Paul Görlich

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Paul Robert Görlich (born October 7, 1905 in Dresden , † March 13, 1986 in Jena ) was a German physicist and director of research and development at VEB Carl Zeiss Jena .

Life

Paul Görlich studied physics at what was then the Dresden University of Technology . In 1932 he received his doctorate there as Dr. with the experimental work The external photoelectric effect on liquids: Determination of the long-wave limit of water . He then became laboratory manager at Zeiss Ikon AG in Dresden. In 1940 he joined the NSDAP . In 1942 he completed his habilitation at the Technical University of Dresden with the work measurements on composite photocathodes .

After the Second World War he worked in the optical industry in the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1952 (see Aktion Ossawakim ). He then began his work as the main scientific director of VEB Carl Zeiss Jena; from 1960 to 1971 he was director of research and development. Since 1952 he taught at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena , first as a lecturer and later as an honorary professor. From 1959 to 1971 he was also director of the Institute for Optics and Spectroscopy of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin .

His main areas of work were the external photoelectric effect , photocells , laser physics , non-linear optics and spectroscopy as well as scientific device construction. Görlich was editor or co-editor of the physical journals Experimental Technique of Physics and Physica Status Solidi .

honors and awards

Paul Görlich was a member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences , the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and since 1955 a full member of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin . He was also a member of the Royal Microscopical Society .

In 1954 he received the National Prize of the GDR, 2nd class for science and technology, and in 1970 the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver.

Works (selection)

  • Photoelectric cells: their production and properties , Leipzig: Geest & Portig, 1951
  • Photoeffekte, Vol. 1: Historical development - Photoemission of metals , Leipzig: Geest & Portig, 1962
  • Photoeffekte, Vol. 2: Experimental photoconductivity , Leipzig: Geest & Portig, 1963
  • Photoeffekte, Vol. 3: Generation of photoelectromotive forces , Leipzig: Geest & Portig, 1966

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harry Waibel : Servants of many masters. Former Nazi functionaries in the Soviet Zone / GDR. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-631-63542-1 , p. 107.
personal data
SURNAME Görlich, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Görlich, Paul Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1986
Place of death Jena