Pulsed laser — revolutionary laser technology
Institute for Quantum Electronics (IQE)
ETH physics professor Ursula Keller has been nominated by the European Patent Office, together with the French physicist Jacques Lewiner and the Danish engineer Hendrik Stiesdal, for the European Inventor Award 2018 in the category "Lifetime Achievement". Votes for the Audience Award can be cast until 3 June 2018.
Ultra-short laser pulses and measurement of quantum-mechanical processes
The work of Ursula Keller has opened up entirely new fields of application for laser technology. For more than 30 years she has been dedicated her research efforts to pulsed-laser technology. From this work, important applications in medicine and industry have been developed, as the external page video of the European Patent Office documents in an impressive manner.
Ursula Keller explores in particular methods for generating ultrafast light pulses. She invented the "Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mirror" (SESAM) and developed the Attoclock, which can be used to measure quantum mechanical processes with attosecond accuracy.
Vote and win!
Since 2006, the European Inventor Award has honoured inventors and inventor teams whose pioneering achievements improve lives, advance technologies and create jobs. The winners of all categories and of the Audience Award will be announced on 7 June 2018 at the awards ceremony in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris. You can still cast your vote!
