Acknowledgement

• Most of the research activities presented on this website evolved from supervising gradu - ate and doctoral students. It was a great pleasure to work with these motivated and inspir - ing young persons. • But none of the projects could have really been realized without the excellent support by an engaged laboratory team. Special thanks to Jürgen Pfuhl, Gerd Neufeld, Günther Helm - rich, Hans-Peter Herda and Marion Kollmeier. • The School of Electrical Engineering provides good facilities and excellent laboratory equip - ment. Many projects were supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and by in - dustrial cooperations. • Special thanks to my colleagues - Prof. Dr. Günter Guthöhrlein (HSU HH) for a continuous excellent cooperation in laser spectroscopy, - Prof. Dr. Daniel Grischkowsky (IBM & OSU-Ok) for our successful cooperation in Femtosecond Terahertz Spectroscopy, - Prof. Dr. Murry Salby (Bolder Col. USA; Sidney Australia) for many important contributions and stimulating discussions in Climate Sciences. Unfortunately he passed away in April 2022. - Dr. Willie Soon (Harvard-Cambridge, MA, USA) for his inspiring suggestions in the field of Climate Sciences.

Physics & Climate

This Website presents a summary of the main research activities

• as Professor for Laser Engineering & Materials Science, from 2001 - 2009 also for Experimental Physics, at the Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg (HSU HH), Germany, • as Visiting Scientist at IBM-Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, • as Visiting Scientist at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, • and on special fields of Climate Sciences after retiring 2010.

Preliminary Notes

Experimental Physics and Materials Science are basic disciplines for academic studies of Engi - neering Sciences. At the Helmut-Schmidt-University these subjects are integrated in the School of Electrical Engineering to teach undergraduates of Electrical Engineering and Economic Engi - neering in these disciplines. For advanced-level studies specialized programs on laser applications, spectroscopy, quantum optics and opto-electronics are offered with the possibility for young scientists to accomplish their studies with a ma ster or doctoral degree. The research activities of the Laser-Physics-Group were mainly focusing on applications of lasers in science and engineering. A compilation of these activities is listed under the link: Laser Research The research activitie s in Climate Science , which started in 2010, are summarized under the link: Climate .