Bernd Wilhelmi
Bernd Wilhelmi (born January 6, 1938 in Erfurt ; † July 8, 2018 in Jena ) was a German physicist and rector of the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena . Wilhelmi was an unofficial employee of the GDR State Security .
Life
Wilhelmi studied physics at the University of Jena. After receiving his doctorate in 1966 and his habilitation in 1972, he was professor of applied physics at this university from 1973 to 1989 . From 1983 to 1987 he was rector of the University of Jena and from 1989 to 1991 director of the Central Institute for Optics and Spectroscopy of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR . From 1992 he was a project manager at Jenoptik .
Wilhelmi published numerous works in the fields of quantum electronics , nonlinear optics and ultra-short time spectroscopy , including widespread monographs and textbooks. He is particularly interested in the industrial application of non-linear optics and lasers .
In 1985 he became a corresponding and in 1988 a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR. He has been a member of the Leopoldina since 1987 . He was a full member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences from 1988 and a corresponding member from 1989 to 1994.
In 1981 he received the National Prize of the GDR, 2nd class for science and technology. In 1989 he was awarded the title of Honored University Professor of the GDR .
Wilhelmi was an unofficial employee of the Ministry for State Security ( code name : Helmut Müller). Because of "unconditional support" of the state security he received in 1988 on the orders of Stasi chief Erich Mielke , the Distinguished Service Medal of the National People's Army in gold. Wilhelmi had reported on fellow professors and on insights into laser laboratories obtained during Westreisen.
He had been a member of the Leibniz Society for Science in Berlin since 1993 .
Fonts
- with Max Schubert : Introduction to Nonlinear Optics, 2 volumes, Leipzig: Teubner, Volume 1: Classical Description, 1971, Volume 2: Quantum Physical Description, 1978
- with Max Schubert: Nonlinear Optics and Quantum Electronics, Wiley 1986
- with Joachim Herrmann: Lasers for ultrashort light pulses: Fundamentals and applications, Physik-Verlag 1984
- English edition: Lasers for ultrashort light pulses, North Holland 1987
- with Wolfgang Rudolph: Light pulse compression, Harwood Academic Publ. 1989
literature
- Horst Kant : Wilhelmi, Bernd . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- W. Karthe, N. Langhoff: Nekrolog on our member Bernd Wilhelmi. Leibniz Society of Sciences, August 16, 2018, accessed on November 29, 2018 .
- Gerhard Paulus u. a .: Obituary for Bernd Wilhelmi. In: Physik Journal, October 2018, p. 62.
Web links
- Generous comrades. In: FOCUS Magazin Online, No. 46. November 9, 1998, accessed on July 14, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Members of the previous academies: Bernd Wilhelmi. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on December 18, 2016 (with picture).
- ↑ Member entry by Bernd Wilhelmi at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on July 14, 2018.
- ^ Members of the SAW: Bernd Wilhelmi. Saxon Academy of Sciences, accessed December 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Stasi in production . In: DER SPIEGEL . No. 39 , 1992, pp. 16 .
- ^ Eternal directory of members of the Leibniz Society. Leibniz Society of Sciences in Berlin, accessed on July 14, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilhelmi, Bernd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erfurt |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 2018 |
| Place of death | Jena |