Next-generation adaptive optics based on transmissive wavefront modulators — scalable, easy-to-use solutions for imaging and beam shaping.
Phaseform is a deep-tech spin-off from the Laboratory for Micro-optics at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) of the University of Freiburg in Germany.
Products
9 listed
PHI
A camera-port-based adaptive optics solution for microscopes, with a transmissive wavefront modulator at the pupil plane and an integrated tunable lens for remote focusing.
Source & evidence
Supplier website The camera-port-based adaptive optics solution for microscopes. It features a transmissive wavefront modulator located at the pupil plane of the microscope for precise aberration correction, as well as an integrated tunable lens for ultra-fast remote focusing. Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Phinden
Software for sensorless aberration finding and correction from images, compatible with several standard microscopy control software packages and image acquisition tools.
Source & evidence
Supplier website Phinden is Phaseform’s software for finding and correcting aberrations sensorlessly, from the image itself. It is compatible with several standard microscopy control software packages and image acquisition tools. Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Post adapter
Mounts the Delta 7 in optics setups using individual posts; a post screws into the M4 × 6 mm bottom hole.
Source & evidence
Supplier website The Delta 7 post adapter provides an easy way to mount the Delta 7 in any optics setup using individual posts for the optical components. The adapter allows a post to be screwed into the M4 × 6 mm bottom hole. Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Delta 7-20
A wavefront modulator with a 20 mm clear aperture, maximum stroke past 10 µm and native M32 threading.
Source & evidence
Supplier website The Delta 7-20 doubles the clear aperture to 20 mm and raises maximum stroke past 10 µm, with native M32 threading so an objective mounts straight onto it. Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
DPP Digital Model
A Dynamic Link Library for integrating the DPP into Ansys Zemax OpticStudio ray-tracing simulations.
Source & evidence
Supplier website The DPP as a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) for easy integration into your Ansys Zemax OpticStudio ray-tracing simulation. Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Delta 7
Transmissive wavefront modulator delivered with dedicated driving electronics and control software.
Source & evidence
Supplier website The Delta 7 is a transmissive wavefront modulator delivered with dedicated driving electronics and control software. Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Accessories
Mounting and integration accessories for the Delta 7 family, starting with the post adapter.
Source & evidence
Supplier website Mounting and integration accessories for the Delta 7 family, starting with the post adapter. Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Delta 7-10
Transmissive wavefront modulator with a 10 mm clear aperture and 63 electrodes.
Source & evidence
Supplier website Delta 7-10 10 mm clear aperture · 63 electrodes · 7th radial Zernike order Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Engineering to design Phaseform's wavefront modulator into an existing beam path.
Source & evidence
Supplier website A transmissive wavefront modulator that drops into an existing beam path, the modules and software built around it, and the engineering to design it in. Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Company updates
An InnoMatch pilot with the DZNE: PHI on a blood-brain barrier chip
21 Sept 2026
An InnoMatch pilot with the DZNE: PHI on a blood-brain barrier chip
Source & evidence
Supplier website newsSep 21, 2026 An InnoMatch pilot with the DZNE: PHI on a blood-brain barrier chip [Publication date evidence: newsSep 21, 2026 An InnoMatch pilot with the DZNE: PHI on a blood-brain barrier chip] Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
An InnoMatch pilot with the DZNE: PHI on a blood-brain barrier chip
21 Sept 2026
Phaseform and the DZNE were selected as one of thirteen pilots in InnoMatch Open Call 1 (Wave 2); the pilot uses PHI to correct aberrations in a blood-brain barrier chip.
Source & evidence
Supplier website Phaseform and the DZNE are one of thirteen pilots selected in InnoMatch Open Call 1 (Wave 2): PHI corrects the aberrations of a blood-brain barrier on a chip, so the whole 3D microvessel can be imaged at uniform quality. [Publication date evidence: 2026-09-21] Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Laser writing in materials with a shaped Delta 7 beam
9 Sept 2026
Laser writing in materials with a shaped Delta 7 beam
Source & evidence
Supplier website papersSep 9, 2026 Laser writing in materials with a shaped Delta 7 beam [Publication date evidence: papersSep 9, 2026 Laser writing in materials with a shaped Delta 7 beam] Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Phaseform sponsors the 6th Day of Intravital Microscopy
9 Sept 2026
Phaseform sponsored the annual meeting of the intravital microscopy workgroup of German BioImaging (GerBI-GMB).
Source & evidence
Supplier website Phaseform is a sponsor of the 6th Day of Intravital Microscopy, the annual meeting of the intravital microscopy workgroup of German BioImaging (GerBI-GMB). [Publication date evidence: 2026-09-09] Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Laser writing in materials with a shaped Delta 7 beam
9 Sept 2026
A Freie Universität Berlin / HTW Berlin team used a beam shaped by the Delta 7 to write erasable luminescence patterns into perovskite films.
Source & evidence
Supplier website A Freie Universität Berlin / HTW Berlin team writes erasable luminescence patterns into perovskite films with a 405 nm beam shaped by the Delta 7 — a new field for the DPP: laser writing in materials. [Publication date evidence: 2026-09-09] Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Phaseform sponsors the 6th Day of Intravital Microscopy
9 Sept 2026
Phaseform sponsors the annual meeting of the intravital microscopy workgroup of German BioImaging (GerBI-GMB), taking place on 23 and 24 November 2026 at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) on the Venusberg campus in Bonn.
