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Quantum materials research pioneers Jie Shan and Kin Fai Mak join MPSD as directors.
Ultrashort laser flashes
Light, lenses, mirrors: Researchers use laser pulses to probe the dynamic behavior of atoms and electrons.
Andrea Cavalleri to be awarded the Stern-Gerlach Medal
The founding director of the MPSD will receive the prestigious prize in recognition of his “pioneering work in light-based control of quantum materials, with which he made groundbreaking contributions to controlling emergent phenomena in solid-state physics”.Scientific Departments
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Andrea Cavalleri, founding director of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of ...