Theodor W. Hänsch: advisors and students

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Theodor W. Hänsch

German physicist and nobel laureate (born 1941)born 1941

Supervised 53 doctoral students at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität; Wikidata lists 9 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 5 other registers.

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Students53

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Lothar Maisenbacher “Precision spectroscopy of the 2S-nP transitions in atomic hydrogen”
2021 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Alexey Grinin “Two-photon frequency comb spectroscopy of atomic hydrogen”
2020 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Julia Benedikter “Microcavity enhancement of silicon vacancy centres in diamond and europium ions in yttria”
2019 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Zaijun Chen “Phase-stabilized dual-comb spectroscopy”
2019 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Thomas Hümmer “Cavity-enhanced hyperspectral Raman and Absorption Microscopy”
2019 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Matthias Mader “A scanning cavity microscope”
2018 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Hanno S. Kaupp “Coupling nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond to fiber-based Fabry-Pérot microcavities”
2017 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Julian Krauth “The Lamb shift of the muonic helium-3 ion and the helion charge radius”
2017 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Hossein Aghai-Khozani “Cascades of antiprotonic helium measured at very low densities”
2016 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Axel Beyer “The Rydberg constant and proton size from atomic hydrogen”
2016 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Arthur Hipke “Dual-frequency-comb two-photon spectroscopy”
2016 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Anna Sótér “Laser spectroscopy of antiprotonic and pionic helium atoms”
2016 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Marc Diepold “The Lamb shift in muonic Helium ions”
2015 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
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Simon Maximilian Holzner “Dual-comb spectroscopy of fundamental vibrational transitions”
2015 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Rafael Andreas Probst “Laser frequency combs for astronomy”
2015 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Takuro Ideguchi “Nonlinear dual-comb spectroscopy”
2014 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Johannes Felix Simon Brachmann “Towards 6Li - 40K ground state molecules”
2013 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
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Andreas Vernaleken “Advances in generating high repetition rate EUV frequency combs”
2013 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Jens Dobrindt “Bio-sensing using toroidal microresonators & theoretical cavity optomechanics”
2012 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Katharina Predehl “A 920 km optical fiber link for frequency metrology at the 19th decimal place”
2012 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Valentin Batteiger “Experiments with dipole-allowed transitions in trapped ions”
2011 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Birgitta Bernhardt “Dual Comb Spectroscopy”
2011 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Stephan Camerer “Interfacing ultracold atoms and mechanical oscillators”
2011 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
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Louis Costa “An interacting Fermi-Fermi mixture at the crossover of a narrow Feshbach resonance”
2011 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
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Pascal Del'Haye “Optical Frequency Comb Generation in Monolithic Microresonators”
2011 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
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Sebastian Knünz “A trapped-ion phonon laser and the detection of ultra-weak forces”
2011 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
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Christian Godehard Parthey “Precision Spectroscopy on atomic hydrogen”
2011 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
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Elisabeth Peters “Experimental and theoretical investigation of direct frequency comb spectroscopy”
2011 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
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Rémi Rivière “Cavity optomechanics with silica toroidal microresonators down to low phonon occupancy”
2011 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
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Pierre Thoumany “Optical Spectroscopy and Cavity QED Experiments with Rydberg Atoms”
2011 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Georg Anetsberger “Novel Cavity Optomechanical Systems at the Micro- and Nanoscale and Quantum Measurements of Nanomechanical Oscillators”
2010 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
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Pascal Alexander Böhi “Coherent manipulation of ultracold atoms with microwave near-fields”
2010 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
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David Hunger “A Bose-Einstein condensate coupled to a micromechanical oscillator”
2010 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Tobias Nebel “The Lamb Shift in Muonic Hydrogen”
2010 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
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Max Riedel “Multi-particle entanglement on an atom chip”
2010 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
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Tobias Wilken “Calibrating Astronomical Spectrographs with Frequency Combs”
2010 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
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Akira Ozawa “Frequency combs in the extreme ultraviolet”
2009 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
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Tim Rom “Bosonische und fermionische Quantengase in dreidimensionalen optischen Gittern”
2009 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Albert Schließer “Cavity Optomechanics and Optical Frequency Comb Generation with Silica Whispering-Gallery-Mode Microresonators”
2009 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Linas Urbonas “Experiments with the One-atom-maser”
2009 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Arne-Christian Voigt “Heteronuclear Molecules from a Quantum Degenerate Fermi-Fermi Mixture”
2009 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Maximilian Herrmann “Precision spectroscopy and optomechanics of single trapped ions in the weak-binding limit”
2008 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Tilo Steinmetz “Resonator-Quantenelektrodynamik auf einem Mikrofallenchip”
2008 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Matthias Taglieber “Quantum Degeneracy in an Atomic Fermi-Fermi-Bose Mixture”
2008 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Philipp Treutlein “Coherent manipulation of ultracold atoms on atom chips”
2008 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Christoph Gohle “A Coherent Frequency Comb in the Extreme Ultraviolet”
2006 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Aldo Antognini “The Lamb Shift Experiment in Muonic Hydrogen”
2005 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Peter Fendel “Präzisionsspektroskopie an Wasserstoff und Deuterium”
2005 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Birgit Henrich “Untersuchung elektromagnetisch induzierter Transparenz für das kontinuierliche Vier-Wellen-Mischen”
2005 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Olaf Mandel “Entanglement with quantum gates in an optical lattice”
2005 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Heiko Pittner “The Production and Investigation of Cold Antihydrogen Atoms”
2005 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Marcus Zimmermann “Genaue Messungen mit Femtosekundenfrequenzkämmen”
2005 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Sebastian Fray “Atominterferometrie an einer Rubidiumfontäne”
2004 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral

