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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 Division C

Nonlinear Processes in Condensed Matter

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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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News and Highlights

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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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High-Q photonics: harnessing nonlinear optics on chip
Max Born Hall | Events, MBI Colloquium
Prof. Dr. Kerry Vahala
High-Q microresonators enable access to nonlinear optical phenomena at milliwatt power levels. Once discrete and reliant on specialized processing for loss reduction, today microresonators are fabricated in planar geometries, readily integrable, and, in some cases, produced on CMOS foundry lines.…
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