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A pulse for tap-proof quantum communication
In the future, it will be possible to exchange data in a tap-proof manner - with the aid of quantum physics. To achieve this goal, the German...
April
Following a protein nano-rover on the cell membrane
The human body is composed of billions of cells, each one representing the smallest self-sustaining unit of life. We know that surfaces of our cells...
March
Technology from Erlangen exploring the Atmosphere
Klaus Mantel from MPLs TDSU developed a spatial heterodyne inferometer which is now on a satellite in low Earth orbit.
February
Turning a molecule into a coherent two-level quantum system
Physicists at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) have succeeded in turning an organic molecule into a nearly ideal quantum system...
International Day of Light
We are celebrating UNESCOs International Day of Light on May 16
January
In Memoriam: Roy Jay Glauber
We note with sadness the passing on December 26, 2018 of Roy Jay Glauber, the founding father of quantum optics and member of the Scientific Advisory...
December
Bavarian Maximiliansorden
Director Prof. Dr. Gerd Leuchs received the Bavarian Maximiliansorden for Science and Art. The award was officially presented on Monday, December 17th...
Let there be light
At the traditional christmas lecture of the Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) on December 13th, everything revolved around visible and invisible...
November
AAAS and MPL Announce 2018 Fellows
Prof. Dr. Gerd Leuchs has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a AAAS Fellow is an honor...
Peter Hommelhoff becomes MPL Fellow
As of November 2018, Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff, who holds the Chair of Laser Physics at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, will...
October
New MPL Research Group
We are happy to announce that as of October 2018, Kanwarpal Singh started his work at MPL as head of a new Research Group. Kanwarpal, who previously...
Jochen Guck becomes new director at MPL
As of Oktober 2018, Prof. Guck will lead the new MPL-Division "Physics & Medicine".
We would like to warmly welcome our new director Jochen Guck: As...
September
Laser Swords at Max Planck Day
On September 14th MPL, along with all other Max Planck Institutes, opened its doors to the general public. Some 700 visitors from Erlangen and the...
August
Herbert-Walther Award 2018
On March 7 2018, at a ceremony held during the Spring Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG), Gerd Leuchs received the 2018 Herbert...
Symposium for the Science of Light 2018
A Symposium for the Science of Light took place 23 to 26 July, in celebration of 150 years of optics in Erlangen, 15 years since the formation of the...
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New Max Planck Research Group
As of January 2018, Silvia Viola Kusminskiy has taken up her position as the head of a new Max Planck Research Group (MPRG). Her group "Theory of...
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