Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
Research at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light covers a wide range of topics, including nonlinear optics, quantum optics, nanophotonics, photonic crystal fibres, optomechanics, quantum technologies, biophysics, and—in collaboration with the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin – links between physics and medicine. MPL was founded in 2009 and is one of the over 80 institutes that make up the Max Planck Society, whose mission is to conduct basic research in the service of the general public in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences and the humanities.
Three decades of photonic crystal fibres: new ways to control light
Fibres made of special glass and filled with a defined pattern of microscopic hollow channels are helping to better understand the sometimes strange...
Organic molecules unveil a brighter future for quantum technology
Today, it is easily possible to produce customised carbon-based compounds with a wide range of properties. This opens up exciting areas of application...
Efficiently smuggling drugs into cells
A new, patented method called Progressive Mechanoporation makes it possible to mechanically disrupt the membranes of cells for a short time period and...
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Prof. Dr. Jochen Guck
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Gee-Hye Yeo (PA)
Email: gee-hye.yeo@mpl.mpg.de
Phone: +49 9131 7133 501
Head of Infrastructure
Dr. Dorothe Burggraf
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Lisa Spann (PA)
Email: lisa.spann@mpl.mpg.de
Phone: +49 9131 7133 801
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