Prof. Dr. Ernst M. Rasel from the Institute of Quantum Optics at Leibniz Universität Hannover was honored with the "2018 Willis Lamb Award for Laser Physics and Quantum Optics" on 10.01.2018. He receives the prestigious award together with the Austrian quantum computer scientist Peter Zoller and the Chinese quantum physicist Jian-Wei Pan.
Prof. Dr. Ernst M. Rasel is honored for his pioneering work in the field of ultra-cold atom research under absence of gravity. His research group is investigating the fundamental aspects of matter wave optics, in particular the interferometry with Bose-Einstein condensates. It develops methods and sources to make Bose-Einstein condensates and non-classical matter states useful for interferometry and to improve their sensitivity and accuracy.
The Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics is awarded annually for outstanding contributions in this field. The award honors Willis E. Lamb, Jr., famous laser scientist and Nobel laureate in physics in 1955, who provided many groundbreaking insights and opened many fields of physics and technology. The prize has been awarded annually since 1998 by the Physics of Quantum Electronics Conference (USA).
Congratulations from the LNQE!
See also:
