San Francisco / January 17, 2026 - January 22, 2026
Photonics West 2026
Join the world’s largest photonics technologies event. Learn the most cutting-edge research in biomedical optics, biophotonics, industrial lasers, optoelectronics, microfabrication, MOEMS-MEMS, displays, quantum technologies, and more.
As part of the "German Pavilion" we are looking forward to meet you at our booth 4205-26 and during our talks.
4:10 p.m - 4:30 p.m (PST) - Moscone South, Room 157 (Upper Mezzanine)
Session 2: Preclinical and Translational Neurophotonics
»Robot-guided laser craniotome for awake neurosurgery«
Dr. Achim Lenenbach, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
10:45 a.m - 11:05 a.m (PST)
Session 2: Large Area Micro/Nanoprocessing - Moscone South, Room 214 (Level 2)
»Development of an USP four-beam interference setup for sub-micrometer surface structuring«
Lena Hellmann, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
10:10 a.m - 10:30 a.m (PST)
Session 8: Various Oxides and Applications II - Moscone South, Room 155 (Upper Mezzanine)
»Laser-based production of reduced graphene oxide coatings on metallic bipolar plates for improved corrosion resistance and interfacial contact resistance in PEM-FC«
Julius Funke, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
12:20 p.m - 12:40 p.m (PST)
Session 9: Various Oxides and Applications III - Moscone South, Room 155 (Upper Mezzanine)
»Influence of additives on the laser-based sintering of LLZO thin films for solid-state batteries«
Florian Ribbeck, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
10:30 a.m - 10:50 a.m (PST)
Session 5: Lasers in Energy Storage and Conversion I - Moscone South, Room 214 (Level 2)
»Effects of increased pulse energy on multi-beam ultrashort pulse laser structuring of battery electrodes«
Tim Rörig, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
9:40 a.m - 10:00 a.m (PST)
Session 4: High Power/Energy Laser Components - Moscone South, Room 101 (Lobby Level)
»Thermal packaging of aerospace laser assemblies using copper-water heat pipes: experimental evaluation and integration approach«
Jonas Eßer, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
10:50 a.m - 11:10 a.m (PST)
Session 5: Two Micron Fiber Lasers II - Moscone South, Room 206 (Level 2)
»25 W-class continuous-wave holmium-doped fiber amplifier with narrow-linewidth and linear polarization«
Dr. Patrick Baer, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
9:20 a.m - 9:35 a.m (PST)
Session 1: 3D Printing: Joint Session with Conferences 13884 and 13899 - Moscone South, Room 304 (Level 3)
»Improving lateral-to-longitudinal aspect ratio in multi photon polymerization through adapted laser scanning strategies«
Maximilian Frederick Flesch, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
8:40 a.m - 9:00 a.m (PST)
Session 8: Micro/Nano Processing of Metals I - Moscone South, Room 214 (Level 2)
»Pushing scan speed limits in ultrashort pulse laser polishing of steel«
Marcel Kniffler, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
4:40 p.m- 5:00 p.m (PST)
Session 11: Transparent Materials Processing II - Moscone South, Room 214 (Level 2)
»Semi-automated optics design and production chain for laser-based optics manufacturing«
Lucas Warnecke, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
2:30 p.m - 2:50 p.m (PST) - Moscone South, Room 215 (Level 2)
Session 10: Imaging and Computer Vision
»High-speed high-NA optical scanning system for terahertz radiation«
Dr. Sarah Klein, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
8:30 a.m - 8:55 a.m (PST)
Session 4: 3D Micro-Nano Printing II - Moscone South, Room 201 (Level 2)
»The influence of temperature variations on photopolymerization in phase transition stereolithography (Invited Paper)«
Maximilian Flesch, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
11:00 a.m - 11:15 a.m (PST)
Session 5: LPBF and DED Process - Moscone South, Room 201 (Level 2)
»Development of a track level thermomechanical model for LPBF with a novel approach for plasticity computation«
Khuldoon Usman, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen (D)
9:20 a.m - 9:40 a.m (PST)
Session 12: Direct Write Processing I - Moscone South, Room 214 (Level 2)
»UV laser surface nanostructuring for the selective growth of high-quality III-V semiconductor layers«
Julian Hürtgen, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)
11:00 a.m - 11:20 a.m (PST)
Session 13: Ablation and Surface Modification - Moscone South, Room 214 (Level 2)
»High-efficiency, defect-free ultra-short pulsed laser grooving of semiconductors and dielectrics using UV bursts and DUV«
Sönke Vogel, Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen (D)