Theodor W. Hänsch
German physicist and nobel laureate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Theodor Wolfgang Hänsch (German pronunciation: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈhɛnʃ] ⓘ; born 30 October 1941) is a German physicist. He received one-third of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics for "contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique", sharing the prize with John L. Hall and Roy J. Glauber.
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Born | (1941-10-30) 30 October 1941 (age 82) Heidelberg, Germany |
Alma mater | University of Heidelberg |
Known for | Laser-based precision spectroscopy Laser cooling |
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Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Ludwig-Maximilians University Max-Planck-Institut Stanford University European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Università degli Studi di Firenze |
Doctoral advisor | Peter E. Toschek |
Other academic advisors | Christoph Schmelzer Arthur L. Schawlow |
Doctoral students | Carl E. Wieman Markus Greiner Immanuel Bloch Tilman Esslinger |
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Hänsch is Director of the Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (quantum optics) and Professor of experimental physics and laser spectroscopy at the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.