Stefan Nolte


Professor for Experimental Physics/ Laser Physics, Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich Schiller

stefan.nolte@uni-jena.de

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Professional Affiliations

University of Jena & Deputy Director at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF

Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany

Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF, Jena, Germany

Research axes

Lasers and Ultra-fast Phenomena

Ongoing projects

The research topic of Prof. Nolte is ultrashort laser pulses with the main focus on ultrashort pulse micromachining and material modification for industrial and medical applications, areas where he has been actively engaged in since the field’s inception in the mid-1990s. Current research interests include:

  • Linear and nonlinear interaction of light and matter
  • Micro- and nanostructuring by ultrashort laser pulses
  • Ultrashort pulse laser cutting and welding
  • 3D-volume structuring of glasses and crystals
  • Fiber and volume Bragg gratings
  • Linear and nonlinear optics in discrete systems
  • Additive manufacturing using ultrashort laser pulses
  • Applications of ultrashort lasers in ophthalmology
  • Nonlinear spectroscopy