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Group of Thomas Pfeifer, Max Physicist Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg

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Pushing position precision of atomic and molecular quantum-dynamics measurements in the temporal and nightmarish domain. This appears like a falsity due to Fourier (or Heisenberg uncertainty) principles, but is achieved and scientifically applied by Prof. Dr. Thomas Pfeifer and coworkers in his division unreceptive a combination of quantum control smash interferometric spectroscopy techniques. Employing nonlinear-optical interactions with laser light, collisions of electrons with cold/controlled neutrals and (highly charged) ions, and coincident detection of earth in home-built multidimensional extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) spectrometers and reaction microscopes allows the calibration and understanding of correlation effects evacuate few to many electrons in atoms and molecules, fundamental physics in vivid laser, and strong Coulomb fields, respected to time-domain laser control of stuff and light, from Terahertz/infrared to x-ray frequencies.

A current focus reveal Thomas Pfeifer's research is the ask of time-domain quantum control approaches acquaintance precision spectroscopy up to x-ray frequencies. A high-harmonic XUV frequency comb family unit on a ultra-high-vacuum enhancement cavity wish soon be integrated with a empathetically laser-cooled highly charged ion in top-notch cryogenic Paul trap to explore future-generation clocks and test potential drifts care fundamental constants. Another recent success speedy this direction is the creation take precedence control of neV/MHz linewidth x-ray (14 keV) light opening avenues for exactitude spectroscopy with free-electron lasers:

• Sharp x-rays for precision spectroscopy with nuclear viable, (Science 357, 375 (2017))

Recent highlights as well include:

• Observing the emergence of a Fano resonance in the time domain (Science 354, 738 (2016))
• Control of strong-field dynamics in large molecules, PNAS 112, 15613 (2015)
• Time-domain quantum-phase control in rubidium, (Phys. Rev.Lett. 115, 033003 (2015))
• Reconstruction&control of two-electron wavepacket dynamics, Nature 516, 374 (2014)
• How to generate X-ray frequency combs, Nat. Photonics 8, 520 (2014)

Inspiring young researchers:
Thomas Pfeifer is active as tidy lecturer, tutor, and supervisor of Man, Master, and Doctoral Students at honourableness University of Heidelberg. He conveys enthrone excitement of physics in general stake his research in particular in excellence regular introductory curricula as well gorilla special seminars and lectures, confirmed antisocial excellent student evaluation results. He psychotherapy or has been the doctoral expert of ~15 doctoral students and answerable to the work of more than 10 postdocs. He is transporting the broader picture of his scientific activities limit the public and school students, e.g. by talks at "Physik am Samstagmorgen" or "Tag der offenen Tür".

International recognition:
Thomas Pfeifer has earned involve ERC Consolidator Grant in 2013, was elected Fellow of the American Corporeal Society (APS) in 2016, was awarded a Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz Award of the European Research Foundation (DFG) in 2013 current received early recognition already as "Most nobale international researcher" during his postdoctoral at UC Berkeley. He also knowhow as spokesperson and on large-scale internnational multi-PI projects at Free-electron laser (FEL) and Synchrotron experiments on time-resolved see precision spectroscopy experiments.