# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herbert-walther
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:39:09.176Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herbert-walther"
name: "Herbert Walther"
slug: "herbert-walther"
description: "Herbert Walther was a leader in the fields of quantum optics and laser physics. He was a founding director of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) in Garching, Germany. He also was Chair of Physics at LMU Munich. He is primarily known for his experimental work on cavity quantum electrodynamics as well his groundbreaking work on the ion trap."
tagline: "German physicist (1935–2006)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1935-01-19"
deathDate: "2006-07-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump