Head of Smart Optical Devices Group
Optical Components Department
E-Mail: f.carstens@lzh.dePhone: +49 511 2788-255
Short-Bio
Study of physics at the Leibniz Universität Hannover, diploma obtained in 2012.
Since 2012, Florian Carstens has been working at the Laser Zentrum Hannover e. V. (LZH). From 2012 to 2021 as a scientific employee in the Process Development Group of the Laser Components Department.
Florian Carstens has been heading the Smart Optical Devices Group of the Optical Components Department since 2021.
Main Research Areas
- Networking, digitalization and AI use in process chains of the photonics industry
- Plasma sensor technology and layer thickness monitoring for PVD coating processes
- Measurement and process control technology for precision optics coating systems
- Measurement devices for optics and coating characterization
LZH publications
Journal articles (reviewed) (5)
Miniaturized thin-film filters to connect multiple self-written waveguides
Journal of Optics
6
25
065801
2023
Investigation of the refractive index repeatability for tantalum pentoxide coatings, prepared by physical vapor film deposition techniques
Applied Optics
4
56
C193-C200
2017
Journal articles (non-reviewed) (5)
More than optical interconnects: employing self-written waveguides to create optical networks and multi-functional sensing elements
SPIE Proceedings Vol. 12424, Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials and Technologies XXVII
124240V
2023
Self-written waveguides as low-loss interconnections and sensing elements
SPIE Proceedings Vol. 12004: Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXVI
1200412
2022
Applying sacrificial substrate technology to miniaturized precision optical thin-film coatings
SPIE Proceedings Vol. 11872, Advances in Optical Thin Films VII
118720G
2021
Approaches to an Adaptive Ion-Beam Sputtering Process
Optical Interference Coatings, OSA Technical Digest
WA.4
2016
Investigation of the refractive index reproducibility for tantalum pentoxide coatings, prepared by PVD techniques
Optical Interference Coatings, OSA Technical Digest
ThD.2
2016
Conference papers (16)
In-situ Metrology and Data Analysis for Optical Deposition Processes
Coatings for Optics and Optical Components (V2023)
19. September
Dresden
2023
Particle Monitoring during Deposition, Particle Mitigation and Effects of Ion Etching of Particles on Optical Surfaces
OCLA 2023 - 8th Symposium on Optical Coatings for Laser Applications
29. März
Jena
2023
More than optical interconnects: employing self-written waveguides to create optical networks and multi-functional sensing elements
SPIE Photonics West: OPTO
28. Januar - 02. Februar
San Francisco
2023
In-situ-Oberflächeninspektion in PVD-Prozessen
29. INPLAS-AG Treffen - Neuartige Plasmaquellen und -prozesse
24. November
LOKSCHUPPEN Marburg
2022
Self-written waveguides as low-loss interconnections and sensing elements
SPIE Photonics West: OPTO
21.-27. Februar
San Francisco
2022
Optisches Breit-Band-Monitoring: Konzepte und Trends
Colloquium für optische Spektrometrie (COSP)
26.-27. September
Jena
2022
Environmental dependencies on the LIDT of all-silica GLAD mirrors for 355 nm
SPIE Laser Damage
18.-21. September
Rochester
2022
Miniaturized substrate-free multilayer thin films for hybrid integrated photonics systems
The European Physical Society Forum
02.-03. Juni
Paris
2022
Self-written waveguides as low-loss interconnects and temperature sensors
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)
20.-24. Juni
online
2021
Applying sacrificial substrate technology to miniaturized precision optical thin-film coatings
SPIE Optical Systems Design
13.-18. September
online
2021
High-Resolution Optical Broadband Monitoring for the Production of Miniaturized Thin-Film Filters
Optical Interference Coatings (OIC)
02.-07. Juni
Santa Ana Pueblo
2019
Stabilisierung von Rate und Schichtdickenuniformität im IBS-Prozess über adaptiv geregelte Prozessparameter
82. Jahrestagung der DPG und DPG-Frühjahrstagung
04.-09. März
Erlangen
2018
Implementation of a Closed-loop In-situ Control Scheme Improving Stability and Uniformity in Ion-Beam Sputtering Processes
SPIE Optical Systems Design
14.-17. Mai
Frankfurt am Main
2018
Concepts for an In-situ Control Scheme Improving Stability and Uniformity in Ion-Beam Sputtering Processes
International Conference on Frontiers of Optical Coatings (FOC)
22.-26. Oktober
Guangzhou
2017
Stabilisierung des Ionenstrahl-Zerstäubungs-Prozesses über adaptiv geregelte Prozessparameter
DPG Frühjahrstagung
13.-17. März
Bremen
2017
Ansätze für einen adaptiven Ionenstrahl-Zerstäubungs-Prozess (IBS)
Jahrestagung der DPG und DPG-Frühjahrstagung
2.-5. März
Bochum
2015