High-tech for North Hesse
Worldwide HÜBNER Photonics has 70 employees at four different locations, with laser manufacturing operations in Stockholm and Kassel and with sales offices in San Jose, California and Southampton in the UK. A total of 24 colleagues will initially be working at the new Photonics HUB Kassel. "We are very glad to now have access to expanded and dedicated facilities in Kassel for development and manufacturing of the C-WAVE product line. With this new facility we will be able to meet the growing demand we see for these tunable single-frequency laser sources, in particular for use in Quantum technology research and in production of holographic optical elements for augmented reality applications" commented Dr. Håkan Karlsson, head of HÜBNER Photonics.
The C-WAVE laser technology was developed in a collaboration between HÜBNER and the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques (IPM) in Freiburg and the unique features of this advanced laser source is now gaining more and more attention on the market. "With the tunable laser light source C-WAVE we have accomplished a truly innovative development in the field of laser technology," remarks Thorsten Sprenger, head of the Photonics activities at the Kassel location. HÜBNER received the PRISM Award in 2014 for the C-WAVE innovation – the most prestigious international science award for new photonics applications.
Mobile phone manufacturers, major internet high tech companies, providers of advanced analytical equipment and microscopes as well as leading universities – are today making use of HÜBNER Photonics products for applications ranging from holographic films for augmented reality glasses, to biomedical research and clinical diagnosis, to process control in pharma production, to basic research applications such as atom physics and quantum optics. "We are very excited about the currently fast research progress in the field of quantum optics. These new technologies enable development of quantum sensors with unprecedented measurement precision, ultra-fast quantum computers and super-secure quantum encryption. Our laser technology can make a significant contribution to this development and therefore the field of quantum technology represent a significant growth potential for our business”, comments Karlsson.
