Facilities and offices

At the Institute for Applied Physics research is conducted in the field of modern optics. Novel laser systems and their properties are investigated and the quantum properties of light are used to store and cool atoms. In addition, new quantum encryption methods are explored with the aim of making our computers of the future more secure.

At the Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, the research focus is on soft matter and disordered systems. These include polymers, amphiphiles, gels, colloidal dispersions such as emulsions and foams, sediments and biologically relevant systems.

Researchers at the Institute for Nuclear Physics study nuclear structure physics, nuclear astrophysics, relativistic heavy-ion physics, plasma physics, astroparticle physics, accelerator physics and related fields in experimental and theoretical groups.

The Departmental Office can be found in building S2|01.

We advise and support you in matters such as examinations, the course of studies and coordinate teaching. You can find us on the 1st floor of S2|01.

The supervised study centre with reference library is located under the foyer of the large physics lecture hall. Access is via the archway to building S2|04.

The Physics Learning Centre in building S2|06 offers 56 workstations on around 220 square metres.

You will find computer workstations in S2|01 or in S206 next to the large lecture hall. In addition to the standard software of the HRZ pools, the Academic Site licence of Mathematica is available.

The department's astronomical observatory consists of various remote-controlled telescope systems in Darmstadt and southern Spain.