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INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS
The methods and procedures of the optics / photonics affect today our life in a way, as we could not have suggested few decades before. They contribute crucially to extend our knowledge over structure and function of the world and the universe. Besides the achitecture of optical and opto-electronic systems leads in science and economics to new procedures and products, which contribute to the solution of important future questions of our society. Representatives from science and economics already speak today about the 21st Century as the century of the light. To control of light in all its characteristics comes therefore a crucial meaning.
The IAP takes up this challenge. It provides important contributions to organize the future through its interdisciplinary collaborations in research at the interface between optics / photonics, and the adjacent areas of science as well as by its proper integration into education.The strategy follows thereby a holistic approach, which considers also elements of the transfer into the industrial utilization, with the key objectives:
- Research: Control of light with extreme characteristics
- Training: Establishment of integrated international training programmes in optics / photonics at the interface of physics, chemistry and material science
- Transfer: Driver for innovative optical / photonical solutions within the areas life sciences, energy and security.