Ingo Will

Dr. Ingo Will is a Researcher and Project Coordinator at the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI), Berlin. His work focuses on developing solid-state lasers, optical-parametric amplifiers, and ultrafast laser systems for applications in Free Electron Lasers (FELs) and particle acceleration. He has contributed to projects such as the European XFEL at DESY Hamburg and the Photoinjector Test Facility Zeuthen (PITZ).

Education: PhD in 1991 from Technical University Berlin, followed by postdoctoral work at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics (USA) and prior roles at MBI and the Central Institute for Optics and Spectroscopy. His career spans over three decades in laser development and high-power laser systems.

Research interests include laser-driven electron bunch generation, pulse shaping for FELs, and high-average-power laser systems. He has pioneered Yb:YAG lasers generating ultraviolet pulse trains for photoinjectors, improving electron beam emittance in superconducting linacs.

Notable contributions include the design of femtosecond Yb:KGW oscillators, OPCPA systems, and burst-mode lasers for XFEL applications. His work bridges fundamental laser physics with applied technologies for cutting-edge accelerator and FEL facilities.