Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOFAnnual report 2025
Scientific Highlights:
- Spectrometer grating for ESA’s Sentinel-4 climate mission
- UVNS spectrometer for monitoring global air quality
- Satellite-based laser communication ready for series production
- QuBUS: mobile interface from free-space links to the terrestrial network
- r-to-ground distribution of entangled photons
- Ultra-compact light source for quantum encryption
- MIR quantum scanning microscopy beyond quantum correlations
- The eyes and ears of AI
- More power for fiber optic networks
- New dimensions for future fiber components
- Smart metrology unlocks HR-mirrors with sub-ppm optocal losses
- Real-time 3D measurement technology for error-free forming in shipbuilding
- and much more