Optical Technologies
In an age where high-speed communication has become the norm, it is irritating when coverage fades and transmission speeds turn sluggish. A German scientist says light is the solution.
On this Graduate School: Optical technologies and systems are a constant part of our everyday life. The German optics and photonics industry holds internationally a leading position.
Light-emitting wallpapers and windows sound like the stuff of science fiction, but they are actually not far from becoming a reality. A team of researchers in Dresden is working to make it happen.
Alexander Zakhidov is a researcher at Dresden University of Technology. The 30 year old physicist specialized in OLEDs - organic light-emitting diodes. He is trying to make OLED displays more colorful.
Dr. Zachi Karni works in the computer graphics department at Saarbrücken's Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik. He is doing research about a better three-dimensional presentation of computer generated graphics.
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