The defense of Christof Eigner's bachelor thesis "Untersuchung der Polungseigenschaften von oberflächennah Ti-diffusionsdotiertem, kongruentem Lithiumniobat" took place on 12 October 2011 making Christof the first Bachelor of Physics of the research group of Prof. Dr. Christine Silberhorn.

The refurbishment of the lab in P8.1.08 is finished. The experiments that already began after the laser systems were installed can now be pursued in an ideal working environment.

On March, 16 th 2011, Prof. Christine Silberhorn was awarded one of the 2011 Leibniz Prizes by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).

Christine Silberhorn became a professor in the Department of Physics of the University of Paderborn