• 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)

Read more

 

 

Kenneth J Button Prize

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

Read more