Projects and contract development

R&D and Product Development

TEM Messtechnik right from the beginning aimed at the development of special solutions for scientific and industrial applications in physics, chemistry and medicine:

  • Measurement and control systems
  • Data recording and processing
  • Diode laser systems
  • Optoelectronics
  • Laser stabilization
  • High precision mechanics

The development process goes from the first idea to the production-ready solution. It includes customer specific adaption of the standard products, the development of new electronic devices, analog and digital solutions, OEM boards, modular system or stand-alone devices.A focal point is on the high precision and fast regulators for the resonator length (or wavelength selection elements inside of the resonator) of tunable lasers and thus for the wavelength of the emitted light.

The employed interferometric and spectroscopical wavelength sensors belong to the products of TEM Messtechnik as well as: PID regulators, lock-in regulators, RF modulation techniques, current sources, temperature controllers, scan generators →, high voltage piezo amplifiers →, photo diode amplifiers →, automatic fiber couplers →. The interferometrically controlled, 1000GHz mode-hop free tuning of DFB-laser diodes is an example for these activities.

Another core area is the development of control systems for positioning of laser beams (Aligna® →). The end user group ranges from those who employ the Aligna for high precision material processing to research institutions where the stabilization of the laser beam opens new experimental possibilities.

Fields of activity

The field of activity includes, among other things, the development of laser electronics. Examples of developments that have been carried out to date include:

Industrial production →

Industrial production

  • Brightness control for low-pressure metal vapor pressure lamps for applications in quality management and process control in industrial production processes

Science & Research →

Science & Research

  • Control electronics and software for laser diode spectrometers
  • Control of laser conditioning facilities (with YAG lasers) for the age determination of rock probes
  • Control electronics for a 3-color mixer for applications in the laser display and print technology
  • Measurement devices for inspection of high-quality optics with the help of Phase-Shifting-Interferometry

Chemistry →

Chemistry

  • Measurement data acquisition and processing systems for probe management, integration of chemical analysis devices (like electronic scales, nuclear spin spectrographs and mass spectrographs) and control of chemical analysis devices for a chemical laboratory

Medical | Health care →

Medical

  • Temperature sequencer for the melting process control of paraffin in the medical field (pathology – in cooperation with Multiblock)

Energy →

Energy

  • Pump test station for high power pumps in power plants of energy suppliers

TV / media production →

TV / media production

  • Control of camera cranes and remote-controlled cameras for TV and film productions

Selected References

Our activities mainly consist of contract developments in the field of laser technology. Some references are mentioned here as examples.

Industrial laser users →

  • Robert Bosch GmbH
  • MANZ Automation AG
  • Carl Zeiss SMT AG
  • LINOS Photonics GmbH & Co. KG
  • Agfa-Gevaert AG, München
  • and many more

Laser manufacturer →

  • Coherent Inc.
  • TRUMPF Laser GmbH + Co. KG
  • TOPTICA Photonics AG
  • Menlo Systems GmbH
  • LUMERA LASER GmbH
  • Valo Innovations GmbH

Research institutes →

  • Institute of Laser Engineering Osaka
  • CERN
  • Japan Atomic Energy Agency
  • Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
  • Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT
  • Fraunhofer-Inst. f. Physik. Messtechnik IPM
  • Fraunhofer-Inst. f. Werkstoffmechanik IWM
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik Max-Planck-Inst. f. biophys. Chemie
  • Institut f. Quantenoptik, Univ. Hannover
  • Institut für Strahlwerkzeuge BESSY II
  • DESY Hamburg
  • GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht
  • Forschungszentrum Jülich
  • Max-Born-Institut f. NLO u. Kurzzeitspektroskopie
  • Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V.
  • FGSW Forschungsges. f. Strahlwerkzeuge mbH
  • as well as a large number of universities and similar institutions
Your personal contact

Dipl.-Phys. Dr. Thomas Müller-Wirts
Managing Director; Development Electronics,
software, optics, mechanics
+49 (0) 511 / 510896 – 31
thomas.mueller-wirts@tem-messtechnik.de

We also engage in funded research projects with partner companies and universities.

A selection of projects with detailed information can be found here:

Projects & Research & Development →