Heinz Raether

Born|

Heinz Artur Raether

(1909-10-14)14 October 1909

Nuremberg, German Empire[1]

Died| 31 December 1986(1986-12-31) (aged 77)

Aumühle, West Germany[1]

Nationality| German
Known for| Kretschmann-Raether configuration
Raether limit
Scientific career
Fields| Condensed matter physics
Plasma physics
Institutions| University of Jena
University of Hamburg
Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Heinz Artur Raether (14 October 1909 — 31 December 1986)[1] was a German physicist. He is best known for his theoretical and experimental contributions to the study of surface plasmons, as well as for Kretschmann-Raether configuration, a commonly used experimental setup for the excitation of surface plasmon resonances.[2][3]

From 1944 to 1946 he was a professor of physics at the University of Jena at the Physikalisches Institut.[1] Here he dealt with electron physics, electron microscopy, electron interference and gas discharges.[4]

In 1951, he took over the management of the Institute for Applied Physics at the University of Hamburg. After the development of the transistor, he focused on solid state physics. His work during this period concerned the structure and growth of crystals. Later he became interested in the collective behavior of the electrons of a crystal, the solid-state electron plasma.

In gas discharge physics, he devoted himself to the ignition process, especially the formation of the spark channel, the initial phase of electrical breakdown. In 1963 he was elected a full member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.[5] In 1979 he was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

## Selected publications

Articles

* Raether, H. (January 1933). "Elektroneninterferenzen an mechanisch bearbeiteten Oberflächen" (in de). Zeitschrift für Physik 86 (1–2): 82–104. doi:10.1007/BF01340186. Bibcode: 1933ZPhy...86...82R.
* Raether, H. (1938). "Über eine gasionisierende Strahlung einer Funkenentladung" (in de). Zeitschrift für Physik 111 (9–10): 611–624. doi:10.1007/BF01340219. Bibcode: 1938ZPhy..110..611R.
* Raether, H. (1939). "Die entwicklung der elektronenlawine in den funkenkanal" (in de). Zeitschrift für Physik 112 (7–8): 464–489. doi:10.1007/BF01340229. Bibcode: 1939ZPhy..112..464R.
* Horstmann, M.; Meyer, G.; Raether, H. (January 1959). "Messung der Intensitäten von elastisch und unelastisch gestreuten Elektronen mit einer Gegenfeldanordnung" (in de). Zeitschrift für Physik 154 (5): 633–638. doi:10.1007/BF01337572. Bibcode: 1959ZPhy..154..633H.
* Raether, H. (July–August 1967). "Surface plasma oscillations as a tool for surface examinations". Surface Science 8 (1–2): 233–246. doi:10.1016/0039-6028(67)90085-4. Bibcode: 1967SurSc...8..233R.
* Kretschmann, E.; Raether, H. (1968). "Radiative Decay of Non Radiative Surface Plasmons Excited by Light". Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 23: 2135–2136. doi:10.1515/zna-1968-1247. http://zfn.mpdl.mpg.de/data/Reihe_A/23/ZNA-1968-23a-2135_n.pdf.
* Bruns, R.; Raether, H. (February 1970). "Plasma resonance radiation from non radiative plasmons". Zeitschrift für Physik 237 (1): 98–106. doi:10.1007/BF01400480. Bibcode: 1970ZPhy..237...98B.
* Raether, H. (1977). "Surface plasma oscillations and their applications". Physics of Thin Films 9: 145–261.
* Raether, H. (15 July 1982). "Dispersion relation of surface plasmons on gold- and silver gratings". Optics Communications 42 (4): 217–222. doi:10.1016/0030-4018(82)90019-0. Bibcode: 1982OptCo..42..217R. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0030401882900190.

Books

* Raether, Heinz (1964). Electron Avalanches and Breakdown in Gases. London: Butterworths.
* Raether, Heinz (1980). Excitation of Plasmons and Interband Transitions by Electrons. New York: Springer. ISBN 9783662157961.
* Raether, Heinz (1988). Surface Plasmons on Smooth and Rough Surfaces and on Gratings. New York: Springer. ISBN 3540173633.

## See also

* Raether limit
* Surface plasmon polariton
* Townsend discharge

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Heinz Arthur Raether". University of Jena. http://www.physik2.uni-jena.de/profgalerie/grafik38.pdf.
2. ↑ Maradudin, Alexei A.; Sambles, J. Roy; Barnes, William L., eds (2014). Modern Plasmonics. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 1–23. ISBN 9780444595263.
3. ↑ Kretschmann, E.; Raether, H. (1968). "Radiative Decay of Non Radiative Surface Plasmons Excited by Light". Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 23: 2135–2136. doi:10.1515/zna-1968-1247. http://zfn.mpdl.mpg.de/data/Reihe_A/23/ZNA-1968-23a-2135_n.pdf.
4. ↑ Chvyreva, A; Pancheshnyi, S; Christen, T; Pemen, A J M (2018). "Raether–Meek criterion for prediction of electrodeless discharge inception on a dielectric surface in different gases". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 51 (11): 115202. doi:10.1088/1361-6463/aaa9ce. ISSN 0022-3727. Bibcode: 2018JPhD...51k5202C.
5. ↑ Holger Krahnke: Die Mitglieder der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 1751–2001 (= Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Philologisch-Historische Klasse. Folge 3, Bd. 246 = Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. Folge 3, Bd. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1, S. 194.

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