SPP 1337: Active Micro-Optics

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In this Priority Programme the technologies, materials and assembly techniques, which will allow the fabrication of optical micro systems with controllable tunability will be developed. Recent developments in micro systems engineering, in particular the machining and hybrid integration of new types of materials, will allow new types of variable micro-optical components and systems to be conceived. The overall goal of the Priority Programme is the establishment of the scientific basis for as well as the technical capabilities of tunable micro-optics. Development of new and innovative concepts for tunable micro-optics will require the fusion of new ideas and concepts from fields as diverse as materials, optical design, optics fabrication, micro-mechanics, micro-fluidics and assembly and packaging technology. Of particular interest in this area is the field of soft matter, in which materials of optical quality may be deformed using mechanical, electrical or magnetic stimulation. This concentrated research effort has the following overall scientific goals: