Collaborations

Collaborations

#Erlangen is a center for optics and optical technologies in Germany. Optics and optical technologies are one of the Profile Centers of the FAU. The significance of Erlangen for the research landscape in optics in Germany is the main reason why MAOT was chosen for a master’s course in Advanced Optical Technologies as part of the Elite Network of Bavaria, why the Erlangen Graduate School in Optical Technologies (SAOT) was etablished in the framwork of the German Excellence Initiative, and why the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light was founded as the first Max Planck Institute in North Bavaria in Erlangen.

MAOT is embedded in a landscape of excellent research institutions and collaborates intensively with many of them:

Erlangen Graduate School of Advanced Optical Technologie

SAOT is a programme for doctoral candidates at the. Many MAOT can attend SAOT events during their studies and many proceed with a PhD in SAOT after graduation.

SAOT Homepage

Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

The Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) focuses on basic research into all aspects of the interaction between light and matter, from modern optics to photonics, quantum effects and their applications in the real world.

Lecturers from the MPL teach courses in MAOT. Many students work there as part of their projects or as research assistants.

MPL Homepage

Max Planck School of
Phonics

The Max Planck School of Photonics (MPSP) is a interdisciplinary graduate school in Germany that provides an integrated MSc and PhD program (or “PhD only”) in Photonics for excellent graduates from all over the world.

MPSP students attend the MPST programme and share many lectures with MAOT students.

MPSP Homepage

Bavarian Laser Center

Located right next to MAOT, the BLZ has been working since 1993 to support the transfer of laser technology to industry and is deeply involved in all processes in which lasers play a key role.
MAOT students work there on study projects and as research assistants

BLZ Homepage

Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device

Fraunhofer IISB develops solutions for electromobility and sustainable energy supply – from semiconductor materials to power electronic systems.

IISB lecturers teach in MAOT and students work on study projects and as research assistants.

IISB Homepage