Thus, we explore new materials-, synthesis-, and deposition technologies for, e.g., luminescent nanoparticles, organic films, or photoresists. In addition, novel concepts like plasmonics, photonic crystals, photonic metamaterials, and transformation optics have emerged throughout the last decade, providing completely new conceptual opportunities regarding the design of photonic materials and devices. Furthermore, two-dimensional and three-dimensional lithography as well as chemical synthesis approaches have improved considerably such that photonic structures previously believed to be inaccessible have come into reach. This research is, for example, driven by the quest for ever faster and smaller devices for telecommunications, by biomedical material requirements, or by the need for more efficient and/or less expensive solar-energy conversion. By developing key technologies like three-dimensional direct laser writing (DLW), Research Area I also provides the basis for parts of Research Area III ‘Biomedical Photonics’.
Research Highlights
- Metamaterials
- Telecommunication Devices
- Luminescent Nanoparticles
Involved KIT Institutes and Faculties
- Institute for Applied Physics (Faculty of Physics)
- Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics (Faculty of Physics)
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (Faculty of Chemistry and Biosciences)
- Institute of Micro- and Nano Electronic Systems (Faculty of Electrical Engineering)
- Institute of Nanotechnology
- Light Technology Institute (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology)
- Zoological Institute (Faculty of Chemistry and Biosciences)
