Nick Karpowicz

@NickKarpowicz
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Physicist at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Garching / Munich Germany
+ Ultrafast / attosecond / nonlinear optics + programming + indiepop + vegan
Lightwave Explorer is my open source nonlinear optics simulation
Lightwave Explorer Repohttps://github.com/NickKarpowicz/LightwaveExplorer
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Show threadNick KarpowiczMar 11
@hannah why didn't they add "moon" to the right when there is clearly space for it?
Nick KarpowiczFeb 8
New Lightwave Explorer update video :) https://youtu.be/JY4wm2e7y_M
Lightwave Explorer 2026.1 Update: Complex input beams

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Nick KarpowiczJan 5
https://youtu.be/gk1X0ATHzMw I have opinions on operating systems 😅
Show threadNick KarpowiczDec 17
@Waterfox I just downloaded Waterfox and am trying it out because of this statement. Looks good so far :)
Show threadNick KarpowiczDec 17
@nixCraft Just switched to Waterfox. Might consider Firefox again if this CEO is fired.
Show threadNick KarpowiczNov 9
@claireon @fedora This is where I am, too - I recommend it if I'm installing it for them and enable+prioritize flathub
Nick KarpowiczNov 8
A nice thing about releasing simulations as open source is seeing what people do with it; nice work Tim & co! https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-33-23-47840
Nick KarpowiczSep 4, 2025
https://nickkarpowicz.github.io/widgets/frog/
Hi ultrafast people! I wrote a FROG reconstruction that will run entirely in your web browser. This I why I like #marimo so much :) The python/rust code for it is all in our attoworld github repository. Right now it only load the .dwc format that we've been using since ancient times, but if you want to use something else just send me an example!
Show threadNick KarpowiczJul 18, 2025
@notjustbikes love and respect to the woman scolding the car stopped next to the tram!
Nick KarpowiczJun 13, 2025
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-025-01658-5 Our research on measuring the field of pulses that compress themselves below a femtosecond, just published in Nature Photonics (open access)
Field-resolved attosecond solitons - Nature Photonics

Combining attosecond metrology and soliton dynamics in hollow-core fibres, the generation of attosecond laser pulses from the deep-ultraviolet to the near-infrared regime and the measurement of attosecond solitons with 350-as durations at optical wavelengths are demonstrated, providing an efficient route to generate intense isolated attosecond pulses complementary to those based on high-harmonic generation in gases.

Nature