Ferenc Krausz

The native form of this personal name is Krausz Ferenc. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Ferenc Krausz
Krausz in 2007
Born (1962-05-17) 17 May 1962 (age 62)
Mór, Hungarian People's Republic
Education
Known forFirst attosecond light source
AwardsWolf Prize in Physics (2022)
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2022)
Nobel Prize in Physics (2023)
Scientific career
FieldsAttosecond physics
Institutions
ThesisErzeugung ultrakurzer Lichtimpulse in Neodymium-Glaslasern (1991)
Doctoral advisorArnold Schmidt [de][1]
Websitehttps://attoworld.de/

Ferenc Krausz (born 17 May 1962[2]) is a Hungarian physicist working in attosecond science. He is a director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and a professor of experimental physics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany. His research team has generated and measured the first attosecond light pulse and used it for capturing electrons' motion inside atoms, marking the birth of attophysics.[2] In 2023, jointly with Pierre Agostini and Anne L'Huillier, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.

  1. ^ "Das sagt Ferenc Krausz zum Nobelpreis". vienna.at. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2023". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 21 November 2023.