Dr Jens Limpert Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
Physicist Prof. Jens Limpert receives prestigious ERC Advanced Grant Light The European Research Council (ERC) will provide close to 2.5 million euros over the next five years to fund the development of a high-performance fibre laser system at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, to generate coherent laser pulses in the infrared, terahertz and soft X-ray range. Prof. Jens Limpert and his research team at the Institute of Applied Physics will receive one of the prestigious ERC Advanced Grants for this work. Limpert is one of the few researchers in Germany - and the only one in the state of Thuringia - who has succeeded in obtaining an ERC grant no fewer than three times. In 2009, he received a 'Starting Grant', followed by a 'Consolidator Grant' in 2014. " This is a great honour for me, but also for the entire team ," says Limpert. He sees the funding as a confirmation of his scientific work to date, which " was not only achieved by me, but together with my staff ". This success is motivating the Jena researchers to tackle new and exciting topics and challenges and they are doing just this in the project 'SALT' (High-Flux Synchrotron Alternatives Driven by Powerful Long-Wavelength Fibre Lasers).
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