TRUMPF Expands Schramberg Site: Week in Brief: 03/10/23

Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS (Fraunhofer IPMS) developed the MACsec Controller IP-Core, which implements the latest Ethernet security standards to provide authentication, integrity, and encryption of data between different nodes of a local area network. The MACsec can be used with Fraunhofer IPMS’ LLEMAC IP core, as well as any other Ethernet MAC IP core, and in stand-alone mode.

SCHRAMBERG, Germany — TRUMPF expanded its location in Schramberg, Germany, with a 14,000-sq-m building that provides offices for management and administration, a laser application and development center, a health center for employees, and a visitor area.

TRUMPF’s new 14,000-sq-m Schramberg site. Courtesy of TRUMPF.

MUNICH — Laser communication company Mynaric was selected for three technology development projects related to quantum communications. The projects are part of the second phase of the QuNET initiative funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Mynaric’s technology development will be co-funded with a total amount of up to €5.6 million ($5.9 million) between 2023 and 2025.

PALO ALTO, Calif. — PsiQuantum opened its U.K.-based advanced R&D facility at STFC’s Daresbury Laboratory in the northwest of England. The effort is backed by £9 million in funding from the U.K. government’s Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT), and it gives PsiQuantum access to one of Europe’s largest liquid helium cryogenic plants.

PsiQuantum’s modularized quantum computing system networks individual cryogenic units using conventional fiber optics. Courtesy of PsiQuantum, via Business Wire.

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. — Princeton Infrared Technologies was selected by the Air Force Research Laboratory for an SBIR Phase II contract in the amount of $749,907 focused on the development of a small-pitch Type 2 Strained Layer Superlattice Avalanche Photodiode Focal Plane Array Multifunction LADAR Receiver to investigate its potential to fill capability gaps in the Department of the Air Force. The imager will be optimized for detection in the extended SWIR band, up to 2.1 μm.

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. — Test and measurement technology company Raptor Scientific acquired King Nutronics Corp., a developer of test and measurement instruments including optical tachometers and equipment specializing in the fields of pressure, temperature, force, and other areas.

Diffusion of an element at a solar cell interface, captured using a scanning electron microscope with cathodoluminescence capability. Courtesy of Loughborough University.

LOUGHBOROUGH, England — Loughborough University was awarded £2.6 million to open a national facility to increase understanding of the functions of solar cells and how other electronic devices interact with light. The facility, called the National Facility for High Resolution Cathodoluminescence Analysis, will aid with the development of solar cell technologies, LEDs, quantum dots, and other optoelectronic devices.