Josef Lagler

We optimize and produce highly specialized photonic crystal fibers with hollow cores.

My scope of duties includes the design and manufacturing of highly specialized photonic crystal fibers. This can range from troubleshooting at facilities like high temperature drawing towers up to exceeding the limits by process innovation or optimizing the existing ones. As part of a cooperation with a well-known semiconductor supplier I had to face new technical and process related challenges which required my physical and chemical knowledge to successfully tackle them. Finding new ways is my passion.

During the years as a research assistant at the "Fraunhofer IISB" I was part of the working groups for "Packaging and Modules" and "Test and Reliability". I encountered a couple of measurement methods to characterize different types of material properties and behavior like 3D-plastic/elastic deformations, elastic modulus, nano hardness, creep behavior and surface properties. Therefore, my scope of duties included the steps of development, execution and interpretation of experimental setups and results.

The "Sensotherm Temperatursensorik GmbH" is manufacturing high-precision platinum temperature sensors of various resistances, sizes and fields of application. While my internship I had the chance to perform most of the processing steps from coating (thin-film technology) to photolithography all the way up to measuring characteristic values (R₀,α) and final inspection. This overview gave me the opportunity to recognize theoretical terms like production chain/bottleneck or productivity in a practical manner.

nonmetal/inorganic materials, composites, production assessment, nano- and surface technology