Keynotes

Foto Ulrike Fuchs asphericon

A para­digm shift is under­way in laser tech­no­logy, marked by the demo­cra­tiza­tion of light. This shift aims to empower indi­vi­du­als bey­ond expert cir­cles, offe­ring the capa­bi­lity to shape and uti­lize light accor­ding to uni­que requi­re­ments. The talk del­ves into the evo­lu­tion of laser tech­no­logy, empha­si­zing its trans­for­ma­tion from a spe­cia­li­zed field to a ubi­qui­tous tool across various indus­tries, par­ti­cu­larly in laser cut­ting, wel­ding, and sur­face struc­tu­ring. Cen­tral to this evo­lu­tion is the con­cept of demo­cra­tiza­tion, which hin­ges on enhan­cing acces­si­bi­lity through sim­pli­city, adap­ta­bi­lity, and per­for­mance.

Foto Jens Standfuß Fraunhofer IWS

Laser appli­ca­ti­ons play a cru­cial role in opti­mi­zing and advan­cing tech­no­lo­gies that are of great importance for a sus­tainable energy future. The pre­sen­ta­tion descri­bes the use of laser appli­ca­ti­ons in bat­te­ries, fuel cells, trans­for­mers, and elec­tric motors with a focus on mate­rial pro­per­ties.

In the field of bat­tery tech­no­logy, lasers enable pre­cise machi­ning of elec­trode mate­ri­als to improve per­for­mance and capa­city. This con­tri­bu­tes to the deve­lo­p­ment of effi­ci­ent energy sto­rage solu­ti­ons that are essen­tial for expan­ding rene­wa­ble energy and elec­tri­fy­ing the trans­por­ta­tion sec­tor. In fuel cells, laser appli­ca­ti­ons allow for pre­cise machi­ning of mem­bra­nes and elec­tro­des to increase effi­ci­ency and dura­bi­lity. This sup­ports the rea­liza­tion of clean and emis­sion-free energy sys­tems, pro­vi­ding an alter­na­tive solu­tion to con­ven­tio­nal power gene­ra­tion. Laser appli­ca­ti­ons are also used in trans­for­mers and elec­tric motors to reduce elec­tri­cal los­ses, impro­ving per­for­mance and effi­ci­ency. This sup­ports the deve­lo­p­ment of energy-effi­ci­ent sys­tems. Through fur­ther deve­lo­p­ment and appli­ca­tion of laser appli­ca­ti­ons, the next gene­ra­ti­ons of bat­te­ries, fuel cells, trans­for­mers, and elec­tric motors can be desi­gned, making a signi­fi­cant con­tri­bu­tion to addres­sing the chal­lenges of cli­mate change and resource scar­city.

Foto Kristina Ananiciene

The laser indus­try in Lithua­nia has rapidly evol­ved into a key player in the glo­bal pho­to­nics mar­ket. This sec­tor show­ca­ses nota­ble strengths in optics, ultra­fast lasers, and laser sys­tems inte­gra­tion. Col­la­bo­ra­tive efforts bet­ween aca­de­mia, rese­arch insti­tu­tes, and indus­try have dri­ven signi­fi­cant advance­ments in laser-based manu­fac­tu­ring, sci­en­ti­fic and medi­cal appli­ca­ti­ons, semi­con, defense and more. Despite chal­lenges, ongo­ing stra­te­gic initia­ti­ves aim to sus­tain Lithuania’s com­pe­ti­tive edge and fos­ter con­tin­ued inno­va­tion within the laser indus­try.

Foto Michael Koesters TRUMPF

EUV litho­gra­phy is the most advan­ced litho­gra­phy tech­ni­que used in the semi­con­duc­tor indus­try allo­wing mass pro­duc­tion of high per­for­mance micro­chips with low energy con­sump­tion. The light source behind this tech­no­logy is a laser-pro­du­ced plasma (LPP): the TRUMPF Laser Ampli­fier, an extre­mely powerful laser with an average power of 30 kW at roughly 100 ns pulse length, shoots at small metal dro­p­lets at a rate of 50 kHz con­ver­ting the dro­p­lets into a highly-ener­ge­tic plasma, which emits light at 13.5 nm wave­length. This extreme ultra­vio­let light (EUV light) is used to image the chip mask onto the waver with fea­tures as small as a few nano­me­ters. In this talk, we give insights into which extre­mely chal­len­ging requi­re­ments we are facing in this appli­ca­tion and how the TRUMPF laser ampli­fier is capa­ble of ful­fil­ling them.

Foto Ingomar Kelbassa IAPT

The pre­sen­ta­tion will be addres­sing all aspects in terms of Indus­tria­liza­tion of AM along the AM manu­fac­tu­ring route – from Design to the finis­hed part, end2end. Spe­cial foci will be spent on vir­tua­liza­tion, new pro­cess approa­ches, finish machi­ning and qua­lity assu­rance. Suc­cess sto­ries from indus­try – machine OEMs as well as end users – will be com­ple­ting the pre­sen­ta­tion.

