Theodor W. Hänsch

Nobel Prize in Physics 2005

“for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique”

Theodor W. Hänsch is a German physicist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2005 for contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique. He was affiliated with the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics.