Professor Hänsch was born in Heidelberg in 1941. He studied physics at the University of Heidelberg, earning his doctorate in 1969. He went on to post-doctoral study in the United States, and was a professor of physics at Stanford University from 1975 to 1986. Since 1986 he has been Director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and Professor of Experimental Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich.
His main research fields are the high-precision laser spectroscopy of hydrogen and similar elements and the investigation of ultracold quantum gases. Professor Hänsch has received many scientific prizes and awards. In 2005 the Nobel prize in physics was awarded to him for the development of the frequency comb technique.
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Prof. Dr. Theodor W. Hänsch
Chair of Experimental Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
Director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Hans-Kopfermann-Straße 1
85748 Garching
Tel.: +49 89 - 32905 - 702/712
Fax: +49 89 - 32905 - 312
Email: t.w.haensch(at)mpq.mpg.de
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Press & Public Relations
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Hans-Kopfermann-Str. 1
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