Photonic – CiS

Understanding quantum technologies – An introduction to the world of quantum

6. November 2025/in Events, Photonic, Quantum

On 4th November 2025, the CiS Research Institute invited the public to an open dialogue in the historic ballroom of Erfurt City Hall under the motto “Understanding quantum technologies – popular rather than scientific.” Interested citizens enjoyed an informative introduction to the event with experiments and a welcome address from the city of Erfurt. Around 60 interested participants joined Prof. Thomas Ortlepp, Managing Director of the CiS Research Institute, on a journey into the quantum world and the development of quantum computers

CiS MOEMS Workshop: Key Technologies for Photonic Quantum Systems

23. October 2025/in Events, MOEMS, Photonic, Quantum

Under the motto Key Technologies for Photonic Quantum Systems, scientists and engineers from research and industry discussed the challenges and potential of photonic quantum technologies on 22nd October 2025. This year’s CiS MOEMS Workshop in Erfurt offered all participants an excellent platform to intensively discuss findings from projects and industry, exchange experiences, and generate new ideas

Trade fair premiere at the Asia Photonics Expo (APE) 2025 in Singapore

12. February 2025/in Events, MEMS, MOEMS, Photonic

The leading photonics exhibition in the ASEAN region will take place from 26th-28th February at Marina Bay Sands. At the special exhibition area Photonics + Europe presented by IVAM, EPIC and W3+ of IVAM, at booth C206, the CiS Research Institute will present an excerpt of its portfolio and Prof. Thomas Ortlepp will give a lecture on “Photonic Quantum Sensor Based on Diamond NV-Centers – Hybrid Integration and Performance Evaluation”

CiS Research Institute at IVAM Hightech Summit in Frankfurt

6. May 2024/in Events, Packaging, Photonic

Successful week at SPIE.Photonics West

2. February 2024/in Events, MOEMS, Photonic

A successful week at SPIE.Photonics West in San Francisco came to an end yesterday. The trade fair is an international event for solutions, components and system support for the optics and photonics industry

CiS Research Institute at the World of QUANTUM in Munich

19. April 2022/in Events, MEMS, MOEMS, Packaging, Photonic, Simulation & Design

At the first World of QUANTUM, the CiS Research Institute will present research and development priorities in the field of applied quantum technologies in three poster contributions. From 26 to 29 April 2022, the trade fair will take place parallel to LASER World of PHOTONICS at the Munich Trade Fair Center in Hall 4

Physics team of the University of Jena and the CiS Research Institute is awarded with highly endowed innovation prize

2. August 2021/in MOEMS, Photonic

Encrypted communication with the help of quantum processors – Physics team of the University of Jena and the CiS Research Institute is awarded with highly endowed innovation prize “INNOspace Masters Award” of the “DLR Challenge” for the project “QuVeKS – Quantum Processors for Encrypted Communication with Satellites

SPIE Photonics West 2021 as an online event

4. March 2021/in Events, MOEMS, Photonic, UV

SPIE Photonics West 2021 will take place from March 6 to 11 as an online-only event. As part of OPTO 2021, the CiS Research Institute will give two presentations on current research results on the emission behavior of UV LEDs and on down converters for driving UV LEDs. The lectures are available for registered participants during the whole period of the event

Silicon detector for electrons with energies of 1 keV

15. December 2020/in Automotive, Photonic, Quantum, Silicon Detectors, Simulation & Design

Increasing the quantum efficiency of silicon diodes in scanning electron microscopes – The SiekeV research project is working on improving scanning electron microscopes for analysing near-surface structures. The detection of low-energy electrons makes it possible to take very surface-sensitive SEM images

Efficient coupling optics for single photon detectors (EkoPHo)

2. December 2020/in MOEMS, Photonic, Quantum

A new technology platform is used for targeted optical adaptation of an SNSPD silicon chip stack. This is an extremely compact construction of a superconducting detector with efficient signal coupling in a chip compound as well as integrated optics and mounting of a fibre