Welcome to the Chair for Ultrafast Phenomena and Photonics

Quantum phenomena at elementary scales of time and space

Major research topics:
•    Ultrafast quantum photonics
•    Multi-terahertz physics and technology
•    Femtosecond technology and applications

Central lectures:
•    Solid-state physics
•    Nuclear and elementary particle physics
•    Semiconductor physics
•    Laser physics and nonlinear optics

Current courses

This is us:

Prof. Dr. Alfred Leitenstorfer, staff members, postdocs, doctoral candidates & students

You can find more about us here.

Open positions

Open positions
There are no open positions right now.

Master's and bachelor's theses
Students interested in a master's or bachelor's thesis should contact Prof. Leitenstorfer, Katja Schuler or one of the staff members directly.

Praktikanten und Hiwi-Stellen
Students interested in a research assistantship (Hiwi) or a project labwork (Projektpraktikum) should contact Prof. Leitenstorfer, Katja Schuler or one of the staff members directly.

Science: a Road Story
Too innovative for experts

Imagine you make a great discovery - and no one believes you.

Alfred Leitenstorfer describes how a new approach met with great skepticism among experts - and how he proceeded to ultimately convince them...

Read more in the current issue #78 of uni'kon

Current news

DPG-Technologietransferpreis 2023

The Chair for Ultrafast Phenomena and Photonics, CAP and Toptica Photonics AG jointly receive the Technology Transfer Award ("Technologietransferpreis") of the German Physical Society (DFG)

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Kenneth J Button Prize

Alfred Leitenstorfer receives Kenneth J Button Prize 2020 of the International Society of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

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