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For the 13th time, the Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Optical Technologies (SAOT) invites young researchers to apply for the SAOT Young Researcher Award (YRA) in Advanced Optical Technologies. The 100.000 € award is open to scientists with a proven record in optics, photonics and optical tech...

“Türen auf mit der Maus” was the motto in the panOPTICUM on October 3rd, 2024. Young and elderly learned about persistence of color. Prof. Nicolas Vogel from the Chair of Particle Technology at the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg explained how we can find out the secrets of non-fading colors from nature, for ...

Advanced optical techniques and methodologies used in the field of combustion: on September 23rd and 24th, our 35th SAOT Workshop - Combustion Diagnostics took place at the Fraunhofer IISB Institute in Erlangen. International experts presented the latest diagnostic developments and applications e...

The SAOT Summer Academy 2024 was held at the Fraunhofer Research Campus Waischenfeld. Our doctoral candidates learned about laser theory and applications and enjoyed kayaking.

Am 3. Oktober öffnen wir unsere Türen für die Maus-Fans! Warum bleicht ein T-Shirt aus, ein Schmetterling aber nicht? Forscherinnen und Forscher der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität tun sich zusammen, um die ewige Farbe zu entschlüsseln und nachzubauen. Bei uns im panOPTICUM zeigen sie, was sie herau...

On July 18th, we had our SAOT Innovation Day 2024. With both two career insights and two research insights, our Doctoral Candidates had the chance to see beyond their own disciplines: Simone Gaffling, SAOT alumna, gave insights into the challenges of developing custom made optical inspection...

Our first One Day in Optics was a great success! In the course of the “A Heart for Science” program of ZEISS Group, an upper-level school class explored our panOPTICUM experiments. In the subsequent panel discussion, they spoke to students, PhD students and a study advisor about working and study...

Last year, doctoral students from Princeton Materials Institute (PMI) in Princeton visited SAOT in Erlangen for a Summer School on lasers and photonics. Recently this year, young SAOT researchers visited the US in return. During their one-week stay in Princeton, they presented their own research and...

On May 13th, we hosted a public science evening in our panOPTICUM as part of #FAUwissenwollen. In his talk on the physics of colors, Dr. Max Gmelch also shed a light on the scientific background of the recent polar lights. The talk was complemented by a guided tour through the interactive panOPTI...

Dynamic Light Scattering and Cross-Country Skiing: Our doctoral candidates spent one week in Oberhof at the SAOT Winter Academy 2024. On the one hand, they learned how to determine diffusion coefficients and viscosities of liquids. On the other hand, they learned about the sliding properties of narr...