Ferenc Krausz

Ferenc Krausz
Krausz in 2007
Born	(1962-05-17) 17 May 1962 (age 61) Mór, Hungarian People's Republic
Education	Eötvös Loránd University (BSc) Budapest University of Technology and Economics (MSc) Vienna University of Technology (MSc, PhD, Dr. habil.)
Known for	First attosecond light source
Awards	Wolf Prize in Physics (2022) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2022) Nobel Prize in Physics (2023)
Scientific career
Fields	Attosecond physics
Institutions	Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Thesis	Erzeugung ultrakurzer Lichtimpulse in Neodymium-Glaslasern (1991)
Doctoral advisor	Arnold Schmidt [de][1]
Website	https://attoworld.de/

Ferenc Krausz (born 17 May 1962^[2]) is an Austrian-Hungarian physicist working in attosecond science. He is a director at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and a professor of experimental physics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in Germany. His research team has generated and measured the first attosecond light pulse and used it for capturing electrons' motion inside atoms, marking the birth of attophysics.^[2] In 2023, jointly with Pierre Agostini and Anne L'Huillier, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.