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  1. From NASA to Jena: A student’s journey from photonics research to entrepreneurship

    From Caltech and NASA to the Abbe School of Photonics and his own space-tech company: Master’s student Tanmay Gupta has followed an unusually international path through science, engineering and industry. In Jena, he has found an environment where photonics research and entrepreneurship come together. His story was recently featured by ZEIT Germany.

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    From left to right: Prof. Denis Barataud (University of Limoges), Tanmay Gupta (MSc Photonics student), and Irene Weinzierl (MSc Photonics coordinator).
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  2. Jena LIGHT 2026: Over 100 Experts Discuss Photonic Quantum Computing on the Beutenberg Campus

    From 16 to 17 September 2026, the Institute of Applied Physics (IAP) of the University of Jena and the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF) jointly hosted the international workshop "Photonics in Quantum Computing." More than 100 participants from over 20 countries came together at the Beutenberg Campus for two days of intensive scientific exchange on the future of quantum information technology.

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    Participants of the LIGHT Conference "Photonics in Quantum Computing"
    Image: Ira Winkler (University Jena)
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