This laser-based process chain of the future is based on shaping by ablation with ultrashort pulse (USP) lasers or Selective Laser-induced Etching (SLE). The Fraunhofer ILT’s agenda also includes laser polishing of glass and, if required, polymer-based lenses as well as precision shape correction in the high-end sector. The latter has already been demonstrated by a team led by Emrah Uluz, a research associate in the Fraunhofer ILT’s Shape Correction of Optics research field, using CO 2 and USP l...