Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy
 
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Wiggling atoms switch the electric polarization of crystals  
Ferroelectric crystals display a macroscopic electric polarization, a superposition of many dipoles at the atomic scale which originate from spatially separated electrons and atomic nuclei. The…  
X-ray snapshots of reacting acids and bases - Erik T. J. Nibbering receives an ERC Advanced Grant for groundbreaking basic research  
Dr. Erik T. J. Nibbering of the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) in Berlin receives an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Goal with…  
A spinning top of light  
Short, rotating pulses of light reveal much about the internal structure of materials. An international team of physicists headed by Prof. Misha Ivanov from the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear…  
When electrons dance waltzes - Right- and left-handed molecules can be distinguished by short laser pulses  
The identification of right- and left-handed molecules is crucial for many applications in chemistry and pharmacy. An international team of researchers (CELIA-CNRS / INRS / Max Born Institute /…  
Flexibility and order - the interaction between ribonucleic acid and water  
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) plays a key role in biochemical processes that occur at the cellular level in an aqueous environment. Mechanisms and dynamics of the interaction between RNA and water have now…  
Instant x-ray footprints  
MBI scientists together with colleagues from Italy have established a way to detect the exact x-ray fluence footprint generated on a sample by a free electron laser pulse.  
Marc Vrakking appointed editor-in-chief of "Journal of Physics B"  
Prof. Marc Vrakking, Director Area A of the Max Born Institute was appointed editor-in-chief of the "Journal of Physics B" on 1 January 2018. He succeeds Prof. Paul Corkum, "University of Ottawa",…  
Professor Thomas Fennel receives one of the coveted Heisenberg Professorships of the German Research Foundation (DFG)  
Professor Thomas Fennel receives one of the coveted Heisenberg Professorships of the German Research Foundation (DFG). He is researching the topic of ultrafast dynamics of laser-driven nanostructures…  
Lightwave-controlled nano accelerator opens up new perspectives  
Extremely short electron packets are the key to many new applications such as ultrafast electron microscopy and laboratory-scale free-electron lasers. A team of physicists from the University of…  
A new type of third-order nonlinearity in magneto-plasmonic structures  
The study of nonlinear phenomena in magneto-plasmonic waveguides is of great interest, not only for their fundamental importance, but also for potential applications in integrated nano-optical…