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For the development of the virtual laser laboratory simulator ‘femtoPro’, three Würzburg researchers have been awarded the 2026 Teaching Prize by the German Physical Society.

Our paper "femtoPro: real-time linear and nonlinear optics calculations" was also highlighted in "Spotlight on Optics" by Optica.

The latest femtoPro version adds new tutorials on chirped mirrors, linear absorption and many other improvements.

The new femtoPro version offers further performance improvements and a new tutorial on nonlinear autocorrelation.

We have won the silver award of this year’s AVRiL competition organized by the Gesellschaft für Informatik.

We are happy to announce a new femtoPro version with various improvements, new features, and unlimited free use.

We are currently at the LASER World of PHOTONICS in Munich. Visit us at booth Nr. 468 in hall B1!

Our first scientific publication was published in the journal Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics. femtoPro will be represented at this year’s LASER World of PHOTONICS. And: The free-use period of the full version has been extended again.

We extended the free-use period by another three months.

The first full version of femtoPro can be used free of charge until 31 January 2023. We are constantly working on new features and will submit scientific manuscripts soon.

Limited introductory offer: The full version of femtoPro can be used for free until 31 October 2022.

The Physik Journal contains an interview with Tobias Brixner on femtoPro.

A functional demo version of femtoPro is available from today via the download section and offers a free three-month trial period for common VR platforms.

Lasers are ubiquitous. Scientists from Würzburg have now developed the virtual-reality laser laboratory “femtoPro”, which simulates optical setups in real time and enables eye-safe training in the handling of short-pulse lasers.

We gladly acknowledge that this project is financially supported by the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie e.V. within their funding program of establishing new digital teaching concepts in chemistry studies.