Peter Hommelhoff

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03DEC 2025
FAU LMQ News
Building bridges between strong-field physics and quantum optics
FAU physicists investigate behavior of electrons in intense quantum light A working group at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has made an important contribution to investigating the fundamental connections between strong field physics and quantum optics: The researchers have investigated for the first time how electrons emitted by metallic needle tips after light is shone on them […]FAU physicists investigate behavior of electrons in intense quantum light A working group at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has made an important contribution to investigating the fundamental connections between strong field physics and quantum optics: The researchers have investigated for the first time how electrons emitted by metallic needle tips after light is shone on them […]
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19NOV 2025
FAU LMQ News
Researchers discover ultrafast light-driven electron slide effect
Researchers demonstrate a previously unknown effect of electron acceleration with ultrashort laser pulses. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the University of Rostock have discovered a groundbreaking effect in which electrons are strongly accelerated by just a single oscillation of a laser pulse. Previously, this effect was only visible with long laser pulses. Researchers have […]Researchers demonstrate a previously unknown effect of electron acceleration with ultrashort laser pulses. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the University of Rostock have discovered a groundbreaking effect in which electrons are strongly accelerated by just a single oscillation of a laser pulse. Previously, this effect was only visible with long laser pulses. Researchers have […]
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14OCT 2025
Alexander Schneider
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2025
On October 25, 2025, the Long Night of Sciences 2025 will take place in the metropolitan region of Nuremberg-Fürth-Erlangen. In this context, the FAU Profile Center Light.Matter.QuantumTechnologies will be particularly well represented due to the UN Quantum Year 2025. In particular, the main event of the FAU entitled “Understanding Quantum, Shaping the Future – The […]
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17SEP 2025
FAU LMQ News
Peter Hommelhoff receives the Otto Hahn Prize 2025
Peter Hommelhoff, holder of the Chair of Laser Physics at FAU from 2012-2024, has been awarded the Otto Hahn Prize 2025 for his pioneering contributions to the ultrafast control of electrons and the associated establishment of new areas of research. The award ceremony, which includes prize money of 50,000 euros and the presentation of the […]
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16MAY 2024
Daniel Burgarth
Lecture series „Physics on Saturday Morning“ in 2024
For the summer semester 2024, three talks of the „Physics on Saturday Morning“ lecture series are scheduled: Saturday, 04. May 2024: „Laser-basierte Teilchenbeschleuniger auf einem Chip – ein neues Werkzeug für die Strahlenmedizin“ (Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff) Saturday, 15. June 2024: „Einblicke in die atomare Welt: Verstehen der geometrischen und elektronischen Struktur kohlenstoffbasierter Materialien“ (Prof. […]For the summer semester 2024, three talks of the „Physics on Saturday Morning“ lecture series are scheduled: Saturday, 04. May 2024: „Laser-basierte Teilchenbeschleuniger auf einem Chip – ein neues Werkzeug für die Strahlenmedizin“ (Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff) Saturday, 15. June 2024: „Einblicke in die atomare Welt: Verstehen der geometrischen und elektronischen Struktur kohlenstoffbasierter Materialien“ (Prof. […]
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18OCT 2023
FAU LMQ News
Milestone: Miniature particle accelerator works
Particle accelerators are crucial tools in a wide variety of areas in industry, research and the medical sector. The space these machines require ranges from a few square meters to large research centers.
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