Laser light has special properties. Its beam can be guided narrowly over long distances and its spectrum is very pure. These properties are being harnessed for small sensors with micro laser illumination. The development goal is to make the length of the assembly smaller than the head of a pin (1.4 mm) and to guide the beam closer than the diameter of the pin (300 μm)
At the electronica and COMPAMED trade fairs, the CiS Research Institute will present the status of a current sensor development for determining the thickness and refractive indices of thin surface layers, the latter being closely dependent on the chemical and/or stoichiometric composition of the coating materials used
A mobile biofeedback system, which records the patient’s vital parameters measured in the external auditory canal, analyzes them with the help of a smartphone app and evaluates them individually, has been developed by the CiS Research Institute together with medical experts and industry partners
The CiS Research Institute starts developments on a miniaturized optical sensor for investigations of blood flow velocity in the skin. The sensor principle is based on the laser Doppler method
The sensor system developed contains four channels, each with an excitation LED, optical filters and detectors for measuring light transmission and fluorescence. The channels are designed in such a way that they cover wide ranges of the visible spectrum and can thus be used for the detection of many different substances
A modular technology concept enables the efficient development of optical sensors with embedded light sources, micro-optics for beam shaping or steering, optical filters and an optimised detector array
Dr. Olaf Brodersen, Business Unit Manager MOEMS at the CiS Research Institute heads the new Funding Specialist Group in the International Trade Association for Microtechnology, Nanotechnology, New Materials and Optics & Photonics
According to a study published in 2003 by the NFO World Group, around 15 million people in Germany suffer from chronic pain. An interdisciplinary team of physicians, engineers and software developers wants to support their medical treatment
The competence triangle “Optical Microsystems” (KD OptiMi), located in the Jena – Ilmenau – Erfurt region, has distinguished itself as an outstanding centre for the innovative combination of optical technologies and microsystems technology within the framework of the funding programme “Top-level Research and Innovations in the New States”
To detect the need for accommodation, the so-called pupil near reflex must be measured. For this purpose, the CiS Research Institute is currently developing an optical sensor system that measures the pupil diameter and simultaneously the total brightness. From these signals, input control variables for the actuator-operated lens system are derived
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