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170 members from 17 different countries
Light is essential to numerous digital applications. From smartphone cameras and online streaming via fibre-optic cables to 3D images in medicine, optical technologies are what make our everyday digital lives possible. In the PhoenixD Cluster of Excellence, researchers from the areas of physics, mechanical engineering, chemistry, computer science and mathematics are working together in the field of optics and photonics, a key technology of the twenty-first century.
Our goal
Intelligent optics of the future
PhoenixD investigates new areas of application in the field of optics – for example, medical diagnostics, quantum technologies, safe food production and energy-efficient telecommunications. In place of classical optics involving many large lenses and intricate components, it focuses on modern approaches such as integrated micro-optics.
This technological transformation in the optics field is characterised by two trends: First, electronic and photonic – i.e. light-based – functions are merging in the digital world. This means, for example, that microelectronic and photonic elements on microchips will work together to significantly accelerate data processing in future. The second trend is the supplementing of micro-optic systems through the use of artificial intelligence. This enables real-time analysis of the data and thus opens up entirely new areas of application.
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Without light-based technologies, there would be no internet, no smartphones and no modern medicine. PhoenixD is developing groundbreaking ideas – from skin cancer scanners to data transmission that is secure from eavesdropping. We are making the region a hotspot for innovations that make our lives safer, healthier and smarter.
Prof. Dr. Uwe Morgner, spokesperson for the PhoenixD Cluster of Excellence
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