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NEW: Attosecond physics, medical physics and the 2023 Nobel Prize
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the development of the attosecond laser. How does such a laser work? And what are they used for in research today? You can find out here in our ultrashort time physics trilogy!
Unfortunately, right now our digital books are only available in german. We have finished translating one of our most important books, which deals with physics and research related to the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics, the attosecond laser. We are also working on translating books on quantum mechanics, so stay tuned!
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.
Photonworld’s Student Zone reports directly out of the PhotonLab, which is supported by the Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST) and the DFG Research Unit FOR 2783. At the PhotonLab, schoolteachers and students can find up-to-date information about experiments and goings-on at the lab, and plan their own visit to the laboratory.
