ultrafast quantum physics and photonics
ERC Synergy Grant for “Orbital Cinema”
subcycle dynamics in quantum materials
in lightwave electronics
the nanoworld in motion
non-adiabatic quantum electrodynamics
Many of the fundamental laws and unexpected phenomena in condensed matter physics are caused by extremely fast dynamics of electrons and ions on the femtosecond time (1 fs = 10-15 s) and terahertz frequency scale (1 THz = 1012 Hz). Unravelling such ultrafast processes is the main interest of our research. We develop next-generation, high-intensity femtosecond laser sources and THz technology, and employ them to explore novel femtophysics.
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Latest News
Im Rahmen des regensburgweiten Events "Nacht schafft Wissen!" wurde Interessierten und Physikbegeisterten in Führungen durch unsere Kellerlabore Ultrakurzzeit- und Laserphysik an spannenden Vorführexperimenten nähergebracht.
https://www.uni-regensburg.de/veranstaltungen/nacht-schafft-wissen/einblicke-2022/index.html
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Together with our partners, Stefan Tautz from Jülich, Ulrich Höfer from Marburg, and Peter Puschnig from Graz, we have been awarded an ERC Synergy Grant worth 11.3 million €. In a close collaboration of our groups we will take actual slow-motion movies of molecular orbitals during charge transfer processes, chemical reactions, and wave packet motion driven by lightwaves.
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Together with the group of Mackillo Kira (Michigan), we use multi-terahertz light fields to force electron-hole pairs in semiconductors onto closed recollision paths. Attosecond clocking of these trajectories reveals how many-body correlations like strong Coulomb interactions modify the charge carrier dynamics. This novel concept offers a completely new access to exotic phase transitions and quantum dynamics important for future electronic and quantum-information technologies.
The results have been published in Nature....
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We congratulate Joshua Mornhinweg on winning the first prize of the best student paper award of the 2022 International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz) in Delft with his talk titled nonlinear subcycle dynamics of ultrastrong light-matter interaction. The prize honours original contributions to the conference from outstanding student attendees....
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Venue
TU Delft, Netherlands
Our lecture on physics of atoms and molecules was awarded with the Best Lecture Award of the Faculty of Physics.
Image (from left to right): Manuel Meierhofer, Martin Zizlsperger, Felix Schiegl, Rupert Huber (professor), Christian Meineke, Johannes Hayes, Marlene Liebich
Missing: Lukas Kastner...
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Funding agencies
Our group regularly receives funding from national and international research agencies. Among them are:
with funding for SFB 1277, as well as smaller grants (HU1598) and major instrumentation
through several grants, including ERC grant 101071259 (Orbital Cinema), ERC grant 305003 (QUANTUMsubCYCLE) and ERC grant 681379 (SPRINT)
with several current and past fellowships, including funding for N. Nilforoushan
funding the Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanoscopy according to Art. 91b Abs. 1 Satz 1 GG
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Johannes Hayes - 12.05.2023 22:54 
July 2023
Launch of the ERC project Orbital Cinema
April 2023
Publication in Nature
October 2022
Publication in Nature
August 2021
Coverstory in Nature Photon.
May 2021
Publication in Nature
December 4, 2020
Publication in Science
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