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Our Optical Quantum Metrology group at Fraunhofer ITWM was awarded a grant of 200.000 € for joint experiments with the Fraunhofer IOF. The research goal is to test different nonlinear crystals for the generation of high-power, broadband mid-infrared radiation, driven by state-of-the-art kW-level average-power femtosecond fiber lasers at IOF. The findings are expected to benefit…
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At this year’s FACCS SciX conference, Jan presented the research of the team in Jena. In the session on Novel laser based chemical sensing, Jan reported on the high-throughput field-resolved spectroscopy measurements of particles in flow and the next-generation Tm-fiber based laser for field-resolved infrared spectroscopy. The conference took place in October 2024 in the…
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In the beginning of November, the group met in the charming town of Bacharach at the river Rhine for an autumn retreat. The meeting took place in the historic Stahleck Castle (German: Burg Stahleck) from the 12th century, nowadays repurposed as a hostel. The four-day workshop included scientific sessions, thesis progress and project meetings. The…
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At the Laboratory for Lightwave Metrology and at Attoworld, Marinus has been a driving force in the development of field-resolved infrared spectroscopy and its biomedical applications. Due to his manifold contributions in this field, he has now been awarded this year’s “Dieter W. Bäuerle Prize for Fundamentals and Applications of Laser-Matter Interaction”. The prize is…
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Electro-optic sampling (EOS) has become a highly versatile, widespread technique capable of performing measurements of optical waves with sensitivity to their oscillating electric field (rather than the cycle-averaged intensity). First demonstrated for free-space terahertz waves thirty decades ago, EOS has recently been extended all the way to the visible spectral region. Importantly, in the mid-infrared…
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Our PhD student, Aarya, participated in a conference for doctoral and master’s students hosted by the Abbe Center of Photonics in Jena. The conference was held in Suhl, Thuringia, from August 26th to 30th, 2024. It was a good opportunity to present the group’s progress on the imaging and microfluidics setup for field-resolved-spectroscopy flow cytometry…
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Researchers at the Laboratory of Lightwave Metrology and Attoworld have made significant advancements in molecular fingerprinting through the development of a standardized data processing technique for infrared field-resolved spectroscopy (FRS). This novel approach solves an importnt challenge of FRS, enabling more accurate and comparable measurements with different instruments – a crucial requirement for real-world applications.…
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We congratulate Dr. Aleksandra Borek-Dorosz for the OPUS26 grant, she received from the Polish National Science Center. OPUS is a competition for research projects, intended for scientists at all stages of their scientific career. Her research project entitled “Raman4Cell2Cell: Uncovering the reciprocal interactions of leukocytes and endothelial cells by (stimulated) Raman imaging” will receive a…
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Non-invasive diagnostics based on breath analysis have advanced significantly in recent years. However, collecting adequate samples remains a major challenge, especially for newborns and vulnerable patients in critical care units. To address this, scientists at the Laboratory of Lightwave Metrology, in collaboration with the University Hospital at Technical University Munich and University Clinic Essen, have…
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We welcome Marco Personeni as a PhD in our group. Marco will be affiliated with the RPTU in Kaiserslautern. Before joining the Laboratory for Lightwave Metrology, Marco completed his Master’s studies in chemistry with a specialisation in physical chemistry at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, with the thesis “Partitioning of ions and small molecules in aqueous-organic mixtures”.…
