What is it all about?
The future is made of light: Photonics encompasses modern optical technologies and describes the scientific and economic use of electromagnetic radiation. It is one of the most important key technologies for digitalization, Industry 4.0, smart cities and autonomous driving.
Whether lasers or LEDs, fiber optic networks, displays, cameras, lenses and microscopes, optical transmitter and receiver chips, or the entire field of optical metrology from sensor technology to X-ray analysis: all are part of photonics. The interaction of photons and electrons is the interface between photonics and electronics.
Photonics is a driver of innovation for even smaller, more powerful and less expensive products, used for example in medical technology, telecommunications and materials processing.
Optics and Photonics in Berlin Brandenburg
Optical technologies from the capital region have a long tradition whose roots go back to the 19th century and still represent an important and innovative economic sector today.
The optics and photonics cluster combines tradition and modernity, creating the basis for the sustainable development of highly specialized companies and excellent universities and research institutes.
The mutual transfer between science and industry makes Berlin and Brandenburg a vibrant center for cutting-edge research and talent training, creating new jobs and driving innovation in other sectors.
Outlook
Light means innovation - and innovation means change. Lasers are revolutionizing mechanical engineering, laser microscopes are exploring the tiniest structures, and optical metrology is discovering new galaxies. The network of world market leaders and cutting-edge research in the photonics industry in Berlin and Brandenburg is a regional strength. It offers the potential to tackle new trends such as quantum technology, AI, micro- and nanochips or new space and to promote the resilience of the capital region.
