Developing eyes to see the invisible.

New measurement methods open up new insights often essential for scientific progress. We are currently researching new detection principles and sensor technologies with ever better resolution.

To this end, we are developing innovative microelectronic circuits at the Helmholtz centers DESY, GSI and KIT, which enable novel scientific experiments and measuring instruments.

These systems can be used, for example, in electron beam diagnostics for new particle accelerators, but also in extremely sensitive sensors to search for dark matter or in innovative medical instruments, such as for the early detection of cancer. We are also testing their use in lighter track detectors for physics, those sensors that measure the position and trajectory of charged particles in accelerator facilities.

These approaches show across the board that without microelectronics, progress is hardly imaginable, in science as well as in society.

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