EXC 2122: PhoenixD: Photonics, Optics, and Engineering – Innovation Across Disciplines

PhoenixD展望了精密光学的未来。其核心理念是将光学系统、设计和仿真工具与所有相关生产技术整合到一个综合平台中，从而创建个性化和高功能的光学设备-按需、最高精度和具有新功能。作为愿景，高度集成的单片光学系统将为解决社会挑战做出重大贡献。今天，精密光学制造仍然是一个高度复杂的多步骤过程，往往需要大量的体力劳动和操作努力。所涉及的高昂成本阻碍了它们潜在地更广泛地传播到医药和制药行业、生产技术、环境监测或工作和生活环境等领域。在过去的十年里，生产技术已经发生了实质性的变化，其特征是关键字“工业4.0”和“添加剂制造”。这允许以与大规模生产相同的成本制造个性化产品。与此同时，光学及其他领域的模拟技术也得益于计算科学和机器学习的重大进步。现在是时候将这两者结合起来，将模拟和现代生产技术提高到光学精度水平。PhoenixD已经准备好迎接光学系统设计和制造方面的颠覆性变化。这一切都是为了拆除墙壁，弥合现有的技术差距，开辟一条通往光学和光子学新纪元的道路。PhoenixD将回答以下科学问题：未来的功能光学系统应该如何设计和生产，具有光学精度、所需的灵活性、资源和成本效益、集成密度或大批量？PhoenixD依赖于机械工程、物理、电气工程、计算机科学和化学的综合努力。它集中了尖端光学、生产技术、材料、建模和模拟能力。在2015年DFG资助地图集中，汉诺威在物理/光学领域排名第一，在生产工程领域排名第二。主要研究人员已经证明了他们在许多联合高级研究项目中合作的意愿和能力。PhoenixD涉及基于网络大学概念的教学和知识转移。该群组将是莱布尼茨大学建立一个独立的光学和光子学学院的核心，另外八个教授职位将永久分配给这个新的系，设在一座新的专用建筑中。因此，该集群将发展成为一个国际上独一无二的能力中心，拥有高水平的学术研究、优秀的教学和新的衍生公司，将对行业、社会和学术界产生肥沃和广泛的影响。

PhoenixD looks to the future of precision optics. Its core concept is to merge optical systems, design and simulation tools with all relevant production technologies into one combined platform so as to create individualized and highly-functional optical devices – on demand, to the highest accuracy and with novel functionalities. As a vision, highly integrated monolithic optical systems will significantly contribute to solve social challenges. Today, precision optics manufacturing is still a highly complex multi-step process often requiring extensive manual labor and operational effort. The high costs involved prevent their potentially much broader dissemination to fields such as medicine and the pharmaceutical industry, production technology, environmental monitoring, or working and living environments.Over the last decade, production technology has evolved substantially, as characterized by the keywords 'Industry 4.0' and 'Additive Manufacturing'. This allows for the manufacturing of individualized products at the same cost as mass production. At the same time, simulation techniques for optics and beyond have benefited from major progress in computational science and machine learning. It is now time to combine both of these and raise simulation and modern production technology to an optics precision level. PhoenixD is ready for a disruptive change in optical systems design and manufacturing. It is all about removing walls and bridging existing technological gaps to open a route towards a new era in optics and photonics. PhoenixD will answer the following scientific question: How should future functional optical systems be designed and produced with optical precision, the required flexibility, resource and cost-efficiency, integration density, or high volume?PhoenixD relies on a combined effort of Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Chemistry. It concentrates cutting-edge optics, production technology, material, modeling, and simulation competences in one place. In the 2015 DFG Funding Atlas, Hannover was ranked number one in physics/optics and number two in production engineering. The principal investigators have already proven their will and ability to cooperate in numerous joint high-level research projects.PhoenixD involves teaching and knowledge transfer based on a networked university concept. The Cluster will be the nucleus for the establishment of an independent Faculty for Optics & Photonics at Leibniz Universität, and eight additional professorships will be permanently allocated to this new department, in a new dedicated building. The Cluster will thus evolve into an internationally unique center of competence for high-level academic research, excellent teaching and new spin-off companies, which will fertilize and broadly impact on industry, society, and academia.