very useful not just for prototyping or single unit production in the industry, but also in everyday research. Take the opportunity of this workshop to learn the basic principles of Maker tools and apply them on a small hands-on problem.
15.30 – 16.00	Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.00	Keynote Lecture & Talk 1: “Aerospace – Shaping the Future” Read More Aviation is an integral part of our society and global mobility. It contributes to inter-cultural exchange and creates economic growth. However, aviation is undergoing one of the most radical transformation processes in its entire history. The end result should and will be climate-compatible air transport, as the consequences of climate change require resolute action. In order to achieve this goal, the growth of air transport must be decoupled from environmental pollution over the next 20 years. Forecasts indicate that air transport could become climate-neutral by 2050. We are currently facing two main challenges. Firstly, we must continue to improve today’s aircraft, increasing their efficiency and reducing their climate impact. Secondly, we need to pave the way for a whole new generation of aircraft. Among other things, this will require low-emission aviation engines, new energy sources, such as sustainable aviation fuels and energy-efficient air transport systems. Space technology makes it possible to carry out global earth observation and to navigate and communicate globally in an independent way. Space is an instrument of active European climate and environmental policy, creating objective data bases with regard to the whole earth. But Space missions also open up the universe and provide answers to the big questions of mankind, e.g. through the new James Webb Telescope of NASA and ESA. The mastery of space technology and the possession of corresponding infrastructures are a strategic MUST for Germany and the European Union. Currently, the commercialization of spaceflight and utilization of the low Earth orbit is steadily increasing, e.g. by the New Space company SpaceX with its Falcon 9 rocket, its Dragon capsules for resupply and crew exchange of the International Space Station and its Starlink mega-constellation. The EU has recently responded to these challenges with a decision to build its own satellite mega-constellation for communications (IRIS2). The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) is the Federal Republic of Germany’s research center for aeronautics and space and is assigned to the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection. DLR conducts research and development in aeronautics, space, energy and transport, security and digitization. The German Space Agency at DLR plans and implements the national space programme on behalf of the federal government. DLR uses the expertise of its 55 research institutes and facilities, around 10,000 employees share a mission – to explore Earth and space and develop technologies for a sustainable future. Through DLR’s knowledge in the key areas of aeronautics, space, energy and transport, DLR also conducts research into concepts, methods, tools and technologies for state security provision. This includes, among other things, the protection of the population and critical infrastructures from man-made or environmentally induced hazards. by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla (CEO of the German Aerospace Center)
17.00 – 17.50	Award ceremony for the Applied Photonics Award
17.50 – 18.30	Time at your own leisure: Transit to Evening Venue or end of program today
18.30 – 20.00	Evening Program at Venue Theatercafé Jena or Escape Game online Read More We would like to invite you to our evening program at the “Theatercafé Jena” which adjoins directly to “Sternwarte Jena”. Here you can relax over a nice meal and discuss certain aspects of your research, or of todays lectures, with each other and/or speakers of this event. Use the opportunity to join one of two groups to visit the Sternwarte with a guide. Please note that for visiting the Sternwarte you are asked to pay a small fee of 3,00 EUR directly at the Sternwarte.

Thursday, October 12, 2023

#EXPLORE

Program Day 1

9:00 – 9:15

Welcoming Remarks

9.15 – 9.45

Photonics4Future 1:
Nano 4 Climate: Empowering ESA’s CO2m with Nanophotonic Solutions

9.45 – 10.15

Photonics4Future 2: Development and manufacturing of the receiver telescope for the Ganymede Laser Altimeter (GALA)

10.15 – 10.45

Coffee Break

10.45 – 11.30

IDEA PITCHES of Cluster of Excellence in Photonics

11.30 – 12.00

Lunch Break

12.00 – 12.15

Award ceremony Elevator Pitches

12.15 – 12.45

Photonics4Future 3: “CubEnik – Chronicles of a satellite”

