Dr. Tobias Weitz from the chair of Laser Physics in the physics department has been awarded the 2nd prize from the Körber Foundation for his dissertation. As part of his dissertation, he was able to demonstrate for the first time a logic gate that could potentially allow computing clock rates in the range of petahertz (1 PHz), in contrast to toady’s computers operating at clock rates of around 3 GHz, being around 100.000 times slower.
The Körber dissertation prize was founded by Kurt A. Körber, which awards scientists for their dissertation, focussing on the social relevance of their studies. In this year, 719 scientist handed in their dissertation, in three categories. For more information see the press release of the Körber Foundation, and the one of FAU (both in German).
(Photo: Svea Pietschmann)
Dr. Tobias Weitz from the chair of Laser Physics in the physics department has been awarded the 2nd prize from the Körber Foundation for his dissertation. As part of his dissertation, he was able to demonstrate for the first time a logic gate that could potentially allow computing clock rates in the range of petahertz (1 PHz), in contrast to toady’s computers operating at clock rates of around 3 GHz, being around 100.000 times slower.
The Körber dissertation prize was founded by Kurt A. Körber, which awards scientists for their dissertation, focussing on the social relevance of their studies. In this year, 719 scientist handed in their dissertation, in three categories. For more information see the press release of the Körber Foundation, and the one of FAU (both in German).
(Photo: Svea Pietschmann)