Schleich, Wolfgang
Oral history interview with Wolfgang Schleich, 2021 June 10.
The interview begins with Schleich recounting his role in the foundation of the Institute of Quantum Technologies at DLR, the German Aerospace Center, in an effort to study Bose-Einstein condensation in microgravity environments. He also discusses his work at the University of Ulm and the Texas A&M Universitys Hagler Institute for Advanced Study, as well as the interplay between theory and experiment in his field of quantum optics. The interview then shifts to Schleichs biography, including his education in physics at the University of Munich, work as a doctoral student with Herbert Walther and Marlan Scully, participation in the summer school at Les Houches, winning the Max Planck Societys Otto Hahn Prize, and postdoctoral work with John Wheeler. He discusses the role of Walther in establishing quantum optics in Germany and contrasts the thinking styles of Scully and Wheeler. Schleich recounts securing a chair professorship at the University of Ulm in 1991 and how winning the prestigious Leibniz Prize helped him to establish himself and support his students. He also discusses his work on quantum mechanics and analytic number theory with Helmut Maier, the value for quantum optics of experiments that manipulate single atoms, phase space as a key theme running throughout his work, and his involvement with a project to build a quantum computer in Germany.
Wolfgang Schleich is a theoretical physicist and director of the quantum physics department at University of Ulm. He is the founding director of the Institute for Quantum Technologies with the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Schleich completed his graduate studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and completed postdoctoral work at Texas A&M University. In 1995 he received the Leibniz Prize.
Schleich, Wolfgang
Scully, Marlan O. (Marlan Orvil), 1939-
Walther, H. (Herbert), 1935-2006
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008.
Deutsches Zentrum f r Luft- und Raumfahrt
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Fr̲derung der Wissenschaften
Max-Planck-Institut f r Quantenoptik
Texas A&M University.
Universitt̃ M nchen
Universitt̃ Ulm
Bose-Einstein condensation.
Number theory.
Quantum computers.
Quantum optics.
Quantum theory
Reduced gravity environments
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Zierler, David, 1979- interviewer.
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American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA