The Fraunhofer-Insititute of Applied Optics and Precision Engineering and the Institute of Applied Physics of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena act in a strategic partnership in the framework of the »Fraunhofer High Performance Center Photonics«. The High Performance Center is embedded in the Abbe School of Photonics and develops innovative solutions with light for important emerging fields and supports their realization and application in science, economy and society.