Günter Schmahl

Günter Schmahl
Born(1936-03-26)March 26, 1936
Wilhelmshaven, Germany
DiedAugust 14, 2018(2018-08-14) (aged 82)
Göttingen, Germany
Known forSoft X-ray microscopy
SpouseHelga Schmahl
AwardsLower Saxony State Prize (1985)
Röntgen Award (1995)
Compton Award (2005)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Göttingen

Günter Schmahl (26 March 1936 – 14 August 2018)[1][2] was a German physicist, professor at the University of Göttingen and a pioneer of X-ray microscopy.

The main focus of Schmahl's work, and his most important achievement, was the development of full-field soft X-ray microscopy. He was one of the first to recognize the potential of this method and to identify and follow the technological approach of using zone plates as lenses in such a microscope.[3][P 1][P 2] Schmahl and his collaborators further developed the technique until it was ready for application in two- and three-dimensional imaging of biological samples.[4][P 3][P 4][P 5][P 6]

Schmahl founded the Institute for X-ray Physics at the University of Göttingen and headed it until his retirement in 2002.[5] He was also one of the founders and the first organizer of the International Conference on X-Ray Microscopy, which has been held every three years since 1983 and biennially since 2008.[6]

Honors and awards

Selected publications

  1. ^ Schmahl, G.; Rudolph, D. (1969). "Lichtstarke Zonenplatten als abbildende Systeme für weiche Röntgenstrahlen" [High power zone plates as image forming systems for soft X rays]. Optik (Jena) (in German). 29: 577. Bibcode:1969Optik..29..577S.
  2. ^ Niemann, B.; Rudolph, D.; Schmahl, G. (1974). "Soft-x-ray imaging zone plates with large zone numbers for microscopic and spectroscopic applications". Optics Communications. 12 (2): 160–163. Bibcode:1974OptCo..12..160N. doi:10.1016/0030-4018(74)90381-2.
  3. ^ DE 3642457, G. Schmahl, D. Rudolph, "Röntgen-Mikroskop", published 30 June 1988, assigned to Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung 
  4. ^ US 4870674, G. Schmahl, D. Rudolph, "X-ray microscope", published 26 September 1989, assigned to Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung 
  5. ^ Schmahl, G.; Rudolph, D.; Guttmann, P.; Schneider, G.; Thieme, J.; Niemann, B. (1995). "Phase contrast studies of biological specimens with the x-ray microscope at BESSY". Review of Scientific Instruments. 66: 1282–1286. doi:10.1063/1.1145955.
  6. ^ Weiß, D.; Schneider, G.; Niemann, B.; Guttmann, P.; Rudolph, D.; Schmahl, G. (2000). "Computed tomography of cryogenic biological specimens based on X-ray microscopic images". Ultramicroscopy. 84 (3–4): 185–197. doi:10.1016/S0304-3991(00)00034-6. PMID 10945329.

References

  1. ^ "Prof. Dr. Günter Schmahl: Traueranzeige" [Death notice]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 18 August 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Memorial to Günter Schmahl". xrm2018.com. 14th International Conference on X-ray Microscopy. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b "The Roentgen Medal – Laureates 1951–2019" (PDF). Deutsches Röntgen-Museum. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. ^ Lossau, Norbert (7 November 1995). "Vom Röntgenbild einer Hand zum Blick in lebende Zellen" [From an X-ray image of a hand to a view into living cells]. Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Institute for X-Ray Physics – Prof. Dr. Günter Schmahl, 1936-2018". University of Göttingen. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. ^ "XRM Conference Series History". xrm2018.com. 14th International Conference on X-ray Microscopy. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Der Niedersächsische Staatspreis" [State Award of Lower Saxony] (in German). State of Lower Saxony. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Röntgenpreis 1995 an Günter Schmahl" [Röntgen Award 1995 [goes] to Günter Schmahl]. Physikalische Blätter (in German). 51 (12): 1149. 1995. doi:10.1002/phbl.19950511203.
  9. ^ "Prof. Dr. Günter Schmahl" (in German). Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Schmahl, Kirz Received Compton Award for Contributions to X-ray Microscopy". Argonne National Laboratory. 2005. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2020.