Prof. Anne L'Huillier, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, visited Wrocław University of  Science and Technology. The researcher gave an open lecture and visited the laboratories of the Faculty of Electronics, Photonics and Microsystems, where research on ultra-fast lasers is conducted. 

Professor Anne L'Huillier is a French-Swedish physicist affiliated with Lund University and a member of Academia Europaea. In 2023, together with Pierre Agostini and Ferenc Krausz, she received the Nobel Prize for ‘experimental methods generating attosecond light pulses for studying the dynamics of electrons in matter.’ She belongs to a group of scientists whose discoveries set new directions for the development of physics.

The visit began with an open lecture entitled ‘Attosecond light pulses for studying electron dynamics in atoms’, which was attended live by several hundred people. The lecture was devoted to groundbreaking research on ultrafast phenomena and experimental techniques that are changing our understanding of electron dynamics in matter.

‘Attosecond light pulses are a new technology that is extremely important because it allows us to observe and study very fast electron processes in matter. This enables us to track and analyse phenomena that were previously beyond the reach of observation. It opens up completely new research opportunities,’ explains Prof. L'Huillier.

The visit also included the laboratories of the Faculty of Electronics, Photonics and Microsystems, where our scientists are conducting pioneering research on femtosecond lasers, which have enormous potential for applications in science and technology.

Prof. L'Huillier's lecture and visit to Wrocław University of Science and Technology took place as part of the Eurosensors XXXVII conference. It is one of the most important European forums dedicated to the development of sensor science and technology.