Ferenc Krausz
Hungarian physicist (born 1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The native form of this personal name is Krausz Ferenc. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Ferenc Krausz (born 17 May 1962[2]) is an Austrian-Hungarian physicist working in attosecond science. He is a director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and a professor of experimental physics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany. His research team has generated and measured the first attosecond light pulse and used it for capturing electrons' motion inside atoms, marking the birth of attophysics.[2] In 2023, jointly with Pierre Agostini and Anne L'Huillier, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Ferenc Krausz | |
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Born | (1962-05-17) 17 May 1962 (age 61) |
Education | |
Known for | First attosecond light source |
Awards | Wolf Prize in Physics (2022) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2022) Nobel Prize in Physics (2023) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Attosecond physics |
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Thesis | Erzeugung ultrakurzer Lichtimpulse in Neodymium-Glaslasern (1991) |
Doctoral advisor | Arnold Schmidt [de][1] |
Website | https://attoworld.de/ |
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