Key Research Areas

Electro-optical printed circuit board have embedded thin layers of glass with integrated optical waveguide arrays. Low loss optical single and multi mode waveguides are manufactured by an ion exchange technology using commercial available thin glass sheets.

In its work on polymer-based optical packaging and interconnection technologies, Fraunhofer IZM investigates technologies and processes for constructing photonic assemblies by gluing and polymer fiber bonding and the structuring of polymers by hot stamping.

Automated assembly and alignment of micro-optical benches and assembly platforms; laser beam forming.

At Fraunhofer, small optical sensors based on optical fibers and optical microresonators are explored in fields of aerospace, gas detection and medical diagnostics.

From the beginning of solid state lighting IZM was involved in LED development. Assembly processes for LEDs with highest power and power density were developed as well for LEDs in harsh environment or just to make mass production more reliable but cost-effective, too.