Wolfgang Eisenmenger (physicist)
Wolfgang Eisenmenger (born February 11, 1930 , † December 10, 2016 ) was a German physicist .
Career and research areas
After studying physics at RWTH Aachen University and the University of Göttingen , Eisenmenger received his doctorate in 1958 with a thesis on the surface tension of water and aqueous solutions. In 1964 he completed his habilitation with experimental studies on shock waves in liquids in the acoustic frequency range; The electromagnetic shock wave generator developed during this work was an important contribution to extracorporeal lithotripsy , the destruction of kidney stones without surgery.
In the late 1960s, Eisenmenger worked at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey . There he began his research on sound waves in the ultra-high frequency range. The experiments started at Bell on the generation and detection of acoustic phonons led to the development of phonon spectroscopy on solids, which has become important in determining the purity of semiconductor single crystals.
In 1969, Eisenmenger received a call to the University of Stuttgart . As full professor of experimental physics and head of the 1st Physics Institute, Eisenmenger continued to devote himself to research in the field of acoustics and phonon physics and participated in the further development of shock wave lithotripsy. Eisenmenger's other research interests concern piezoelectricity on polymer films and scanning tunneling microscopy . Eisenmenger retired in spring 1998 .
Honors
- Corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences , from 1988
- Robert Wichard Pohl Prize of the German Physical Society , 1995
- Honorary doctorate from the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg , 2002
- Helmholtz Medal of the German Society for Acoustics , 2003
literature
- M. Pilkuhn and M. Wagner: On the retirement of Prof. Eisenmenger: Basic research and practical relevance . In: Stuttgarter unikurier No. 79, 1998
- Eisenmenger: Ultrasound, shock waves, phonons , phys. Sheets, Volume 51, July / August 1995
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Eisenmenger in the catalog of the German National Library
- University information from 08/04/2003 - 08/08/2003. Helmholtz Medal for Experimental Physicists ( Memento from January 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner Lehfeldt and Susanne Nöbel (Red.): Yearbook of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 2008 . de Gruyter, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-11-022160-2 .
- ↑ stuttgart-gedenken.de: Obituary notice from Wolfgang Eisenmenger , accessed on December 24, 2016
- ^ Karl Laßmann, Bruno Gompf, Martin Dressel: Obituary for Wolfgang Eisenmenger . In: Physics Journal . tape 16 , no. 3 , 2017, p. 62 .
- ↑ uni-info: Honorary doctorate for physicists . Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, accessed on March 24, 2010.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eisenmenger, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1930 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 2016 |