SPIE.Photonics West 2024German Exhibitors Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF

Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF

Booth number: 4205-32
www.iof.fraunhofer.de

About us

Ranging from array projectors in the automotive sector to 3D real-time scanners in production and quantum technologies for tap-proof communication, the Fraunhofer - Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF develops innovative solutions with light for a wide variety of applications. To cover the entire photonic process chain, we use our comprehensive competencies in the areas of optical and mechanical system design, micro- and nanostructured optics, opto-mechatronical as well as precision optical components and systems, functional surfaces and coatings, laser and fiber technology, imaging and sensing technology, and future technologies, such as optical quantum technologies. Innovative solutions arise that open up new fields of application for photonics in science and industry. As part of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, our research is based on a passion for taking on significant challenges and breaking new ground.

WE ARE HIRING:

Scientific Researcher »Fiber Technology«
Research Associate Quantum Imaging
Scientific Researcher for Quantum Communication Systems

Address

Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF
Albert-Einstein-Str. 7
07745 Jena
Germany

Phone:  +49 3641 8070

Contact person:

Dr. Erik Beckert
Head of Department | Opto-mechatronical Components and Systems
E-mail: eric.beckert@iof.fraunhofer.de

Dr. Robert Kammel
Head of Department | Strategy, Organisation, Communication
E-mail: robert.kammel@iof.fraunhofer.de

Dr. Thomas Schreiber
Head of Department | Laser and Fiber Technology
E-mail: thomas.schreiber@iof.fraunhofer.de

Dr. Astrid Bingel
Group Leader | Functional Surfaces and Coatings
E-mail: astrid.bingel@iof.fraunhofer.de

Products & Services

EXOMARS 532 nm laser for RAMAN experiment
CO2-spliced fiber components and systems
CO2-ablated freeform for fiber drawing
Soldered lenses
3D Inkjet printed optical components
Integrated entangled photon source
Double slit assembly for the FLEX Mission
Telescope model for quantum communication
Multiplexer module for laser communication in space
3D Inkjet printed optical components
Laser-beam soldered optics for harsh application environments
Preform material for laser cooling
Low loss broadband antireflective coatings AR-plas2® for quantum applications
Conformal coatings on polymers by atomic layer depositions ALD
Drilled glass sample "IOF", sample pictures
Spectral combining module for laser communication

Quantum Communication made in Germany - QuNET Initiative

The QuNET initiative develops quantum technology for QKD applications. Experts from Fraunhofer IOF and DLR have developed an entangled photon pair source for safe satellite-based quantum communication together with a communication terminal. The source efficiency reaches up to 300.000 pairs/s. The OSIRIS4CubeSat is with its 395g the world’s smallest Laser Communication Terminal, consuming <9W of power, while supporting a data rate of 100Mbit/s.
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High-Throughput Telescope for QKD-Terminals – for Earth & Space

Based on its expertise in the construction of high-performance metal optics, Fraunhofer IOF is developing within the QuNET initiative an obscuration-free, metal-based, and diffraction-limited telescope. Its scalable aperture allows for various QKD scenarios: terrestrial links, links to flying platforms, or to satellites. Due to its wavelength-independence compared to lens systems, this telescope offers a broad range of applications.
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Telescope system for quantum communication

InteQuant - Integrated entangled photon source

This entangled photon source is an engineering example of a compact and high performant photon source to make applications in quantum communication practical. It is capable of operating at millions of photon pairs per seconds per mW of laser pump power and its broadband light spectrum allows multiplexing capabilities. The architecture has been tested to distribute entangled photons over inter-city fiber networks for applications in quantum cryptography.
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