How incredibly short are attoseconds? And how can such ultrashort laser pulses enable innovative approaches, both now in the field of basic research and in the future in practical applications in the field of medical diagnostics? Prof. Ferenc Krausz explores these questions in his online lecture held in German.
Atome und
ihre Bausteine 
Wunderbare
Elektronen
A switch for
the future
Sluggish
electrons
Movies out of
the microcosm
- Alle
- Scientific videos
- Basics
- PhotonLab
- GYPT
Fast-moving processes in the microcosm
What is a photon?
What is a photon? What sounds like a basic physics course turns out in Prof. Rempe's lecture to be a question not easily answered in the course of the history of science. Nevertheless, there is an amazingly catchword-like answer at the end of the video! The talk is in German language. However, the accompanying text and images are in English.
The world´s first functioning laser
On May 16, 1960, the laser was born. The device that Theodore Maiman built, still exists. Together with Ted Maiman's lab book, the historic laser is on display at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics. Dr. Matthew Weidman, group leader of the attosecond metrology 2.0 team in attoworld, explains the individual components and the principle of how a laser works.
Molecular Fingerprint
Scientists at the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics have developed a unique laser technology for the analysis of the molecular composition of biological samples. Could a combination of laser sciences and molecular detection be cracking the limits of molecular sensing?
An attosecond physicist on the way to his doctor's degree
Johannes Schötz is one of the PhD students in the team of the Laboratory of Attosecond Physics. During summer 2017 we have accopompanied him with the camera. Here we present his work at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität.
Movies out of the microcosm
The view inside the laboratory of Electron Diffractometry shows how LMU physicists control electron pulses with Terahertz radiation and how they use them to produce movies of the microcosm.
Sluggish electrons
Our video from the laboratory shows scientists exploring how electrons react under the influence of light by using attosecond light flashes.
A switch for the future
The movie shows how scientists of the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics try to speed up future technologies by using light as a switch.
The world´s first functioning laser
On May 16, 1960, the laser was born. The device that Theodore Maiman built, still exists. Together with Ted Maiman's lab book, the historic laser is on display at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics. Dr. Matthew Weidman, group leader of the attosecond metrology 2.0 team in attoworld, explains the individual components and the principle of how a laser works.
Die Grundlagen des Lichts
Eine Einführung in die faszinierende Welt des Lichts von Silke Stähler-Schöpf aus dem Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (Schülerlabor PhotonLab).
Wonderful electrons
Atoms and their building blocks
Playgrounds - A song for laser harp
The Munich music duo "Elwood & Reßle" has recorded a song especially for the laser harp of our exhibition "Lasers | Light | Life". Lean back and listen!
Welcome to Photonworld – a platform for knowledge, interesting facts and science on the topic of light. Photonworld aims to provide a basic understanding of the physics of light and its countless phenomena. From medicine, to art and physics: all topics are covered.
Photonworld originated as an initiative of the excellence cluster the Munich-Centre for Advanced Photonics (MAP) and the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics (LAP) at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ).
The initiator of the project is Prof. Dr. Ferenc Krausz, Chair of Experimental Physics at the LMU and Director of the MPQ.
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