On March 1, 2023, Dr. Rijil Thomas has been promoted deputy head of the Nanophotonics Group at AMO. “I am very happy about this opportunity,” says Rijil, “as it allows me to dig into my passion for photonics and nanophotonics, and to explore future-looking directions such as quantum technologies and neuromorphic computing, where we have a number of very exciting projects that have just started.” [read more »]
A consortium from industry and academia has been awarded €4.5M by the EU, UK and Switzerland to build a next-generation hardware platform for edge computing using nanomechanical relays. [read more »]
Converting solar energy into chemical energy is something where plants excel, and technology still struggles. In the EU-funded project FreeHydroCells, AMO GmbH and partners aim to overcome the limitations of today’s approaches to synthetize hydrogen fuel by solar energy absorption. This could potentially represent a viable, and environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels.
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Semiconductors for AI in the Rhineland Territory. This event taking place in Aachen on May 5, 2023 is organized jointly by the agency Zukunftsagentur Rheinisches Revier (Rhineland Territory) together withthe BMBF funded NeuroSys Cluster4Future (Neuromorphic Hardware for Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Systems), coordinated by Prof. Max Lemme, RWTH Aachen University as well as the BMBF funded project NEUROTEC (Neuro-inspired artificial intelligence technologies), coordination Prof. Rainer Waser, Forschungszentrum Jülich.
Just in time for the end of the year, the latest issue of nanovate! is online. The magazine gives an overview of the employees and their successful project work of the past half year.
AMO would like to thank you for the trustful cooperation in the past year and wishes you and your families a merry and peaceful Christmas as well as health and success for 2023! [read more »]
Can quantum mechanics be used to the benefit of consumers in supermarkets and restaurants? AMO GmbH and partners are setting out to demonstrate this in the BMBF-funded project “QSPEC – Quantum sensor for improved detection of authenticity and ingredients of food products”. [read more »]
In order to consolidate and expand the existing microelectronic research and development in Germany regarding quantum and neuro-morphic computing, the FMD launched on December 1, 2022, a joint project together with four other Fraunhofer institutes, the Jülich Forschungszentrum and AMO GmbH: The Research Fab Microelectronics Germany — Module Quantum and Neuromorphic Com-puting (FMD-QNC). The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding the equipment and structural setup required for the project. [read more »]
AMO GmbH is supporting the I4WORLD-programme at the University of Oulu, Finland. A unique opportunity for students to do research that contributes to building a more sustainable world, in a highly international context. [read more »]
AMO GmbH and RWTH Aachen University are organizing a workshop on November 21-22, 2022 in Aachen, bringing together experts from academia and industry to discuss recent advances on the integration of novel materials into silicon photonic platforms. [read more »]
The exploration of novel materials for photonics and optoelectronics applications has long since been a major focus of research at AMO. Two classes of materials have attracted in particular attention: two-dimensional (2D) materials and perovskites. So far, most of the research on perovskites at AMO has been conducted by the Nanophotonic Group, but, given the growing relevance of the topic, a new group dedicated to Perovskite Optoelectronics has been funded in 2022. Leader of the new Perovskite Optoelectronics Group is Surendra B. Anantharaman, who has joined AMO in September 2022. [read more »]