Latest IPQ News
Here you find the news published so far since 2023. Older news are available in the news archive.
 Best Poster Award ITG PN 2026Felix Beuthan, a master's student at IPQ supervised by PhD candidate Joel Dittmer, has been awarded the best poster prize at the 2026 VDE ITG Conference on Photonic Networks. Learn more |
 Best Poster Award ITG PN 2025Jonas Krimmer, a PhD candidate at IPQ, has been awarded the best poster prize at the 2025 VDE ITG Conference on Photonic Networks. Learn more |
 Corning Outstanding Student Paper AwardThe paper, "Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Mach-Zehnder Modulator (MZM) for Single-Carrier IMDD Line Rates of 500 Gbit/s and Beyond", written by Adrian Schwarzenberger, PhD candidate at IPQ, received the Corning Outstanding Paper Award at the 50th Optical Fiber Communication Conference. Learn more |
 Inauguration of new fibre-optic testbed for quantum network researchOn 22 January 2025, a new test link was inaugurated, connecting the IPQ laboratories of the KIT South Campus with the KIT North Campus via a 20-km-long fibre-optic cable operated by our partner Telemaxx. Learn more |
 ERC Synergy Grant AwardThe IPQ has been awarded a highly competitive and sought after ERC Synergy Grant. We thank the European Research Council (ERC) for their trust in us and greatly appreciate the cooperation. Learn more |
 Three New BMBF Projects at IPQ: HYPERCORE, PONTROSA and OPTIMUXWithin the funding programs of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung - BMBF), the IPQ successfully applied for the three projects HYPERCORE, PONTROSA and OPTIMUX. Learn more |
 ECOC 2024: Special commendation for Prof. Dr. Randel as co-chair for the technical programProf. Dr. Sebastian Randel received a special commendation for his work as a volunteer as co-chair for the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2024). Learn more |
 Outstanding Paper Award of "Light: Advanced Manufacturing"The paper, “3D-printed facet-attached microlenses for advanced photonic system assembly”, written by Yilin Xu, former PhD candidate at IPQ, has been honored as an outstanding paper by the publishing journal Light: Advanced Manufacturing. Learn more |
 Post Deadline Paper OFC 2024The paper, “O-Band SOH Mach-Zehnder Modulator Operating at a PAM4 Line Rate of 384 Gbit/s with Sub-Volt Drive Voltage”, written by Adrian Schwarzenberger, a PhD candidate at IPQ, was accepted as a post-deadline paper at OFC 2024. Learn more |
 CLEO 2024 Highlighted Talks from IPQPapers written by Huanfa Peng and Patrick Schwaab, PhD candidates at IPQ, have been selected as highlighted and upgraded presentations at CLEO 2024. Learn more |
 Thank You Prof. Grau!At the young age of 90 years Professor Grau held his final lecture on Feb. 14, 2024. Learn more |
 Berlin 6G ConferenceThe IPQ was invited to present at the 6G Conference in Berlin. Learn more |
 Best Award of the IHK KarlsruheJasmin Rösner received the best award of the IHK Karlsruhe. Learn more |
 IPQ presents the KIGLIS project in the BNNThe IPQ demonstrated the results of the BMBF funded KIGLIS project in a big project demonstration. Learn more |
 Best Student Paper Award at the 26th EuMW 2023Joel Dittmer, PhD candidate at the IPQ, won the IMA e.V. sponsored Best Paper Award at the 26th European Microwave Conference in September 2023 in Berlin, Germany. Learn more |
 Neuland - Der InnovationswettbewerbThe IPQ and its spin-off SilOriX have won the 3rd prize of the Neuland Innovation Competition in the category: Transfer Prize. Learn more |
_rdax_200x125s.jpg) CLEO 2023 Post-Deadline Paper"Optical Arbitrary Waveform Generation and Measurement (OAWG/OAWM) Enabling 320 GBd 32QAM Transmission" written by PhD candidate at the IPQ Daniel Drayß was accepted as a Post-Deadline Paper. Learn more |
 ERC Proof-of-Concept Grant AwardThe IPQ has been awarded a highly competitive ERC Proof-of-Concept grant, TeraGEAR. We thank the European Research Council (ERC) for their trust in us and greatly appreciate the cooperation. Learn more |
| CLEO 2023 Post-Deadline Paper "First Demonstration of a cryogenic Silicon Organic Hybrid (SOH) Mach-Zehnder Modulator with a Sub-1V π-Voltage" written by PhD candidate at the IPQ Adrian Schwarzenberger was accepted as a Post-Deadline Paper. Learn more |
 Girls' Day at the KITInspiring day with a great group of young ladies on Girls' Day at the IPQ. Learn more |
 Groundbreaking Ceremony for Karlsruhe Center for Optics and Photonics (KCOP)Construction work on the Karlsruhe Center for Optics and Photonics (KCOP) started on January 16, 2023. Learn more |