Source & evidence
Supplier website Phaseform is a sponsor of the 6th Day of Intravital Microscopy, the annual meeting of the intravital microscopy workgroup of German BioImaging (GerBI-GMB). This year’s edition takes place on 23 and 24 November 2026 at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) on the Venusberg campus in Bonn. [Publication date evidence: eventsSep 9, 2026] Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Phaseform goes to VISION Stuttgart
10 Aug 2026
Phaseform announced its participation in VISION 2026 in Stuttgart, including two talks and a live Fovea Stacking demonstration.
Source & evidence
Supplier website Phaseform is at VISION 2026 in Stuttgart, 6 to 8 October, Hall 8, Stand E60.19 in Start-up World — with two talks and a live Fovea Stacking demo. [Publication date evidence: 2026-08-10] Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Two new distribution partners: Photon Lines and Aladdin Optics
13 Jun 2026
Two new distribution partners: Photon Lines and Aladdin Optics
Source & evidence
Supplier website newsJun 13, 2026 Two new distribution partners: Photon Lines and Aladdin Optics [Publication date evidence: newsJun 13, 2026 Two new distribution partners: Photon Lines and Aladdin Optics] Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Two new distribution partners: Photon Lines and Aladdin Optics
13 Jun 2026
Photon Lines Ltd represents Phaseform in the UK and Ireland; Aladdin Optics brings Delta 7 and PHI to laboratories in the United States.
Source & evidence
Supplier website Photon Lines Ltd now represents Phaseform in the UK and Ireland, and Aladdin Optics brings Delta 7 and PHI to laboratories in the United States. Both offer local sales, demos and support. [Publication date evidence: 2026-06-13] Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Two new distribution partners: Photon Lines and Aladdin Optics
13 Jun 2026
Phaseform appointed Photon Lines Ltd to represent its complete product line in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and Aladdin Optics to bring Delta 7 and PHI to laboratories in the United States.
Source & evidence
Supplier website Photon Lines Ltd, based in Banbury, now represents the complete Phaseform product line across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Aladdin Optics, based in Stony Brook, New York, brings our Delta 7 wavefront modulators and the PHI platform to laboratories in the United States. [Publication date evidence: newsJun 13, 2026] Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Delta 7 adaptive optics for enhanced light-sheet microscopy at ICFO, Barcelona
20 May 2026
Two Delta 7 wavefront modulators were used in a custom light-sheet microscope at the SLN Lab, ICFO Barcelona, one in illumination and one in detection.
Source & evidence
Supplier website Two Delta 7 wavefront modulators in a custom light-sheet microscope at the SLN Lab, ICFO Barcelona — one in illumination, one in detection — resolving pig sperm-tail morphology that aberrations had obscured. [Publication date evidence: 2026-05-20] Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
PHI shortlisted for the Photonics Frontiers Award 2026
6 May 2026
PHI was one of three finalists in the Biophotonics & Medical Applications category of the Photonics Frontiers Award 2026.
Source & evidence
Supplier website PHI, our plug-and-play adaptive optics platform for microscopes, was one of three finalists in the Biophotonics & Medical Applications category of the Photonics Frontiers Award 2026, presented at Optatec in Frankfurt. [Publication date evidence: 2026-05-06] Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Phaseform on tour: ICFO Barcelona
8 Apr 2026
Phaseform visited ICFO for lab tours and a live exhibit of PHI, Phinden and the Delta 7.
Source & evidence
Supplier website A visit to ICFO, the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona: lab tours, and a live exhibit of PHI, Phinden and the Delta 7 for the ICFOnian community. [Publication date evidence: 2026-04-08] Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Machine-learning-based open-loop control of the Deformable Phase Plate
4 Mar 2026
A SPIE Photonics West 2026 proceedings paper describes a gradient boosting model that learned the DPP's nonlinear inverse mapping and brought open-loop wavefront error below 20 nm RMS.
Source & evidence
Supplier website A proceedings paper from SPIE Photonics West 2026: a gradient boosting model learns the nonlinear inverse mapping of the DPP and brings open-loop wavefront error below 20 nm RMS. [Publication date evidence: 2026-03-04] Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Complete adaptive optics kit via Axiom Optics
3 Feb 2026
Axiom Optics added a turnkey adaptive-optics kit built around Phaseform’s Delta 7, paired with an Imagine Optic HASO wavefront sensor and WaveTune™ software.
Source & evidence
Supplier website Axiom Optics has added a turnkey adaptive-optics kit built around Phaseform’s Delta 7 refractive wavefront modulator, paired with an Imagine Optic HASO wavefront sensor and WaveTune™ adaptive optics software. [Publication date evidence: 2026-02-03] Phaseform GmbH website Checked 3 Oct 2026
Evidence & freshness
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Supports 15 facts: Company name · Description · Delta 7-20 · Deformable Phase Plate · Location: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany · News: An InnoMatch pilot with the DZNE: PHI on a blood-brain barrier chip · News: Phaseform sponsors the 6th Day of Intravital Microscopy · News: Laser writing in materials with a shaped Delta 7 beam
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News: Phaseform goes to VISION Stuttgart · News: Two new distribution partners: Photon Lines and Aladdin Optics · News: Delta 7 adaptive optics for enhanced light-sheet microscopy at ICFO, Barcelona · News: PHI shortlisted for the Photonics Frontiers Award 2026 · News: Phaseform on tour: ICFO Barcelona · News: Machine-learning-based open-loop control of the Deformable Phase Plate · News: Complete adaptive optics kit via Axiom Optics
Supports 10 facts: Company name · Description · PHI · Phinden · DPP Digital Model · Accessories · Engineering design-in · News: An InnoMatch pilot with the DZNE: PHI on a blood-brain barrier chip
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News: Laser writing in materials with a shaped Delta 7 beam · News: Two new distribution partners: Photon Lines and Aladdin Optics
