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Herbert Walther



Fields Physics
Known for Herbert Walther (January 19, 1935 in Ludwigshafen, Germany – July 22, 2006 in Munich) was a leader in the fields of quantum optics and laser physics.

Herbert Walther is a biographical subject in the ScholarlyWiki science collection. Herbert Walther (January 19, 1935 in Ludwigshafen, Germany – July 22, 2006 in Munich) was a leader in the fields of quantum optics and laser physics. He was a founding director of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) in Garching, Germany.[1]

Work and context

He also was Chair of Physics at LMU Munich. He is primarily known for his experimental work on cavity quantum electrodynamics (in the form of the micromaser) as well his groundbreaking work on the ion trap.

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Author: Harold Foppele


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