Faster Than We Thought Possible - Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 Explained
Science Discussed
7 Oct 2023
The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2023 has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier for for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter. In this video I discuss the physics behind this prize and why it is so significant.
Nobel Prize in Physics 2023
Ferenc Krausz - Attosecond Physics (VIDEO PORTRAIT)
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
17 Nov 2022
Ferenc Krausz is one of the five scientific Directors at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and founder of field of Attosecond Physics. Deep in the micro cosmos, time dimensions are extremely short. Electrons in atoms and molecules move within only a few attoseconds, which are billionths of a billionth of a second. In order to see and investigate these motions, Ferenc Krausz and his group create ultrashort flashes of light which also last only a couple of attoseconds. With these ultrashort attosecond pulses, their goal is to develop ever faster electronics like a million times faster than today or new medial tools for early diagnosing and treating cancer.
The interview and lab tour with Ferenc Krausz was recorded in November 2021 at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics. The video was produced with the support of ScienceRelations.