

I have attempted to present this complex subject matter in a coherent, integrated manner, emphasizing fundamental. In our Research Centre there are 40 research groups. The objective of Solid State Physics is to introduce college seniors and first-year graduate students in physics, electrical engineering, materials science, chemistry, and related areas to this diverse and fascinating field. The Wigner Research Centre for Physics was founded on 1 January 2012 by the merging of two former research institutes of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences: the Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, and the Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics. The researchers of the institute participate in graduate and postgraduate education related to their scientific work, present seminars, and supervise many diplomas and doctoral thesis each year. The applied research in the institute was concerned with the research of new materials, the development of new methods for testing materials, production and application of new optical crystal and thin-film devices, and the development and application of lasers. The main research topics were: theoretical and experimental solid state physics, investigation of complex fluids, neutron spectroscopy applied non-linear optics, and quantum optics and quantum information. The Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics conducted research in theoretical and experimental solid state physics, material science, and theoretical and experimental optics.
