Books By Reinhart Poprawe, Constantin Häfner, Rolf Wester - Author

Prof. Dr. Reinhart Poprawe holds M. A. in Physics from California State University (Fresno, 1977). After completion of his diploma and Ph.D. in Physics (Darmstadt 1984), he joined the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology in Aachen, where he began working as a head of the department "Laser Oriented Process Development." From 1988 to 1996, he served as a managing director of Thyssen Laser Technik GmbH in Aachen. Since then, he has been a managing director of the Fraunhofer ILT and holds the University Chair for Laser Technology at the RWTH Aachen.

Prof. Constantin Haefner is Managing Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT since 2019 and Full Professor of Laser Technology at the renowned RWTH Aachen University. Previously, Haefner was Director of the Advanced Photon Technologies Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States of America. There, he led the development and deployment of the world's most powerful, diode pumped petawatt laser sy