The Institute of Microtechnology and Photonics (IMP) at OST – Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences located on the campus Buchs, Eastern Switzerland, sees its strength in the combination of education with R&D together with our industrial partners.

Main activities

• Photonics – from design to production
• Production and nano-metrology
• Microtechnology and Packaging
• Materials development and analytics

Services

• Bachelor and Master degree in Photonics and Microtechnology
• Collaborations with industrial partners
• Application oriented Research and Development

Main areas of research and development

• Photonic Systems
• Microtechnological and Photonic Production (esp. SLE, laser polishing, nano-imprint techniques)
• Precision Metrology

Special facilities

• 600 m2 clean room, lithography, coating and structuring facilities, 8’’ production line
• Surface coating, structuring
• High-end test and measurement lab for surface characterization and geometrical specifications

Technology partners

FISBA, Swissoptic, Evatec, vario-optics, Huber+Suhner, Trumpf Laser Marking Systems, Optics Balzers, Microp, Sensirion, IST, Leica Geosystems, …

Current top technologies

Glass processing with ultrashortpulse lasers, laser polishing, lithography, nano-imprint technology, nano-metrology