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Herbert Walther

German physicist1935 to 2006

Supervised 5 doctoral students at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität; Wikidata names Hans Kopfermann as doctoral advisor and lists 3 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 4 other registers.

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Students5

cited by a thesis record
Michael Schätzel “Mehrphotonen-Ionisationsprozesse mit intensiven Laserpulsen”
2006 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Gernot Stania “Messung von Ericson-Fluktuationen”
2005 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Pavel Lougovski “Quantum state engineering and reconstruction in cavity QED: An analytical approach”
2004 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Sierk Pötting “Coherent Momentum State Manipulation of Matter Waves”
2004 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral
cited by a thesis record
Simon Stephan Brattke “Untersuchung von Photonenzahlzustaenden mit dem Ein-Atom-Maser”
2001 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität · doctoral

Advisors on Wikidata1

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stated by Wikidata
Hans Kopfermann

Students on Wikidata3

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stated by Wikidata
Gerhard Rempe
born 1956
stated by Wikidata
Wolfgang Ketterle
born 1957
stated by Wikidata
Jason Alfredo Carlson Gallas

The line above and below4 steps

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.

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stated by WikidataHans Kopfermann
2 steps up
stated by WikidataJames Franck
3 steps up
stated by WikidataEmil Warburgstated by WikidataPaul Drude
4 steps up
stated by WikidataAugust Kundtstated by WikidataHeinrich Gustav Magnusstated by WikidataWoldemar Voigt

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 32 people: 5 cited by thesis records, 27 stated by Wikidata.

Education and career4

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undated
Heidelberg University
studied
undated
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
worked
undated
University of Bonn
worked
undated
University of Cologne
worked

At a glance

known as: physicist, university teacher
awards: Bavarian Order of Merit, Max Born Prize, 1978, Stern–Gerlach Medal, 1998, Albert A. Michelson Medal, 1993, King Faisal Prize in Science, 1993, Alfried-Krupp Science Prize, 2002, Frederic Ives Medal, 2003, Charles Hard Townes Award, 1990, Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal, 1989, Ernst Hellmut Vits Award, 1998, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Einstein Prize for Laser Science, 1988, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Willis E. Lamb Award, 1999
member of: German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, North Rhine-Westphalia Academy for Sciences and Arts, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, from 1994, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Romanian Academy, Academia Europaea
Wikipedia: in 6 languages

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere6

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaHerbert Walther
stated by WikidataWikidataQ74175
stated by WikidataGND121176053
stated by WikidataISNI0000000114681212

papers

stated by WikidataScopus7202226657

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project176356

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@misc{academicancestry_Q74175,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Herbert Walther: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q74175},
  note = {read on 2026-10-29}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 29). Herbert Walther: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-29]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q74175