Photonics compact

Assembly of the high-power laser for EUV lithography at TRUMPF.

Like photovoltaic cells, photomultipliers are based on the photoelectric effect – they convert photons into electrons.

In 1930, Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman received the Nobel Prize in Physics for detecting the Raman effect, which is named after him: If light strikes atoms or molecules, photons and molecules interact.

In the area of microscopy, machine learning methods are increasingly used to evaluate images—in areas such as chemistry, pharmaceuticals, medicine, and material analysis.

Average wind speed increases as the elevation rises meter by meter and reduces the braking effect of hills, vegetation and other ground-based barriers. For this reason, state-of-the-art wind power systems now have hub heights of between 120 meters and 160 meters. The rotary blades that are 70 meters to 100 meters long jut more than 200 meters into the sky at their highest point. This creates a problem for planners: Wind measurement towers are generally 100 meters high.

In the first 25 years of the 20th century, it became increasingly clear that elemental particles at times behave like waves and at times like particles. Louis Viktor de Broglie combined Planck’s quantum theory, Bohr’s investigations of atoms and Einstein’s understanding of photons as light particles to form the wave-particle duality theory.

Experts call it an ongoing technological revolution with enormous economic potential.

Learn briefly and concisely which processes are available for which materials and applications.

Have you come across the acronym "Vixl" in conversations? Here you learn quickly and compactly what it stands for.

How much laser energy a material absorbs depends on the wavelength. We explain the interconnections.

What exactly do experts mean by the term laser ablation? Here you will find the answer.

3D laser scanners measure buildings quickly and efficiently.

Quantum, materials and brain researchers often use tunable lasers. Here you can learn what these lasers are all about.

How does this method differ from other microscopy approaches?

The abbreviation USP appears omnipresent on the LASER. Here is explained in simple terms what is behind it.

Do you know how X-rays works? Here it will be explained in a nutshell.

What distinguishes the most important camera technologies is explained here.

The five most important advantages can be found here.

Obtain an overview of the Candela unit using sun, moon and light bulbs.

In order to position huge shell modules made of steel with millimeter precision on ships, alignment lasers are indispensable.

Where exactly do they apply, what do they do and what about the supply situation?

The application spectrum ranges from grain cultivation to livestock breeding as well as quality control of food.

But what exactly distinguishes organic solar cells from classic photovoltaics?

The history of scientific Nobel Prizes is also a story of photonic progress.