EurekAlert!: 2023 Theodor W. Hänsch Prize in Quantum Optics recipient (IMAGE)
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Theodor W. Hänsch
Theodor Wolfgang Hänsch is a German physicist. He received one-fourth of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics for "contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique", sharing the prize with John L. Hall and Roy J. Glauber.
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Born 30 October 1941 · Q71013
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2023· 2 entries
EurekAlert!: Optica Foundation awards Theodor W. Hänsch prize in quantum optics to MIT “Dark Universe” researcher Victoria Xu
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2019· 1 entry
Won Ernst Mach Medal (2019).
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2012· 2 entries
Won Wilhelm Exner Medal (2012).
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Published “Mid-infrared frequency combs” in Nature Photonics — cited 1,346 times.
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded Hall of Fame of German Research (2011).
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille in Gold (2010).
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Published “The size of the proton” in Nature — cited 1,215 times.
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2009· 1 entry
Published “Physiological functions of mineral micronutrients (Cu, Zn, Mn, Fe, Ni, Mo, B, Cl)” in Current Opinion in Plant Biology — cited 1,406 times.
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order (2008).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University (2008).
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2006· 5 entries
Awarded Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2006).
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Awarded Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille (2006).
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Awarded Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin (2006).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews (2006).
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Awarded Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2006).
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2005· 8 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique.
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Awarded I. I. Rabi Award (2005).
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Awarded Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2005).
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Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (2005).
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Won Frederic Ives Medal (2005).
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (2005).
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Awarded Otto Hahn Prize (2005).
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Also received the Otto Hahn Award of the City of Frankfurt am Main, the Society of German Chemists and the German Physical Society
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2004· 1 entry
Published “Tonks–Girardeau gas of ultracold atoms in an optical lattice” in Nature — cited 1,428 times.
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (2003).
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Published “Attosecond control of electronic processes by intense light fields” in Nature — cited 1,463 times.
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2002· 3 entries
Awarded Alfried-Krupp Science Prize (2002).
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Published “Quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator in a gas of ultracold atoms” in Nature — cited 5,066 times.
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Published “Optical frequency metrology” in Nature — cited 2,775 times.
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2001· 1 entry
Won Matteucci Medal (2001).
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2000· 2 entries
Awarded Philip Morris Research Prize (2000).
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Won Stern–Gerlach Medal (2000).
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1998· 1 entry
Professor Hänsch received a Philip Morris Research Prize for the development of this "measurement device"
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science (1996).
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded Einstein Prize for Laser Science (1995).
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1989· 3 entries
Awarded King Faisal International Prize in Science (1989).
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Awarded Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1989).
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Received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, which is the highest honour awarded in German research
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1986· 1 entry
Won Albert A. Michelson Medal (1986).
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded William F. Meggers Award (1985).
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1983· 2 entries
Awarded Comstock Prize in Physics (1983).
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Awarded Herbert P. Broida Prize (1983).
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1979· 1 entry
Awarded Klung Wilhelmy Science Award (1979).
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1978· 1 entry
Awarded Humboldt Prize (1978).
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1970· 1 entry
Invented a new type of laser that generated light pulses with an extremely high spectral resolution (i
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1941· 1 entry
Born 1941-10-30.
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