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Dear readers,
You are receiving our issue 12.2024 of the newsletter from LP.PRO –
the specialist medium for the high-tech fields of laser technology and photonics.
Best wishes,
Dr. Matthias Gerlach and the LP.PRO team
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From lab to product: IR quantumdots detector
Swiss researchers from Empa have set themselves the goal of integrating quantum dots into commercial products as quickly as possible. They are using a special type of quantum dot for this purpose. The result is, for example, a new type of IR detector that is integrated into an optical fibre.
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Satellite communication as alternative to fiber optics
A team from the Laserzentrum Hannover has developed a fiber-based laser amplifier specifically for a satellite application for a European Space Agency project. The aim is a satellite network for optical data transmission at 1 TB/s to optical ground stations.
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Junior research group develops copper alloys for 3D printing
Dr Silja-Katharina Rittinghaus from the University of Wuppertal has been awarded BMBF research funding to set up a working group dedicated to the development of copper alloys for 3D printing. The results should also be transferable to other materials.
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W3+ Fair Wetzlar 2025 with its eleventh edition
Next spring, the W3+ Fair will once again invite experts to the Wetzlar/Mittelhessen region. For two days, the exhibitor area and the accompanying conference will address the core topics of optics, photonics, electronics and mechanics. Special events will also focus on trends such as AI.
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Smooth data transmission to microdisplays
Until now, microdisplays have received images from suitable data sources or from a transmitter chip that had to be specially developed for the respective application. Researchers at Fraunhofer IPMS have now created a cost-efficientcost-efficient universal data converter manner.
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LP.PRO – current issue (in German language)
Photodiodes with almost perfect optoelectronic properties · microstructured mirrors shape the laser beam · more process reliability in laser joining of plastics · camera-assisted recycling: plastic waste hyperspectrally sorted · automating optical vibration measurement
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LP.PRO – event list
January 28 - 30, 2025 Photonics West, San Francisco
March 11 - 13, 2025 Logimat, Stuttgart
March 19 - 20, 2025 W3+ Fair, Wetzlar
March 31 - April 04, 2025 Hanover Messe, Hanover
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