From 2 March to 4 March, the kick-off meeting of the second funding round (2025-2029) of the DFG Research Unit FOR5044 took place in Goslar, which is researching the new material system lithium niobate tantalate (LNT), which promises smaller and better components for electronics, optics, sensor technology or quantum optics that are not possible in previous materials. LNT enables, for example, the operation of sensors at higher temperatures or quantum optical components that cannot be realised in established materials due to their special refractive index properties. In FOR5044, a total of nine projects across Germany are researching the properties of these crystals and ways to grow, process and utilise them. Research groups from the Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth (IKZ) in Berlin, TU Clausthal, TU Dresden, the University of Osnabrück and Justus Liebig University Giessen are involved. The Integrated Quantum Optics working group is involved here with a project on the use of materials for integrated optics. The group was represented at the kick-off by Michael Rüsing.
More information on the research group can be found on the website www.for5044.de.