Students on Wikidata9

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Carl Wieman
born 1951
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Ferdinand Schmidt-Kaler
born 1962
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Tilman Esslinger
born 1965
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Vladan Vuletić
born 1967
stated by Wikidata
Immanuel Bloch
born 1972
stated by Wikidata
Markus Greiner
born 1973
stated by Wikidata
James N. Eckstein
stated by Wikidata
Matthias Weidemüller
stated by Wikidata
William M. Fairbank, Jr.

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The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 67 people: 53 cited by thesis records, 14 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career9

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Heidelberg University
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Stanford University
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LMU Munich
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Helmholtz-Gymnasium Heidelberg
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LMU Munich
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Stanford University
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Heidelberg University
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Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
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University of Florence
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At a glance

known as: physicist, university teacher
fields: physics
awards: Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille in Gold, 2010, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2006, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, 2008, Nobel Prize in Physics, 2005, Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille, 2006, Frederic Ives Medal, 2005, Stern–Gerlach Medal, 2000, Otto Hahn Prize, 2005, Albert A. Michelson Medal, 1986, King Faisal Prize in Science, 1989, Alfried-Krupp Science Prize, 2002, Wilhelm Exner Medal, 2012, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, 2003, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, 1989, Matteucci Medal, 2001, Humboldt Research Fellowship, Hall of Fame of German Research, 2011, Klung Wilhelmy Science Award, 1979, Philip Morris Research Prize, 2000, Einstein Prize for Laser Science, 1995, Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin, 2006, Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 2005, honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews, 2006, honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University, 2008, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Herbert P. Broida Prize, 1983, Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, 1996, Comstock Prize in Physics, 1983, Humboldt Prize, 1978, Fellow of the Optical Society, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 2006, William F. Meggers Award, 1985, I. I. Rabi Award, 2005, Ernst Mach Medal, 2019, honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), 2005
member of: German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, from 2002, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, from 2001, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, French Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society, Academia Europaea, from 2009, Romanian Academy
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stated by WikidataWikipediaTheodor W. Hänsch
stated by WikidataWikidataQ71013
stated by WikidataORCID0000-0002-6476-9033
stated by WikidataVIAF84241264
stated by WikidataGND124109977
stated by WikidataIdRef091503892
stated by WikidataISNI0000000109202838

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  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Theodor W. Hänsch: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q71013},
  note = {read on 2026-11-03}
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Academic Ancestry. (2026, November 3). Theodor W. Hänsch: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-11-03]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q71013