The Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light covers a wide range of research, including laser spectroscopy, quantum optics, nonlinear optics, nanophotonics, photonic crystal fibers, integrated optics, optomechanics, laser interferometry, quantum technologies, biophysics and – in collaboration with the Max Planck Zentrum für Physik und Medizin – the connections between physics and medicine. The MPL was founded in January 2009 and is one of over 80 institutes of the Max Planck Society that conduct basic research in the natural, biological, human and social sciences in the service of the general public.

Behind the Light

Lights off – movie on! Not so with the documentary film “TRACING LIGHT – The Magic of Light,” which the filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer shot at MPL, among other places. Light takes the leading role and guides the viewer through its complex world, in which space and time, high technology and nature, knowledge and beauty all converge on equal terms.

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Jochen Guck awarded Leopoldina's Greve Prize

Three of the world's leading scientists in the field of cancer physics are to receive the 2024 Greve Prize from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina for their outstanding research. They examined the physical properties of cells in interaction with their surrounding tissue in order to develop completely new treatment concepts for cancer.

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Birgit Stiller awarded grant by the European Research Council for her research project ‘Sound-Computing’

Using optoacoustic neural networks to take artificial intelligence (AI) to the next level. This is the ambitious goal of the ‘SOUND-PC’ research project for which Prof. Birgit Stiller, Leader of the Research Group ‘Quantum Optoacoustics’, has been awarded the ERC Consolidator Grant.

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Annual EBM Update Meeting held at MPZPM

Today, the MPZPM hosted its first research highlight with the EBM Update Meeting 2025. Scientists from various disciplines discussed the latest research in the field of brain mechanics and engaged in a lively scientific exchange to foster a deeper understanding.

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MPG General Works Council Committee holds meeting at MPL

The members of the Max Planck Society´s General Works Council Committee (GBR) from nine Max Planck Institutes came to the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) for a two-day meeting. Scientists at MPL did not want to miss this opportunity to introduce their basic research to the…

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Behind the Light

Lights off – movie on! Not so with the documentary film “TRACING LIGHT – The Magic of Light,” which the filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer shot at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, among other places. Light takes the leading role and guides the viewer through its complex world, in which…

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Prof. Vahid Sandoghdar, Ph.D.


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Dr. Dorothe Burggraf

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