Manfred Hugenschmidt

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Manfred Hugenschmidt (born August 13, 1940 in Lörrach ) is a German physicist in the field of laser applications, especially high-power pulse technology. He is an honorary professor at the University of Karlsruhe and was head of the Optronics, Lasers, and Sensors division at the Franco-German Research Institute in Saint-Louis .

Live and act

After school and attending the Hans-Thoma-Gymnasium in Lörrach with Abitur in 1959 Hugenschmidt studied communications engineering and physics at the University of Karlsruhe with a diploma in 1965. He then worked as a research assistant at the Franco-German Research Institute Saint-Louis (ISL). From 1970 to 1973, due to a lack of specialist teachers, he also worked part-time as a physics teacher at the Hebel-Gymnasium in Lörrach .

His other professional positions were in 1970 the doctorate to Dr.-Ing. at the University of Karlsruhe with the dissertation on thermalization of laser-induced plasmas and the appointment as a lecturer in 1973 on the topic of selected chapters of laser measurement technology at the same university. From 1977 to 1989 he was part-time head of the Short-Term Physics Committee of the German Physical Society (DPG). In 1978 he was appointed head of the electronics and quantum electronics department and the laser applications, high-power pulse technology working group at ISL . In 1980 he was appointed German delegate of the international congresses on high-speed photography and photonics and chaired the international award committee for the award of the Hubert Schardin gold medal of the German Physical Society and membership in the international organizing committee.

In 1987 Hugenschmidt was appointed honorary professor at the University of Karlsruhe, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology , Institute for Photonics and Quantum Mechanics (IPQ). In 1989 he was a founding member of the Scientific Society for Laser Technology (WLT), which is influential for research and technology transfer, and has been a reviewer in commissions of the German Research Association (DFG) and for proposals to the DFG funding program since 1992 . In particular, in 2006 and 2012 he was a reviewer in the first two tranches of the Federal and State Excellence Initiative. In 1996 he received the Harold Edgerton Award from the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) .

In total, he wrote more than 60 ISL reports and numerous publications in renowned journals and conference proceedings and gave lectures at international conferences in Europe, the USA, Russia, Japan and China.

After 40 years working at the ISL, he retired in 2005. He lives in Lörrach with his wife Renate .

Publications (selection)

  • A total of more than 60 internal ISL reports, numerous other publications in international journals, conference proceedings and books.
  • 1981 Chapter Light Sources and Recording Methods , in the volume “Fluid Dynamics”, the series “Methods of Experimental Physics”, Editor: R. Emrich, in Academic Press Inc. New York or
  • 1983 Chapter Laser Photographic and Cinematographic Applications to the Investigation of Transient Phenomena in NATO-ASI-Series-E Nr108 Fast Electrical and Optical Measurements . Editor: JE Thompson, L. Luessen, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers Dordrecht Boston Lancester.
  • 2006, publication of the specialist book: Hugenschmidt: Lasermesstechnik, Diagnostik der Kurzzeitphysik , in Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New-York.
  • 2007, Chapter Gasdynamical Lasers, Chemical Lasers in the new series of the internationally renowned standard reference work Landolt-Börnstein "Advanced Materials and Technologies", Volume 1: "Laser Physics and Application", Subvolume B: "Laser Systems"
  • 2013 commemorative publication for the district anniversary; 1250 Johr Stette 763-2013 ; Lörrach-Stetten & Lörrach-International.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KIT Faculty for Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. kit.edu, accessed October 6, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Manfred Hugenschmidt on the KIT website. kit.edu, 2009, archived from the original on December 2, 2013 .;
  3. ^ SPIE Harold E. Edgerton Award in High-Speed ​​Optics. spie.org, accessed on October 6, 2018 (for Major Contributions in Quantifying and Evaluating Dynamic of Laser Interactions with Materials ).
personal data
SURNAME Hugenschmidt, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Loerrach-Stetten