The Physics of Laser Radiation-Matter Interaction: Fundamentals, and Selected Applications in Metrology

Alexander Horn is Professor at the University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Germany, where he focuses his research efforts on the field of laser microtechnologies. Within the Laserinstitute Hochschule Mittweida (LHM), he has established a successful research group in the field of diagnostics for laser processing, investigating, in particular, laser processes during ablation and modification of thin layers. His research activities over the past decades are centered in different areas of laser technologies with ultrashort pulse lasers, in particular the development of innovative ultrafast pump-probe diagnostics, laser material processing with ultrashort pulsed laser radiation, femtosecond spectroscopy, ultrafast laser control, and ultrafast diagnostics. Next to his involvement in numerous professional collaborations, Prof. Horn has headed up different groups at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology and at the Laser Zentrum Hannover, focusing on current topics in laser application, and acted as project coordinator for a Cluster of Excellence at the Georg August Universität in Göttingen. He leads since 2021 the Laserinstitut Hochschule Mittweida.

亞歷山大·霍恩（Alexander Horn）是德國米特維達應用科學大學（University of Applied Sciences Mittweida）的教授，他的研究專注於激光微技術領域。在米特維達應用科學大學的激光研究所（Laserinstitute Hochschule Mittweida，簡稱LHM）內，他建立了一個成功的研究小組，專注於激光加工診斷領域，特別是研究薄層燒蝕和改性過程中的激光過程。在過去幾十年的研究活動中，他的研究範圍涵蓋了激光技術的不同領域，尤其是超短脈衝激光的開發創新、超短脈衝激光材料加工、飛秒光譜學、超快激光控制和超快診斷等。除了參與眾多專業合作項目外，霍恩教授還曾在弗勞恩霍夫激光技術研究所（Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology）和漢諾威激光中心（Laser Zentrum Hannover）領導不同的研究小組，專注於激光應用的當前研究主題，並擔任過哥廷根喬治·奧古斯特大學（Georg August Universität）卓越研究群的項目協調人。自2021年起，他擔任米特維達應用科學大學激光研究所的所長。