12.45 – 13.00

Break

13.00 – 15.30

Maker Workshop by Lichtwerkstatt Jena:

15.30 – 16.00

Coffee Break

16.00 – 17.00

Keynote Lecture & Talk 1: Aerospace – Shaping the Future

Aviation is an integral part of our society and global mobility. It contributes to inter-cultural exchange and creates economic growth. However, aviation is undergoing one of the most radical transformation processes in its entire history. The end result should and will be climate-compatible air transport, as the consequences of climate change require resolute action. In order to achieve this goal, the growth of air transport must be decoupled from environmental pollution over the next 20 years. Forecasts indicate that air transport could become climate-neutral by 2050. We are currently facing two main challenges. Firstly, we must continue to improve today’s aircraft, increasing their efficiency and reducing their climate impact. Secondly, we need to pave the way for a whole new generation of aircraft. Among other things, this will require low-emission aviation engines, new energy sources, such as sustainable aviation fuels and energy-efficient air transport systems.

Space technology makes it possible to carry out global earth observation and to navigate and communicate globally in an independent way. Space is an instrument of active European climate and environmental policy, creating objective data bases with regard to the whole earth. But Space missions also open up the universe and provide answers to the big questions of mankind, e.g. through the new James Webb Telescope of NASA and ESA. The mastery of space technology and the possession of corresponding infrastructures are a strategic MUST for Germany and the European Union. Currently, the commercialization of spaceflight and utilization of the low Earth orbit is steadily increasing, e.g. by the New Space company SpaceX with its Falcon 9 rocket, its Dragon capsules for resupply and crew exchange of the International Space Station and its Starlink mega-constellation. The EU has recently responded to these challenges with a decision to build its own satellite mega-constellation for communications (IRIS2).

The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) is the Federal Republic of Germany’s research center for aeronautics and space and is assigned to the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection. DLR conducts research and development in aeronautics, space, energy and transport, security and digitization. The German Space Agency at DLR plans and implements the national space programme on behalf of the federal government. DLR uses the expertise of its 55 research institutes and facilities, around 10,000 employees share a mission – to explore Earth and space and develop technologies for a sustainable future.

Through DLR’s knowledge in the key areas of aeronautics, space, energy and transport, DLR also conducts research into concepts, methods, tools and technologies for state security provision. This includes, among other things, the protection of the population and critical infrastructures from man-made or environmentally induced hazards.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla (CEO of the German Aerospace Center)

17.00 – 17.50

Award ceremony

of the Applied Photonics Award 2023

17.50 – 18.30

Free time

for transit to Evening Event at Theatercafé Jena

18.30 – 20.00

Evening Event at Theatercafé in presence or join the virtual Escape Game

#ENGAGE

Time	Agenda
9.00 – 12.00	Industry Breakfast Read More On-site networking breakfast and digital presentations as well as live presentations of hiring companies in the field of photonics. You are welcome to start a conversation!
12.00 – 12.50	Keynote lecture & Talk 2:Resolution limits in physics: From deep space exploration to subnuclear structures Read More 150 years ago, Ernst Abbe found the reason for the resolution limit of optical microscopy and laid the foundation for what became later known as Fourier optical imaging theory. This and his famous resolution formula applies not just to light microscopy but to all imaging methods, be it with light, x-rays, or elemental particles, – and be it in astronomy, microscopy, optical lithography, or particle physics. In fact, the development of physical imaging instrumentation can be widely understood in the context of Abbe’s resolution limit. However, if the underlying assumptions of Fourier optical imaging theory are no longer valid, superresolution becomes possible and the resolution is limited by other quantities. In this talk we start with the history of Abbe’s resolution limit and imaging theory and its consequences for various disciplines of physics like astronomy, microscopy and nuclear physics. Then we’ll discuss methods to enhance resolution within the Abbe limit, like synthetic aperture imaging as in the event horizon telescope, Fourier ptychography and EUV lithography, and finally come to superresolution methods like single molecule localization, superresolution lithography and model-based imaging that provide a resolution beyond Abbe’s limit. Prof. Dr. Michael Totzeck (ZEISS Expert Ladder – Fellow)
12.50 – 13.20	Networking Lunch Break & Goodbye

