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  1. »We are a University of Excellence«

    Friedrich Schiller University Jena awarded University of Excellence status

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    There was jubilation at the University of Jena following the announcement of the Excellence Commission’s decision on 2 October 2026 in the Rosensäle.
    Image: Nicole Nerger (University of Jena)
  2. From NASA to Jena: A student’s journey from photonics research to entrepreneurship

    From Caltech and NASA to the Abbe School of Photonics and his own space-tech company: Master’s student Tanmay Gupta has followed an unusually international path through science, engineering and industry. In Jena, he has found an environment where photonics research and entrepreneurship come together. His story was recently featured by ZEIT Germany.

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    From left to right: Prof. Denis Barataud (University of Limoges), Tanmay Gupta (MSc Photonics student), and Irene Weinzierl (MSc Photonics coordinator).
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  3. Jena LIGHT 2026: Over 100 Experts Discuss Photonic Quantum Computing on the Beutenberg Campus

    From 16 to 17 September 2026, the Institute of Applied Physics (IAP) of the University of Jena and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF) jointly hosted the international workshop "Photonics in Quantum Computing." More than 100 participants from over 20 countries came together at the Beutenberg Campus for two days of intensive scientific exchange on the future of quantum information technology.

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    Participants of the LIGHT Conference "Photonics in Quantum Computing"
    Image: Ira Winkler (University Jena)
  4. Review on the EMIMEP Summer School 2026 in Jena

    The EMIMEP Summer School 2026 brought together students, researchers, and experts from across Europe for three inspiring days of science, international exchange, and new connections at the Abbe Center of Photonics in Jena.

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    Impressions of the EMIMEO Summer School 2026 in Jena
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  5. In Dialogue with Nobel Laureates: Young Researchers from Jena in Lindau

    A special honor for two young researchers from Jena: Dr. Maximilian Weißflog and Paulina Lohbeck from the Institute of Solid State Physics (IFK) participated this year in the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting—the most prestigious interdisciplinary gathering of the international scientific community.

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    Maximilian Weißflog at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
    Image: P. Lohbeck
  6. How to merge matter and light

    ZEISS Award for Research on the Dispersion Distribution in Chirped Fiber Bragg Grating in Group Delay Ripple Effects

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    PhD Student Georg Schwartz is exchanging ideas in the laboratory with students from TU Braunschweig.
    Image: Ira Winkler
  7. Tailored light

    META-ACTIVE Research Training Group of the University of Jena and the Australian National University enters its second funding phase

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    The image shows metasurfaces that can specifically widen or split ultrashort laser pulses in time.
    Image: Katsuya Tanaka
  8. A New Light for Quantum Sensing

    Dr. Vira Besaga Launches the “Quantum and Hybrid Light” Junior Research Group at the IAP

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    Test setup in an optical laboratory.
    Image: Dr. V. Besaga
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