Observing nanoparticles with unprecedented precision

Illuminated: Researchers investigate new physical phenomena on the nanoscale with microstructured fibers

15-Sep-2023 - Researchers at Leibniz IPHT have succeeded in contributing to significant advances in deciphering tiny nanoobjects: Using special optical fibers, they identified a new optical mode that enables uniform illumination along the entire length of the fiber, and determined the resolution limit of ...

Highest precision: Microstructured fiber measures the size of nanoparticles

Better research into environmental and bioanalytical issues in the future

08-Dec-2022 - Researchers at Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) developed a new glass fiber design that enables exceptionally long observations of a large number of individual, freely moving nanoparticles in a liquid. This allows the size distribution of nano-objects in a sample to be ...

Smart materials generate electricity and support temperature regulation through cooling

Next generation textiles

10-Jan-2022 - Researchers at Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology in Jena, Germany, are developing a self-sufficient energy supply based on textiles. In this way, it should be even easier in the future to supply mobile electronic devices worn close to the body with energy, even when no external power ...

Artificial intelligence for better diagnostics

Standardized methods facilitate the evaluation of Raman spectra

15-Dec-2021 - Light-based methods are increasingly used for analytical problems in the fields of health, environment, medicine and safety. Raman spectroscopy is a suitable method in this context. The measurement data collected in this process are complex and extensive molecular fingerprints. Artificial ...

A microscope for everyone

The open-source system from the 3D printer delivers high-resolution images like commercial microscopes at hundreds of times the price

27-Nov-2020 - Modern microscopes used for biological imaging are expensive, are located in specialized laboratories and require highly qualified staff. To research novel, creative approaches to address urgent scientific issues — for example in the fight against infectious diseases such as Covid-19 — is thus ...

Novel approach to the storage of solar energy

Molecular approach enables light-driven photochemistry in the dark for the first time

21-Sep-2020 - Using the energy from the sun as efficiently as nature does and converting it into chemical energy could drastically reduce global CO2 emissions. A research team from the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) and the Friedrich Schiller University Jena has now come one step ...

Unraveling the optical parameters: New method to optimize plasmon enhanced spectroscopy

23-Mar-2020 - For exploring the nanoscale far beyond the optical resolution limit, tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) is widely recognized as an essential yet still emergent technique. Using this marker-free spectroscopic method scientists gain insights into the structural and chemical composition of ...

Temperature-controlled fiber-optic light source with liquid core

22-Jun-2018 - In a recent publication in the journal Optica, scientists of Leibniz-Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) in Jena showed that they can accurately control the optical properties of liquid-core fiber lasers and therefore their spectral band width by temperature and pressure tuning. ...