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.
Team around Prof. Vahid Sandoghdar wins Berthold Leibinger Innovation Prize
Prof. Vahid Sandoghdar, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL), and his team receive the first prize of the Berthold Leibinger Innovation Prize on Friday, June 20, 2025, for the development of the novel analysis method iNTA (interferometric nanoparticle tracking…
Promoting excellent research at MPL: Dr. Ashley Shin receives MSCA postdoctoral fellowship
For her project ›Atomically-precise control of Strong Coupling In Molecular dimERs (SCIMER),‹ young scientist Dr. Ashley Shin from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) has been awarded the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship. With the two-year…
Using machine learning to understand fundamental structures of quantum mechanics
Quantum systems can exhibit correlations significantly stronger than those in classical systems. This ›spooky action at a distance‹ is referred to as ›nonlocality‹ in modern physics. Scientists in the Theory Division at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) have recently published…
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