The public relations team is delighted to present the latest issue of our “pulse” magazine. In this issue, we take a look back over the year. Enjoy beautiful pictures of our meeting in South Tyrol, celebrate our newly appointed doctors once again and read what the year after the Nobel Prize had in store for Ferenc.

Our research highlights will give you an insight into what the team has achieved in research and, above all, what exciting research tasks the future has in store for us.

In addition to the research topics, you will also find lots of entertaining and interesting facts from our photonworld cosmos, such as award-winning photos from the microcosm, book presentations and an exciting article about the light artist Ólafur Elíasson.

You can get the latest issue in printed form from the secretariat at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics. At the LMU Chair, copies are available on the first floor of the new building right next to Ferenc’s office. You can download it digitally here.

The entire editorial team hopes you enjoy reading it.

Cover image: Vasileios Papalampropoulos with AI “ChatGPT / Midjourney” & Dennis J. K. H. Luck (Artwork) with AI “Adobe Firefly”