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.
Promising pair: When darkness and brightness marry
For the first time, scientists were able to create in tiny glass rings – called microresonators – ultrashort dark and bright light pulses that are...
The perfect trap: a new way to control the polarization of light
For quantum communication or optical computing it is important to measure and to influence in which direction a light wave is oscillating. It is now...
How elegant equations help to understand quantum materials
Flore Kunst likes to manipulate formulas as if to stretch, twist and crumple – but only on paper and with her computer. The leader of a new research...
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Prof. Dr. Jochen Guck
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Gee-Hye Yeo (PA)
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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
Current situation regarding COVID-19
Unfortunately, all face-to-face lectures and events at our institute are cancelled until further notice due to COVID-19. Currently we can only offer online seminars.
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