Gu_nther Laukien, a German physics student, published a pioneering paper on high-frequency nuclear magnetic resonance in 1958. Two years later, now-Prof. Laukien set out to create the first impulse spectrometer based on the nascent NMR technology. Bruker Physik-AG was officially incorporated in September 1960; today, the company makes X-ray, magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy equipment. Bruker also operates an energy and superconducting business.