Optics Meet-up @ TIP

Inputs · Talks · Networking

A strong exper­tise in the design and manu­fac­tu­ring of high-end opti­cal com­pon­ents  – that’s what Jena region is famous for.
Please feel kindly invi­ted to the 8th edi­tion of a uni­que gathe­ring of lea­ding sci­en­tists and developers. 

We are happy to wel­come you at the: TIP JENA

Ope­ning

#1 Locust or large cor­po­rate: what to con­sider when plan­ning for suc­ces­sion or growth

Fabian Rücker, Part­ner an Mana­ging Direc­tor, Deut­sche Pri­vate Equity

When mid-sized tech­no­logy com­pa­nies plan their suc­ces­sion and / or want to acce­le­rate growth, there are two com­ple­tely dif­fe­rent opti­ons on the table: part­ner with a finan­cial inves­tor or sell the Com­pany to a stra­te­gic acqui­rer. Fabian Rücker aims to explore these opti­ons with con­crete examples.

#2 When Light Breaks Sym­me­try: »Excep­tio­nal« Effects in Kerr Resonators

PhD Lewis Hill, Senior Sci­en­tist, Max Planck Insti­tute for the Sci­ence of Light

Spon­ta­neous sym­me­try brea­king (SSB) is a fasci­na­ting phe­no­me­non where a sys­tem that appears per­fectly balan­ced sud­denly shifts to an asym­me­tric state due to an almost imper­cep­ti­ble change—like a pen­cil tip­ping over from a per­fectly upright posi­tion. In optics, this plays out dra­ma­ti­cally in Kerr reso­na­tors, where light can unex­pec­tedly choose one path over ano­ther, unlo­cking powerful appli­ca­ti­ons in opti­cal fre­quency combs(»rulers for light«), ultra-sen­si­tive gyro­sco­pes, and all-opti­cal com­pu­ting. This talk will explore how SSB mani­fests in these sys­tems, from the inter­play of two and four cir­cu­la­ting light fields to the emer­gence of Tem­po­ral Cavity Soli tons—pulses of light that can inter­act in unex­pec­ted ways. Along the way, we’ll see how these effects could lead to new ways of con­trol­ling light and even enable »com­mu­ni­ca­tion« bet­ween soli tons in cou­pled reso­na­tors, offe­ring a glim­pse into the fron­tiers of non­linear optics.

#3 Bridging Pho­to­nics: My Jour­ney from Japan to Ger­many and Rese­arch on Sili­con Nanophotonics

Kat­suya Tanaka, PhD Stu­dent at Max Planck School of Pho­to­nics, Uni Jena

Kat­suya Tanaka will share his aca­de­mic jour­ney from Hama­matsu, Japan, to Jena, Ger­many, and how it shaped his career in photonics—connecting two cities renow­ned for their con­tri­bu­ti­ons to the field. Over the years, he has con­tri­bu­ted to streng­thening the Hama­matsu-Jena pho­to­nics col­la­bo­ra­tion, fos­te­ring aca­de­mic and indus­trial ties bet­ween the two. As the only per­son with degrees from both cities, he has gai­ned a uni­que per­spec­tive on this part­ner­ship. In this talk, he will share his expe­ri­en­ces and insights into this col­la­bo­ra­tion. Addi­tio­nally, he will intro­duce his rese­arch on sili­con-based meta sur­faces for nan­os­cale light mani­pu­la­tion. These struc­tures allow pre­cise con­trol of light’s ampli­tude, phase, and pola­riza­tion, with appli­ca­ti­ons in beam sha­ping, opti­cal holo­gra­phy, and minia­tu­ri­zed opti­cal systems.

Open Dis­cus­sion · Net­wor­king until 10:00 pm

Boo­king Conditions

• The event can be boo­ked imme­dia­tely: HERE Par­ti­ci­pa­tion is free of charge.
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We are loo­king for­ward to you – the exch­ange, the atmo­sphere and some nice drinks!

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