Arnold Schmidt#


Arnold Schmidt
Sadly, this member passed away.
Membership Number:1839
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Elected:1998
Main Country of Residence:AUSTRIA


Arnold Schmidt passed away July 5, 2024.

Positions Held
  • Professor Emeritus at the Photonics Institute of the TU-Wien
  • since 2001 Professor at the Institut für Photonik der TU-Wien, Austria
  • 2000 - 2001 Chairman of the Photonics Institute of the TU Wien, Austria
  • 1989 - 1993 Chairman of the Institut für allgemeine Elektrotechnik und Elektronik of the TU Wien, Austria
  • 1986 Full Professor at the TU Wien, Austria
  • 1979 Associate Professor and head of the Abteilung für Quantenelektronik und Lasertechnik at the TU Wien, Austria
  • 1978 “Habilitation” in the field of Quantum Electronics
  • 1975 Assistant Professor at the Institut für physikalische Elektronik TH Wien, Austria
  • 1971 - 1975 Research Associate at the Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley, USA
  • 1966 - 1971 Research Fellow at the Department of Physics, University of York, UK
  • 1962 - 1965 Research Assistant (with Prof. Dr. K.M. Koch); engaged in founding the Ludwig Boltzmann Society and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute für Festköperphysik, Vienna, Austria

Fields of Scholarship
  • Nonlinear optics
  • Femto- and atto-second technology
  • Ultra short pulses
  • Quantum electronics
  • High power lasers
  • Solid state lasers

Honours and Awards
  • 1998 Member of the Academia Europea
  • 1999 Member of the Austrian Academy of Science
  • 1996 Fellow of the Optical Society of America
  • 1998 Fellow of the American Physical Society


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