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DESY News: DESY start-up Class 5 Photonics wins PRISM AWARD
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DESY start-up Class 5 Photonics wins PRISM AWARD
Class 5 Photonics, a spin-off from DESY and Helmholtz-Institut Jena specialized in high-performance laser technology, is the proud winner of the PRISM AWARDS 2018 in the category lasers. SuperNova OPCPA is the Class 5 Photonics flagship product, which took the trophy home. The SuperNova OPCPA enables researchers to perform experiments ten times faster than with conventional lasers.
Class 5 Photonics' Klaus Schmidt, Robert Riedel, Michael Schulz and Ivanka Grguras (from left to right) at the awards ceremony in San Francisco.
The PRISM AWARDS are the premier worldwide event in the photonics industry and awarded annually during the SPIE Photonics West conference and tradeshow in San Francisco. More than 150 applicants entered the competition in ten categories this year. With its high-performance laser SuperNova OPCPA Class 5 Photonics convinced the jury.
The spin-off company was founded in 2014 in Hamburg. The scientists from DESY and Helmholtz Institute Jena, a branch of the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, is developing high power lasers with pulses in the femtosecond range. One femtosecond is a quadrillionth of a second. Shorter laser pulses allow more precise working of materials, for instance. Also, such short laser pulses open up new innovative applications like 3D nanostructuring. For science, the technology is of great importance.
Further information:
www.photonicsprismaward.com
www.class5photonics.com
