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How and where do the scientists conduct their research? We invite you to join us for an informative tour of the FLI’s new laboratory building, where we’ll share some interesting facts about the “art in architecture” featured in the building.

A variety of hands-on activities invite you to give them a try and let you experience aging firsthand!

Age Pyramids & Lifestyles Through the Ages

City Center: You can view an overview of Jenoptik products at the product exhibition in the Ernst Abbe Tower. At our bar, you can enjoy hot and cold beverages and be inspired by the light sculpture created by the artist “rosalie.”

Glass research and manufacturing, preform production, fiber drawing, fiber post-processing, characterization, and fiber applications—the Leibniz-IPHT Center of Excellence brings together the entire value chain for specialty optical fibers under one roof.

Learn more about the evolution of hominins, the domestication of plants and animals, and human migration.

Developers at SmartDyeLivery GmbH explain how nanoparticles can be used to treat liver failure and cancer.

Göschwitz: Jenoptik offers you a photo for your family album that’s a little different: Our thermal imaging camera shows you the temperature distribution on people and objects.

Quantum magnetometers can help unlock the Earth’s secrets. Whether in geophysics or history, their ability to detect magnetic fields makes them an important tool for researchers seeking to peer into the Earth’s innermost depths.

Göschwitz: Don’t miss this chance to see a miniature version of the Mars rover and learn more about our expertise in optics. After all, our lenses are helping “Percy” on its mission on Mars!

Göschwitz: Cutting tires with a laser? Creating lighting designs on cars by removing paint? No problem with our laser technology! Discover how our laser technology optimizes the manufacturing and design of cars.

From the labs to the streets and into the production hall: Our “Light and Mobility” exhibition showcases technologies that will make the cars and production processes of the future more functional and safer.

About robots that can detect transparent objects and special cameras that make the invisible visible

Send digital data securely using “magical” light particles, or create images out of thin air! Researchers at Fraunhofer IOF are developing state-of-the-art systems to protect our data and diagnose diseases using quantum technologies.