Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF

Glass360Dgree

New 3D sensor scans transparent objects.

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Functional layers for highly curved lenses using ALD

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Mobile sensor stage for quality management

3D checking sensor learns to understand human gestures.

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Additive manufacturing of high-performance optics

By using additive manufacturing, novel and optimized designs for metal optics can be realized.

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Fraunhofer IOF optics on a great mission

Fraunhofer IOF developed high-precision mirrors for largest space observatory of mankind to date.

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Finding answers to climate change

Measuring instrument in space will enable more efficient use of water in agriculture in the future.

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More flexibility and higher throughput in the manufacture of freeform micro-optics

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Quantum communication via free-space and fiber links

Together with partners, the Fraunhofer IOF has realized and demonstrated a system for hybrid quantum communication.

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Coating for EUV lithography

Joint development by ZEISS, TRUMPF and Fraunhofer IOF awarded with German Future Prize

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Optically cooled fused silica

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Hybrid Materials for the Preparation of Stochastic Nanostructures

The Fraunhofer IOF realizes broadband antireflective coatings on glass using AR-plas2®.

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3D-Inkjet Printing of Optical Components

The Fraunhofer IOF develops a manufacturing process whose digital character makes it possible to manufacture individualized optical components flexibly and inexpensively.

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Array Microscope with Sub-Micrometer Resolution

The Fraunhofer IOF presents a new approach in which many microscope objectives are arranged in parallel in order to increase the imaged object area or, alternatively, to enable the resolution of very small structures.

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