R&D Department
Interdisciplinary Team
The central R&D team at our facility in Olching is responsible for the new and continued development of our products and technologies. Independent of the individual production facilities, this cross-disciplinary team collaborates on a project basis.
The members of our young and highly motivated team were educated at renowned universities and enjoy many years of scientific and practical experience – in particular in the areas of optical thin-film technology, optoelectronics, and fiber technology. They also keep close contact to the worlds of science and industry.
This scientific and industrial exchange is constantly nurtured and strengthened by participating in relevant conferences, seminars, and trade shows. In addition to the large customer base of LASER COMPONENTS, this exchange forms the basis for the processing of custom OEM projects and the development of new quality products.
Since the requirements for many products and projects span multiple technology areas, interdisciplinary collaboration and constant exchange among experts are crucial when it comes to getting new products ready for series production in the shortest possible time.
In addition, the close proximity to research institutes encourages synergies that are combined in bilateral research projects and research associations. Such projects have always been and still are successful due to the continued development of equipment and measurement technology with partners from science and industry.
Upon customer request, our experts take on complete OEM projects that include the entire product development process:
Fields of Expertise
Our interdisciplinary team is comprised of experts from the following fields:
- Optical thin-film technologies
- Semiconductor technologies
- Optoelectronic technologies
- Fiber-optic transmission technologies
Tools
State-of-the-art software is available to aid in successfully completing OEM projects and developing new products: this includes simulation software for the design of highly complex thin-film layer systems on different substrates, the layout of multi-layered circuit boards, and software for complex construction tasks.
The first prototypes can be quickly and inexpensively produced and sampled in a 3-D printing process. The availability of different programming interfaces is the basis for the advancement of digitalization.
Director of R&D
Dr. Sina Malobabic is head of the development department at LASER COMPONENTS. After studying physics and mathematics, she specialized in optical technologies as a doctoral scholar at the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. and started as a development engineer at LASER COMPONENTS GmbH in 2016. In 2021, she took over responsibility for technology-oriented tasks, which not only includes the development of coatings and substrate handling, but also the entire measurement technology for optical and optoelectronic components. Since July 2022, she has also been in charge of product development and manages projects from fiber technology as well as new developments and optimization of optoelectronic components such as laser modules or detectors.