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Ferenc Krausz

Hungarian-born Austrian physicist

Written by Erik Gregersen

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Last Updated: Mar 1, 2024 • Article History

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Born:: May 17, 1962, Mór, Hungary (age 61)

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Ferenc Krausz (born May 17, 1962, Mór, Hungary) Hungarian-born Austrian physicist who was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for his experiments with attosecond pulses of light. He shared the prize with French physicists Pierre Agostini and Anne L’Huillier. An attosecond is 10⁻¹⁸ second, or one billionth of a billionth of a second. When electrons move in atoms and molecules, they move on attosecond timescales. By generating pulses of light that last tens or hundreds of attoseconds, scientists can study the movements of electrons. Krausz studied theoretical physics as an undergraduate at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. He received ...(100 of 493 words)

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