Theodor W. Hänsch

Theodor W. Hänsch

Nobel Laureate in Physics (2005)

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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.