Department of Physics

*** New venue: Audimax *** In the birth year of quantum mechanics, 1925, the physicist Lucy Mensing travels from the physics Christmas party in Göttingen into the future. There, she hopes to discover how the mysterious quanta have changed the world. But her journey through time to Erlangen create...

The Department of Physics and the Study Service Center (SSC) Physics warmly welcome all new and returning students to the winter semester 2025/2026! To help you get off to a good start in the lecture period, there will be information events for first semester students that you should not miss. ...

It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of Prof. Dr. Jochen Guck, Chair of Biological Optomechanics at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) and Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL), on October 3 after a serious illness. He he...

Peter Hommelhoff, holder of the Chair of Laser Physics at FAU from 2012-2024, has been awarded the Otto Hahn Prize 2025 for his pioneering contributions to the ultrafast control of electrons and the associated establishment of new areas of research. The award ceremony, which includes prize money of ...