Advanced Photonics & Renewable Energy:
Optics and Photonics Congress
June 21-24, 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany
Advanced Photonics & Renewable Energy:
Optics and Photonics Congress
June 21-24, 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany
Time: Thursday, June 24th, 5 to 7 pm
Place: Brahms Conference Room, Karlsruhe Convention Center, Festplatz 9, 76137 Karlsruhe
Tickets can be purchased at different locations in Karlsruhe
Theodor W. Hänsch, Max Planck Inst. for Quantum Optics, Germany
Professor Theodor W. Hänsch received his Nobel Prize in Physics in 2005 for his work on precision laser spectroscopy including the laser frequency comb technique. Laser frequency comb synthesizers, as first demonstrated in 1995, permit extremely accurate measurements of optical frequencies. This allowed the accuracy of clocks to improve markedly from about one second per day in the year 1800 to about one picosecond per day in 2010.
Charles H. Townes, Univ. of California at Berkley, USA
Prof. Townes received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 for work on the maser that ultimately was instrumental in the development of the laser. Townes is not just known for his work on the maser and laser but also for work in the field of nonlinear optics, radio astronomy, and infrared astronomy. For instance, his work in astronomy has led to the detection of the first complex molecules in interstellar space and to the first measurement of the mass of the black hole at the center of this galaxy.
Contact and information:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Institute for Photonics and Quantum Electronics
Andrea Riemensperger
Engesserstraße 5
76131 Karlsruhe
Andrea.Riemensperger@kit.edu, Tel: 0721 608-2482
KIT Campus South
im Foyer der Mensa am Adenauerring
KIT Campus North
Stadtinformation am Marktplatz, Karlsruhe
This event is sponsored by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology