The Saga of Ferenc Krausz
Category
Scientists & Inventors
Era / Tenure
Born 17 May 1962
Leaderboard Rank
#29 in Scientists & Inventors
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ORIGINS & BACKGROUND
Profile & Early Foundations
Ferenc Krausz (born 17 May 1962) is a Hungarian physicist working in attosecond science.
THE JOURNEY & BREAKTHROUGHS
Major Works & Significant Milestones
He was a director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and a professor of experimental physics at LMU Munich in Germany.
Key Milestone & Career Defining Moment
His research team generated and measured the first attosecond light pulse and used it for capturing electrons' motion inside atoms, marking the birth of attophysics.
