Department of physics
Laser Physics and Photon Science
Laser applications
Prof. Dr. Florian Grüner- Laser-driven plasma wakefield acceleration (PWA)
- PWA-based Free-Electron-Lasers
- Laser-driven medical imaging
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Hidding
- Advanced Hybrid Accelerator Concepts
- 5th Generation Light Sources
- Plasma Based Space Radiation Reproduction
Prof. Dr. Günter Huber
- Solid-state lasers in the infrared and visible spectral region
- Crystal growth and spectroscopic characterization of laser materials
- Micro-structuring of crystals with ultrashort laser pulses for
crystalline waveguides
Prof. Dr. Franz Kärtner
- Ultrafast Optics
- Attosecond Science
- Compact X-ray Sources
Theory
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Ludwig Mathey- Ultra-cold quantum gases
- Ultra-fast dynamics in solid state systems
- Many-body theory
Prof. Dr. Robin Santra
- Ultrafast light-induced phenomena in matter
- Quantum theory of many-electron systems
- X-ray physics
Prof. Dr. Peter Schmelcher
- Nonequilibrium classical and quantum dynamics
- Ultracold Rydberg atoms and molecules
- Fundamental processes and concepts in quantum physics
Ultra cold quantum gases
Prof. Dr. Andreas Hemmerich- Quantum gases
- Cavity quantum electrodynamics
- Quantum optics and metrology
Prof. Dr. Henning Moritz
- Ultracold bosonic and fermionic quantum gases
- Strongly correlated and low-dimensional systems
- Mesoscopic physics
Prof. Dr. Klaus Sengstock
- Ultracold bosonic and fermionic quantum gases
- Quantum simulation
- Laser physics and quantum optics
Molecular and X-ray physics
Prof. Dr. Henry Chapman- Coherent X-ray imaging and phase retrieval
- Structure determination of macromolecules, assemblies, and nanocrystals
- Instrumentation and imaging methods using intense X-ray pulses
Prof. Dr. Markus Drescher
- Ultrafast cameras observing molecular dynamics
- Time-resolving electron- and ion-spectroscopy with free-electron-lasers
- Non-linear optics in 'unconventional' spectral ranges
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Ulrike Frühling
- Ultrafast atomic and molecular physics
- Laser based XUV- and THz sources
- Experiments at free-electron lasers
Prof. Dr. Nils Huse
- Multidimensional femtosecond vibrational spectroscopy of biomolecular and hydrogen-bonded systems
- Properties and dynamics of transition metal complexes using ultrafast THz, infrared, and optical spectroscopy
- Tracking condensed-phase molecular dynamics with atomic resolution via transient core-level spectroscopy
Prof. Dr. Jochen Küpper
- Cold, controlled molecules and controlled chemistry
- Imaging of ultrafast molecular processes
- Cooling, controlling, and imaging of very large molecules, biological and nanoscopic systems
Prof. Dr. Arwen Pearson
Prof. Dr. Christian Schroer
- X-ray microscopy
- X-ray optics
- In-situ imaging of physical and chemical processes
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Thorsten Uphues
- attosecond science
- ultrafast laser- and x-ray physics
- time-resolved spectroscopy of atoms, molecules, nanostructures and condensed matter