With the world’s first time ever igni­tion of a bur­ning plasma through iner­tial con­fi­ne­ment of a dense plasma, fusion energy has gar­ne­red glo­bal atten­tion. Plasma con­fi­ne­ment and igni­tion were dri­ven by the world’s lar­gest and most ener­ge­tic laser in this expe­ri­ment: the Natio­nal Igni­tion Faci­lity in the United Sta­tes.

Ger­many, reco­gni­zed for its lea­der­ship in basic rese­arch on magne­tic fusion plas­mas, has not been par­ti­cu­larly active in ICF fusion rese­arch over the past two deca­des. Howe­ver, the Ger­man pho­to­nics and engi­nee­ring sec­tors have played a signi­fi­cant role in pro­vi­ding key com­pon­ents for high energy lasers, and pro­vi­ded mate­ri­als, tar­gets, pre­cis­ion instru­men­ta­tion, elec­tro­nics, and opti­cal tech­no­lo­gies to lea­ding fusion expe­ri­ments world­wide. Fur­ther­more, Ger­man rese­arch insti­tu­ti­ons main­tain a high level of exper­tise in essen­tial tech­no­lo­gies for laser fusion, as well as in shared tech­no­lo­gies bet­ween magne­tic fusion energy (MFE) and iner­tial fusion energy (IFE), such as rese­arch in fuel cycle or reac­tor mate­ri­als.

Ger­many is stra­te­gi­cally prio­ri­tiz­ing the long-term adop­tion of fusion tech­no­logy, given the robust foun­da­tion of this tech­no­logy. This initia­tive is posi­tio­ned along­side other rene­wa­ble energy sources like solar and wind. The focus on fusion tech­no­logy high­lights the neces­sity for con­ti­nuous rese­arch and deve­lo­p­ment in these cri­ti­cal tech­no­lo­gi­cal areas to main­tain and advance Germany’s lea­der­ship in high-tech tech­no­lo­gies and the energy sec­tor.

This pre­sen­ta­tion will pro­vide an intro­duc­tion to Laser Iner­tial Fusion Energy, offer insights into cur­rent rese­arch from an inter­na­tio­nal and spe­ci­fi­cally Ger­man view­point, and iden­tify oppor­tu­ni­ties within the laser and optics indus­try.

09:00

Opening

Hör­saal 6
09:45

KEYNOTE Laser industry from Lithuania

Hör­saal 6

Kris­tina Ana­niči­enė   -

LITEK™·

      

Session 1A

Hör­saal 6

Laser welding

10:15

Direct ultrafast laser welding of transparent to non-transparent materials

Mar­kus Blo­the   -

Fried­rich-Schil­ler-Uni­ver­sity Jena·

10:35

Welding of ceramics using ultrashort pulse lasers

Daniel Con­rad  -

Gün­ter Köh­ler Insti­tute for Joi­ning Tech­no­logy and Mate­ri­als Test­ing GmbH ·

10:55

Handheld laser welding – systems, applications and safe usage

Simon Jahn  -

Gün­ter Köh­ler Insti­tute for Joi­ning Tech­no­logy and Mate­ri­als Test­ing GmbH ·

      

Session 1B

Hör­saal 7

Advanced laser coatings and optics

10:15

Highly absorptive coatings for laser components

Mehri Hash­emzadeh  -

INNOVENT e. V. Tech­no­lo­gie­ent­wick­lung Jena·

10:35

PARMS coating technology for UV to IR laser applications

Ali­aksandr Mys­li­vets   -

I‑Photonics UAB·

10:55

IBS optics for high-capacity laser processing

Mar­ty­nas Ado­mai­tis  -

OPTOMAN·

11:30

Opening of the exhibition and short pitches

Lounge
12:30

Lunch

Lounge
13:00

KEYNOTE Democratization of laser technology: A journey of unlimited opportunities.

Hör­saal 6

Ulrike Fuchs  -

aspher­icon GmbH·

13:45

KEYNOTE Laser applications for sustainable electrical energy storage and converters

Jens Stand­fuß   -

Fraun­ho­fer IWS·

14:30

Coffee break and exhibition

Lounge
      

Session 2A

Hör­saal 6

Optics and beam shaping

15:00

Tailored refractive diffusers for broadband beam shaping

Mat­thias Kraus  -

Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH·

15:20

Combining freeform optics and zwobbel technology for line structuring of large substrates with ultrashort pulsed 2μm lasers

Ulrike Fuchs  -

aspher­icon GmbH·

15:40

Manufacturing and assembly of a High-Finesse Cavity

Tho­mas Burk­hardt  -

LAYERTEC GmbH·

16:00

Minimisation of process times in high-quality laser cutting through dynamic beam shaping in propagation direction

Clau­dia Rein­lein  -

Robust AO GmbH·

      

