Automation in PolyPhotonics

Automation in PolyPhotonics

As one of the milestones of the project, the automated assembly of all components of the PolyBoard was targeted and successfully demonstrated.
Here in the video you can see the assembly of a tunable laser using a ficonTEC assembly machine.

Workshop PolyPhotonics Berlin

Workshop PolyPhotonics Berlin

24.10.2019 // 09:30 – 17:00 Uhr

Fraunhofer HHI, Einsteinufer 37, 10587 Berlin

Die PolyPhotonics-Berlin Technologieplattform ist ein optischer Baukasten mit Halbleiter- und Polymermaterialien, mikro-optischen Elementen, Integrationstechnologien und automatisierter Montage. Mit profunden Fachwissen realisieren die Partner hybrid-optische Komponenten aus den Bereichen Telecom/Datacom, Analytik und Sensorik. Auf dem Workshop erwarten Sie Highlights des BMBF-geförderten Wachstumskerns PolyPhotonics Berlin. Weiterhin werden Beispiele aus zukünftigen Anwendungsfeldern wie Quantenkommunikation, THz-Analytik und automatisierte Montagetechnologie vorgestellt. Die Vorträge werden von einer Ausstellung mit Exponaten der Projektpartner begleitet, einer Labor-Besichtigung sowie einer Abend-veranstaltung mit Oktoberfestbuffet zur persönlichen Kontaktpflege und Netzwerkbildung. Hier geht es zum Flyer der Veranstaltung. Die Veranstaltung ist ausgebucht.

Unrestrained high-speed Internet access

A groundbreaking development from the PolyPhotonics Berlin alliance has been awarded the Thuringian Innovation Prize: the Poly-Transceiver provides access to high-speed Internet.

Here you can read the complete “In Focus” article of the BMBF.

Newly founded PolyPhotonics Berlin e. V. has started work

Newly founded PolyPhotonics Berlin e. V. has started work

PolyPhotonics Berlin e. V., which emerged from the PolyPhotonics Berlin regional growth core of the same name and was officially founded at the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI in Berlin in April 2019, has begun its work. The aim of the newly founded association is to promote science and research related to the exploration and development of optical base elements for compact functional components using the polymer-based PolyPhotonics technology platform.

Board of PolyPhotonics Berlin e. V. (from left to right): Arne Schleunitz (micro resist technology GmbH), Crispin Zawadzki (Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute), Christian Kutza (FOC – fiber optical components GmbH)

 

Eleven founding members appeared at the inaugural meeting on April 10, representing well-known and established figures from the field of optical communication and sensor technologies with a regional focus on Berlin and Brandenburg. The board of directors is formed by Crispin Zawadzki (Fraunhofer HHI), Arne Schleunitz (micro resist technology GmbH) and Christian Kutza (FOC – fibre optical components GmbH). Other founding members are Allresist GmbH, eagleyard Photonics GmbH, Finisar Germany GmbH, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Loptek GmbH, optricon GmbH, Sentech Instruments GmbH and VPIphotonics GmbH.

Eleven regional companies and three research institutions have joined forces within the PolyPhotonics Berlin growth core of the BMBF innovation initiative “Unternehmen Region”. In this alliance, the partners are able for the first time to realize comprehensive solutions in the application field of polymer-based optical components that are not yet available worldwide in this form. The aim is to develop innovative materials and processes for the production and assembly of photonic components that can be used in a wide range of applications. With the PolyPhotonics Berlin technology platform, a new technology is emerging on the world market alongside the established platforms based on semiconductors or glass, which is superior to the established approaches in many respects. The entrepreneurial vision of the alliance is to take over the world’s leading position in polymer-based integration technology and, in addition, to open up and make this platform available to other technology platforms, thereby opening up new fields of application, e.g. in medical or environmental technology.