In Jena and Ilmenau, a new innovation center for quantum optics and sensor technology (InQuoSens) is being established. To this end, Thuringia’s Economics Minister, Wolfgang Tiefensee, awarded two grants to the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena and the Ilmenau University of Technology at the end of last year. The funding will primarily be used for procuring lab equipment and staff. Both universities will support the new, cross-facility innovation center.
The investments in the fields of quantum optics and sensor technology underline the state of Thuringia’s intention to make Thuringia a pioneer in the field of industrial measuring technology. “The new innovation center is intended to pool the competencies in the fields of quantum optics and industrial sensor technology that are already present in Thuringia, and will make them applicable to new scenarios,” Minister Tiefensee explains.
The close cooperation of the two complementary facilities will allow InQuoSens to cover the entire scientific process chain, from the fundamental research and process development, right up to prototype development, allowing for the concrete demand for innovation to be better addressed. (cdo)