Friday, October 13, 2023

#ENGAGE

Program Day 2

9.00 – 12.00

Industry Breakfast

12.00 – 12.45

Keynote lecture & Talk 2:Resolution limits in physics: From deep space exploration to subnuclear structures

12.55 – 13.20

Program 2023

The Photonics Days 2023 in short:

Thursday, October 12, 2023

#EXPLORE

Welcoming Remarks

Photonics4Future 1: Nano 4 Climate: Empowering ESA’s CO2m with Nanophotonic Solutions

by Dr. Falk Eilenberger (Fraunhofer IOF)

Photonics4Future 2: Development and manufacturing of the receiver telescope for the Ganymede Laser Altimeter (GALA)

by Dr. Henrik von Lukowicz (Fraunhofer IOF)

IDEA PITCHES of Cluster of Excellence in Photonics

Flyer with Detailed Information

Award Ceremony Elevator Pitches

Photonics4Future 3: “CubEnik – Chronicles of a satellite”

by Daniel Heinig (Fraunhofer IOF)

Maker Workshop by Lichtwerkstatt Jena:

Keynote Lecture & Talk 1: “Aerospace – Shaping the Future”

by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla (CEO of the German Aerospace Center)

Award ceremony for the Applied Photonics Award

Evening Program at Venue Theatercafé Jena or Escape Game online

Thursday, October 12, 2023

#EXPLORE

Program Day 1

Welcoming Remarks

Photonics4Future 1: Nano 4 Climate: Empowering ESA’s CO2m with Nanophotonic Solutions

by Dr. Falk Eilenberger (Fraunhofer IOF)

Photonics4Future 2: Development and manufacturing of the receiver telescope for the Ganymede Laser Altimeter (GALA)

by Dr. Henrik von Lukowicz (Fraunhofer IOF)

Coffee Break

IDEA PITCHES of Cluster of Excellence in Photonics

Flyer with Detailed Information

Lunch Break

Award ceremony Elevator Pitches

Photonics4Future 3: “CubEnik – Chronicles of a satellite”

by Daniel Heinig (Fraunhofer IOF)

Break

Maker Workshop by Lichtwerkstatt Jena:

Coffee Break

Keynote Lecture & Talk 1: Aerospace – Shaping the Future

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla (CEO of the German Aerospace Center)

Award ceremony

of the Applied Photonics Award 2023

Free time

Evening Event at Theatercafé in presence or join the virtual Escape Game

Friday, October 13, 2023

#ENGAGE

Industry Breakfast

Keynote lecture & Talk 2:Resolution limits in physics: From deep space exploration to subnuclear structures

Prof. Dr. Michael Totzeck (ZEISS Expert Ladder – Fellow)

Networking Lunch Break & Goodbye

Friday, October 13, 2023

#ENGAGE

Program Day 2

Industry Breakfast

Keynote lecture & Talk 2:Resolution limits in physics: From deep space exploration to subnuclear structures

Prof. Dr. Michael Totzeck (ZEISS Expert Ladder – Fellow)

Networking Lunch Break & Goodbye

Photonics4Future 1:
Nano 4 Climate: Empowering ESA’s CO2m with Nanophotonic Solutions

Photonics4Future 2:
Development and manufacturing of the receiver telescope for the Ganymede Laser Altimeter (GALA)

Photonics4Future 3:
“CubEnik – Chronicles of a satellite”

Keynote Lecture & Talk 1:
“Aerospace – Shaping the Future”

Photonics4Future 1:
Nano 4 Climate: Empowering ESA’s CO2m with Nanophotonic Solutions