Manfred von Ardenne (born 20.I 1907) is a German physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR. He was born in Hamburg. He studied at the University of Berlin. In 1945—55 he lived and worked in the USSR. Since 1955 he has been director of a research institute in Dresden. His main work concerned electron optics, electron and ion physics, electron microscopy and medical electronics. He built a wide-band amplifier and a cathode-ray tube with a photoelectrode, which were a substantial contribution to television engineering. He invented the electron-optical image converter (1934), the scanning electron microscope (1937), the X-ray shadow microscope (1939), the precision oscillograph (1952) and the intestinal radio probe (1957). He also designed a multi-chamber furnace for electron-beam melting, a number of electronic medical instruments and so on. USSR State Prizes (1947, 1953). National Prizes of the GDR (1958, 1965).
Ardenne, Manfred von
Manfred von Ardenne (born 20.I 1907) is a German physicist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR. He was born in Hamburg. He studied at the University of Berlin. In 1945—55 he lived and worked in the USSR. Since 1955 he has been director of a research institute in Dresden. His main work concerned electron optics, electron and ion physics, electron microscopy and medical electronics. He built a wide-band amplifier and a cathode-ray tube with a photoelectrode, which were a substantial contribution to television engineering. He invented the electron-optical image converter (1934), the scanning electron microscope (1937), the X-ray shadow microscope (1939), the precision oscillograph (1952) and the intestinal radio probe (1957). He also designed a multi-chamber furnace for electron-beam melting, a number of electronic medical instruments and so on. USSR State Prizes (1947, 1953). National Prizes of the GDR (1958, 1965).