MPQ (Garching, Germany)

Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany

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The MPQ in Garching/Munich, Germany, carries out research on the interaction of light with matter and the development of new laser systems and applications. It has performed word-leading research over 30 years and got even more famous 2005 by the Nobel Prize of T.W. Hänsch. The main research areas at MPQ are: precision spectroscopy applied to hydrogen atom and single trapped ions; quantum information; quantum physics of laser-cooled ultra-cold atoms and molecules; interaction of radiation with single atoms in cavities; attosecond physics; interaction of ultraintense laser pulses with matter. The mission of LAP, the Laboratory of Attosecond and High-Field Physics of Prof. Ferenc Krausz, is to develop the basic tools and techniques for experimental attosecond physics. The ultimate goal of its research is to explore the electronic structure of matter with atomic-scale resolution in space (< 1 angstrom) and time (<< 1 femtosecond) and demonstrate the ways of controlling its changes on an attosecond time scale.

Excellence: Ultra-fast lasers and nonlinear interactions, attosecond and high-field physics, translational research to evaluate novel biophotonics in clinical studies. Scientists at MPQ have been awarded a large number of ERC Grants, among them 13 related to the groups involved in Laserlab-Europe.

Address:
Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics
Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1
D-85748 Garching
Germany

Phone +49 (0) 89/3 29 05-0

www.mpq.mpg.de