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Derya Sujana-Sen and Christoph Döring In the fall of 2023, when the Laboratory for Lightwave Metrology was founded, we were driven by the vision of further developing the control and sensitivity of generating, and measuring optical waves, respectively, translating these new capabilities into instruments ready for use in biology and medicine and, thus, benefitting healthcare
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Our research group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM has been awarded anew 600,000.00 € research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technologyand Space (BMFTR).The project focuses on developing innovative key concepts in infrared field-resolved spectroscopy(FRS). Its goal is to enable the detection of minute, relevant concentrations of trace
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Prof. Michael Bauer (left), director of the Department of Anaestehesiology and Intensive care Medicine at Jena University Hospital, and Prof. Ioachim Pupeza (right), head of the Laboratory for Lightwave Metrology, at the 36th German Symposium for Intensive Care Medicine. Infrared field-resolved spectroscopy (IR-FRS) has a unique potential of acquiring quantitative molecular fingerprints from biological samples
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We’re happy to welcome Andreea Bonea, as our new Program Manager, connecting science, strategy, and society. In her own words: “Joining the Laboratory of Lightwave Metrology at this moment means stepping into a young structure, one that comes with both freedom and responsibility. I am excited to help shape how things grow, move the needle
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Three Inspiring Retreats in the Summer of 2025In the late summer of this year, members of the Laboratory for Lightwave Metrology enjoyed three memorable retreats that strengthened our scientific collaboration, fostered new ideas, and brought the team even closer together. Alpine Collaboration Retreat – Spitzsteinhaus, Austria Our first retreat was supported by the Wilhelm und
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The German Conference for Women in Physics (Deutsche Physikerinnentagung) took place in Kiel from September 17-20, 2025. Our PhD student, Aarya, representing RPTU Kaiserslautern and Leibniz-IPHT Jena, attended the event to present her latest results. Her research focuses on building and operating an infrared-compatible microfluidic setup integrated with an imaging modality for inline imaging of
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The Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) and the National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Romania, have started a new collaboration under the motto Excellence in Experimental Physics. A major goal of the collaborative research program is to advance cutting-edge, high-power ultrafast laser technologies far beyond the state of the art. It is furthermore
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The Fraunhofer Institute for industrial mathematics ITWM and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) have jointly been granted a €1.6 million fund under the framework of the Fraunhofer-Max-Planck cooperation programme, to develop next-generation photonic measurement techniques for vibrational spectroscopy for applications in biology and medicine. Detecting and identifying diseases at ever higher speed
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Tim Schönwald has successfully completed his MSc in our group at RPTU. The thesis, titled “Numerical and Experimental Study of Noise Mitigation Techniques toward Quantum-Limited Grating- and Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy”, investigates sensitivity and dynamic-range limits of infrared spectroscopy in theory and experiment. In the frame of his thesis, developed a 1-µm Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) setup
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We are delighted to welcome Bhaswar to the Laboratory of Lightwave Metrology as a postdoctoral researcher, joining us through RPTU and Fraunhofer ITWM. His work will focus on advancing field-resolved infrared spectroscopy technology, with the goal of developing compact systems suitable for use in real clinical settings. Bhaswar recently earned his PhD from the University
