The two Clusters of Excellence PhoenixD and Quantum Frontiers at Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) will receive funding from the DFG for a further seven years. The Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) is significantly involved in both. The cluster "PhoenixD: Photonics, Optics, Engineering - Innovation Across Dimensions" pursues the goal of making optical precision devices quickly and cost-effectively producible. The LZH is contributing its expertise in order to miniaturize optical assemblies and laser systems and thus make them more widely accessible in the future. To this end, research is being conducted into new approaches for optical coatings, additively manufactured optical components and technologies for the compact integration of these elements. The aim of the "QuantumFrontiers: Pushing the Limits of the Measurable" cluster is to enable measurements at the quantum frontier with unprecedented precision. The LZH is contributing its expertise in the development of highly stable laser sources for gravitational wave research. Single-frequency, low-noise laser systems should enable fundamentally new insights into the formation of the universe as well as high-precision measurements in basic research on Earth.
