Negative pressure is a rare and challenging-to-detect phenomenon in physics. Using liquid-filled optical fibers and sound waves, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) in…
The Chair of Applied Physics is celebrating its 75th anniversary. What has changed most in this period, in your opinion? Prof. Dr. Heiko B. Weber: Everything! At that time, solid…
“We have to make sure that teachers have the opportunity to benefit from our research and knowledge,” explains Dr. Markus Jonscher, head of the department’s office. “The students will benefit…
High praise for Flore Kunst. The physicist and researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light has been awarded a coveted spot in the Max Planck Society’s…
Frontiers of Neuromorphic Computing 5 to 7 September 2023 Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany The recent explosion of deep learning applications imposes an urgent need…
A portrait of Prof. Roland Nagy “Anyone who might have dared to suggest controlling a single photon, let alone an electron, 20 years ago would have been considered to have…
The communication of the future is to become more secure with the help of light particles. This is the goal of the QuNET initiative by the BMBF. Researchers from Jena,…
Science minister Markus Blume approves north Bavarian partner to the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) in Garching. Construction of a new building for the North Bavarian High-Performance Computing Center is about…
An international team of researchers including scientists from FAU has, for the first time, used x-rays for an imaging technique that exploits a particular quantum characteristic of light. In their…
By superimposing two laser fields of different strengths and frequency, the electron emission of metals can be measured and controlled precisely to a few attoseconds. Physicists from FAU, the University…