Session 2B

Hör­saal 7

Ultrashort pulse laser processing

15:00

Ultrafast laser processing on large surfaces- machine concepts applications

Ste­phan Eifel  -

Pul­sar Pho­to­nics GmbH·

15:20

High strength micro-welded glass

Jens Ulrich Tho­mas  -

SCHOTT AG·

15:40

Influencing factors on the creation of subsurface damages during ultrashort pulse laser machining of glass

Michael Sei­ler   -

Ernst-Abbe Uni­ver­sity of Applied Sci­en­ces Jena ·

16:00

Customized edge cutting of display glasses from structured ultrashort laser pulses

Malte Kum­kar  -

TRUMPF Laser AG·

16:20

Postersession and networking

Lounge
19:00

Evening event

Scala Sky Con­fe­rence
09:00

KEYNOTE Laser inertial fusion – Critical advancement for germany’s optics and laser sectors

Hör­saal 6

Con­stan­tin Häf­ner   -

Fraun­ho­fer ILT·

09:45

KEYNOTE TRUMPF Laser amplifier – The high power laser source for EUV lithography

Hör­saal 6

Michael Kös­ters   -

TRUMPF AG·

      

Session 3A

Hör­saal 6

Ultrafast lasers

10:30

Industrial-grade 2‑μm ultrafast fiber CPA for silicon processing

Tino Eidam  -

Active Fiber Sys­tems GmbH·

10:50

Industrial ultrafast kW-class lasers above 10 mJ enabled by thin-disk multipass amplifier

Malte Kum­kar  -

TRUMPF Laser AG·

11:10

Highly efficient, high-power thulium-doped fiber laser systems

Mathias Len­ski  -

Fried­rich-Schil­ler-Uni­ver­sity Jena·

      

Session 3B

Hör­saal 7

Laser processing of advanced materials

10:30

SiC high-tech ceramics – laser procedures in comparison

Chris­tian Roch­holz   -

LCP Laser-Cut-Pro­ces­sing GmbH·

10:50

Laser swelling induced freeform microlenses in polymers

Tho­mas Höche  -

Fraun­ho­fer IMWS·

11:10

Dielectric material processing with ultra-short pulses

Dei­vi­das Andri­ukai­tis  -

EKSPLA·

11:30

Lunch, exhibition and networking

Lounge
12:30

Advanced laser technologies

Hör­saal 6

Fem­to­se­conds. Crea­ting new pos­si­bi­li­ties  -

Light­Con­ver­sion·

Chris­tian Hell­wig   -

13:00

KEYNOTE Industrialization of additive manufacturing (AM)

Hör­saal 6

Ingo­mar Kel­bassa   -

Fraun­ho­fer IAPT·

13:45

Coffee break and exhibition

Lounge
      

Session 4A

Hör­saal 6

Additive manufacturing

14:30

Design criteria for functionalizing 3D printed aluminium components by integrating sensors during the manufacturing process

Andy Schön­herr  -

Uni­ver­sity of tech­no­logy Chem­nitz·

14:50

Design and fabrication of a TPMS-based micro heat exchanger via micro selective laser melting

Flo­rian Hein­rich  -

Laser Insti­tute Uni­ver­sity of applied sci­en­ces Mitt­weida·

15:10

Additive manufacturing of pure molybdenum utilizing ultra-short laser pulses

Hagen P. Kohl  -

Fried­rich-Schil­ler-Uni­ver­sity Jena·

15:30

Selective laser-based metallization of natural and plastic-based textile surfaces

Michael Sei­ler   -

Ernst-Abbe Uni­ver­sity of Applied Sci­en­ces Jena ·

      

Session 4B

Hör­saal 7

Metrology and characterization in laser processing

14:30

Laser assisted analytical depth profiling (LAADP) – an innovative method for high-precision analysis laser assisted analytical depth

Niklas Ber­ger  -

Insti­tut für Ober­flä­chen- und Schicht­tech­nik GmbH·

14:50

Classification of surface structures in ultrashort pulse laser processing using machine learning based on light microscopic images

Robert Tho­mas  -

Uni­ver­sity Ros­tock·

15:10

Multi-sensor conception for process monitoring in laser welding with beam oscillation

Linda Ull­mann  -

Fraun­ho­fer IWS·

15:30

Predictable laser material processing by combining ultrafast metrologies with modeing

Alex­an­der Horn  -

Laser insti­tute Uni­ver­sity of applied sci­en­ces Mitt­weida·

16:00

Awarding of the poster prize/ closing remarks and outlook

16:30

End of the event

Program note

We have recei­ved a lot of abs­tracts for #JLT14 and are curr­ently put­ting tog­e­ther the ses­si­ons. You will find the com­plete pro­gram here in a few days. You are wel­come to regis­ter for the event, become an exhi­bi­tor or sup­port us as a spon­sor.

Event Partners

Organiser

OptoNet e.V.
Photonics Network Thuringia

Leutragraben 1 | 07743 Jena | Germany
Tel. +49 3641 327 92 90
info@optonet-jena.de

Expert direction

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Bliedtner

Ernst Abbe University Jena

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Andreas Tünnermann

Fraunhofer IOF
Institute of Applied Physics · FSU Jena