Wolfgang Demtröder

Wolfgang Demtröder (born September 5, 1931 in Attendorn ) is a German physicist .

Wolfgang Demtröder studied at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster the subjects of physics , mathematics and musicology . In 1958 he passed the state examination. In 1961 he received his doctorate from the later Nobel Prize winner Wolfgang Paul at the University of Bonn . After a stay in the USA , he completed his habilitation in 1969 at the University of Freiburg . In 1970 he was appointed full professor at the University of Kaiserslautern . He worked here until his retirement in October 1999.

Among other things, he worked in the field of high-resolution laser spectroscopy of small molecules.

Wolfgang Demtröder was best known for his standard work on laser spectroscopy and his four-volume series of experimental physics textbooks .

Demtröder was a member of the Senate of the German Research Foundation for a long time, and he was also involved in the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation .

In 1994 Wolfgang Demtröder was awarded the Max Born Prize , which is awarded by the Institute of Physics (IOP) and the German Physical Society .

Works (selection)

• Experimental physics
  • Volume 1: Mechanics and Warmth . ISBN 978-3-540-26034-9 .
  • Volume 2: Electricity and Optics . ISBN 978-3-540-33794-2 .
  • Volume 3: Atoms, Molecules and Solids . ISBN 978-3-540-21473-1 .
  • Volume 4: Nuclear, Particle and Astrophysics . ISBN 978-3-540-21451-9 .
• Laser spectroscopy, basics and techniques . Springer, Berlin, 5th edition (2007), ISBN 978-3-540-33792-8 .
• Atoms, Molecules and Photons . 1st edition, Springer, Berlin, 2005, ISBN 978-3-540-20631-6 .
• Laser Spectroscopy: Basic Concepts and Instrumentation . 3rd edition, Springer, Berlin, 2002, ISBN 978-3-540-65225-0 .
• Molecular Physics: Theoretical Principles and Experimental Methods . 1st edition, Wiley-VCH, 2005, ISBN 978-3-527-40566-4 .
• Molecular Physics - Theoretical Foundations and Experimental Methods . 1st edition (2003), Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, ISBN 978-3-486-24974-3 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Wolfgang Demtröder in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Springer Handbook of Lasers and Optics. (pdf) About the Authors. Frank Träger , p. 1281 , accessed on December 9, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ Kaiserslautern Physics Professor Dr. Wolfgang Demtröder retires on uni-protocol.de
3. ^ Award winner Max Born after years. In: www.dpg-physik.de. German Physical Society, accessed January 5, 2016 .