Karl-Ludwig Kompa
Karl-Ludwig Kompa , also cited as Karl Kompa , (born February 14, 1938 in Berlin ) is a German chemist and university professor who deals with lasers and their application in chemistry. He was director at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Munich.
Kompa received his doctorate in 1965 from the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich ( reactions of N-chloro-amines ) and completed his habilitation in 1971. He was one of the three directors of the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics when it was founded in 1981 and professor at the University of Munich . At the Max Planck Institute, he headed the laser chemistry group. In 2006 he retired.
Kompa developed the Oxygen-Iodine-Laser (COIL).
In 2004 he received the Willis E. Lamb Prize for pioneering achievements in laser chemistry and chemical lasers, and especially the development of the oxygen-iodine laser.
Fonts
- Chemical Lasers , Springer Verlag 1973
- Editor with J. Wanner Laser applications in Chemistry , Plenum Press 1984 (NATO Advanced Summer Institute in San Miniato June / July 1982)
Web links
- Homepage at the MPI
- Literature by and about Karl-Ludwig Kompa in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data, publications and academic family tree of Karl L. Kompa at academictree.org, accessed on February 24, 2018.
- ^ Lamb Award
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kompa, Karl-Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kompa, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |