Wolfgang P. Schleich

Wolfgang P. Schleich (born 23 February 1957, in Mühldorf am Inn, Germany) is professor of theoretical physics and director of the quantum physics department at the University of Ulm.

Education, work and career

From 1980 to 1984, Schleich performed work on his diploma thesis and his Ph.D. with Marlan O. Scully at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, with an intermediate research visit at the Institute of Modern Optics, Albuquerque, United States from 1982 to 1983. After completion of his Ph.D., he performed post-doctorate research with John Archibald Wheeler at the Center for Theoretical Physics in Austin, Texas.

From 1986 to 1991, he worked as a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching under Herbert Walther. In 1991, Schleich was nominated professor of theoretical physics at the University of Ulm. Schleich is author of several books, including Quantum Optics in Phase Space and Elements of quantum information.

His areas of research include the foundations of quantum physics, as well as quantum mechanics in relation to general relativity and to number theory. His recent work includes elaborations on the role of the Wigner function in terms of quantum optics.^[1]^[2]

Schleich, Wolfgang (2007). Elements of quantum information. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. ISBN 978-3-527-40725-5. OCLC 181348428.
Schleich, Wolfgang (2001). Quantum optics in phase space. Berlin New York: Wiley-VCH. ISBN 978-3-527-29435-0. OCLC 41017894.
Scully, Marlan (2000). Ode to a quantum physicist : a festschrift in honor of Marlan O. Scully. Amsterdam Oxford: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-444-50538-5. OCLC 45304737.
Wolfgang Schleich: Optische Tests der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie, Universität München (Ph.D. thesis) / Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, 1984
Wolfgang Schleich: Quantenfluktuationen in Ringlaser-Gyroskopen, Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (Diplom thesis), 1981

^ "He [...] is the author of the highly acclaimed textbook Quantum Optics in Phase Space. Here he has promoted an approach towards quantum optics based on the Wigner function." Cited from: The 2008 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics, www.lambaward.org
^ Friesch, O M; Marzoli, I; Schleich, W P (6 March 2000). "Quantum carpets woven by Wigner functions". New Journal of Physics. 2 (1). IOP Publishing: 004. Bibcode:2000NJPh....2....4F. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/2/1/004. ISSN 1367-2630.
^ The 2008 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics, www.lambaward.org
^ "Herbert Walther Award - Awards - OSA.org". Optica. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

Schleich, Wolfgang P., Institut für Quantenphysik, Universität Ulm
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang P. Schleich, Integrated Quantum Systems and Technology
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schleich, Universität Ulm
Wolfgang Schleich at Symposium on 90th Birthday of 2022 Wigner Medal recipient Iwo Białynicki-Birula