Theodor W. Hänsch

Theodor Wolfgang Hänsch
Theodor Hänsch at the 2012 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Born	(1941-10-30) 30 October 1941 Heidelberg, Germany
Nationality	Germany
Alma mater	University of Heidelberg
Known for	Laser-based precision spectroscopy
Awards	James Joyce Award (2009) Carl Friedrich von Siemens Prize (2006) Rudolf Diesel Gold Medal (2006) Ioannes Marcus Marci Medal (2006) Bambi Award (2005) Otto Hahn Prize (2005) I. I. Rabi Award (2005) Nobel Prize in Physics (2005) Matteucci-Medal (2002) SUNAMCO Medal (2001) Philip Morris Research Prize (1998, 2000) Arthur L. Schawlow Award (2000) Stern-Gerlach Medal (2000) Arthur L. Schawlow Prize (1996) Einstein Prize for Laser Science (1995) King Faisal International Prize 1989) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize(1989) Italgas Prize for Research and Innovation (1987) Michelson Medal (1986) William F. Meggers Award (1985) Herbert P. Broida Prize (1983) Comstock Prize in Physics (1983) Otto Klung Prize (1980)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Ludwig-Maximilians University Max-Planck-Institut Stanford University European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Università degli Studi di Firenze
Doctoral students	Carl E. Wieman Markus Greiner Immanuel Bloch Tilman Esslinger
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Theodor Wolfgang Hänsch (born 30 October 1941) is a German physicist. He won one fourth of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics for "contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique" sharing the prize with John L. Hall and Roy J. Glauber.

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2009.

Other websites

• Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics
• United States Patents by Theodor Hansch Archived 2011-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
• Hänsch's homepage at the MPI for Quantum Optics
• A video interview with Theodor Hänsch
• Hänsch's homepage at LENS(Firenze) Archived 2017-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Group photograph taken at Lasers '95 including (right to left) Marlan Scully, Theodor W. Hänsch, Carl E. Wieman, and F. J. Duarte.