Ferenc Krausz | |
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.jpg) Krausz in 2010 | |
| Born | (1962-05-17)17 May 1962 (age 63) |
| Education | |
| Known for | First attosecond light source |
| Awards | Wolf Prize in Physics (2022) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2022) Nobel Prize in Physics (2023) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Attosecond physics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Erzeugung ultrakurzer Lichtimpulse in Neodymium-Glaslasern (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | Arnold Schmidt [de][1] |
| Website | https://attoworld.de/ |
Ferenc Krausz (born 17 May 1962[2]) is a Hungarian[3] physicist working inattosecond science. He was a director at theMax Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and a professor ofexperimental physics at theLudwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany. His research team generated and measured the firstattosecondlight pulse and used it for capturingelectrons' motion inside atoms, marking the birth ofattophysics.[2] In 2023, jointly withPierre Agostini andAnne L'Huillier, he was awarded theNobel Prize in Physics. Since November 2025, he has been Chair Professor at Department of Physics inThe University of Hong Kong,Pokfulam,Hong Kong.[4]
From 1981 until 1985 Krausz studiedtheoretical physics atEötvös Loránd University andelectrical engineering at theTechnical University of Budapest in Hungary.[5] From 1987 to 1991 he graduated with aPhD at theTechnical University of Vienna, in Austria,[5][6] and from 1991 to 1993 he also did hishabilitation there.[5] 1996–1998 he became associate professor,[5] from 1999 until 2004 professor of electrical engineering at the same institute.[5]
In 2003, he was appointed director at theMax Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching,[7] and in 2004 became chair ofexperimental physics at theLudwig Maximilian University of Munich.[5]
In November 2025, he was appointed Chair Professor at Department of Physics inThe University of Hong Kong,Pokfulam,Hong Kong.[4]
