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Max Born Institute Division A

Attosecond Physics

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Max Born Institute Division B

Transient Electronic Structure and Nanoscience

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Max Born Institute Division C

Precision Physics

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Max Born Institute Theory Department

Attosecond, Condensed Matter and Strong Field Theory, Theoretical Optics & Photonics, Biomolecular Dynamics

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Watching bandgaps in motion - attosecond interferometry of solids

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Pushing boundaries in ultrafast magnetization switching

Ten thousand molecules in time – Generation and control of collective vibrations in a liquid

MBI conducts basic research in the field of nonlinear optics and ultrafast dynamics in the interaction of matter with laser light and pursues applications that emerge from this research. It develops and utilizes ultrashort and ultrafast lasers and laser-based short-pulse light sources in a wide spectral range in conjunction with nonlinear spectroscopy methods. The combined use of lasers with x-ray pulses from free electron lasers and synchrotrons complements this scientific program. With its research, MBI fulfills a nationwide mission and is an integral part of the international science community. It offers its facilities and its scientific know-how also to external researchers within the framework of an active guest programme. MBI is involved in various cooperative research projects with universities, other research institutions and industrial partners.
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Fluctuations at Elementary Scales of Time and Space: Photons, Charges and Spins
Max Born Hall | Events, MBI Colloquium
Prof. Alfred Leitenstorfer
Typically, ultrafast phenomena are studied by pump-probe techniques providing the dynamics of averaged system properties after excitation. Recent advances enable a time-domain access also to their elementary fluctuations both in and out of equilibrium. Examples will be featured concerning the…
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October 2025
Wednesday
14:00