Rudolf Kingslake Medal and Prize 2017

Awarded with the Rudolf Kingslake Medal and Prize of the "international society for optics and photonics" (SPIE) for the paper "Measuring aspheres quickly: tilted wave interferometry". The prize is awarded annually by the "SPIE" for the most noteworthy scientific publications.

Award of the University of Stuttgart 2017

Awarded with the prize "Preis der Freunde" of the University of Stuttgart for outstanding scientific work.

AMA Innovation Award 2014

Laureate of "AMA Innovation Award 2014" for Tilted Wave Interferometer

Selected scientific publications

Baer, G. ; Schindler, J. ; Pruss, C. ; Siepmann, J. ; Osten, W.: "Calibration of non-null test interferometer for the measurement of aspheres and free-form surfaces". In: Opt. Express 22 (2014), Nr. 25, S. 31200–31211

Baer, G. ; Schindler, J. ; Pruss, C. ; Osten, W.: "Correction of misalignment introduced aberration in non-null test measurements of free-form surfaces". In: JEOS:RP (2013) 8

Baer, G. ; Garbusi, E. ; Lyda, W. ; Osten, W.: "Automated surface positioning for non-null test interferometer". In: Optical Engineering 49 (2010), Nr. 9, S. 095602–095602–12. ISBN 0091–3286 a

Baer, G. ; Garbusi, E. ; Lyda, W. ; Pruss, C. ; Osten, W.: "Automated alignment of aspheric and freeform surfaces in a non-null test interferometer". In: Proc. SPIE Bd. 8082, 2011, S. 80821L–80821L–9

Baer, G. ; Schindler, J. ; Siepmann, J. ; Pruß, C. ; Osten, W. ; Schulz, M.: "Measurement of aspheres and free-form surfaces in a non-null test interferometer: reconstruction of high-frequency errors". In: Proc. SPIE Bd. 8788, 2013, S. 878818–878818–7

Baer, G. "Ein Beitrag zur Kalibrierung von Nicht-Null-Interferometern zur Vermessung von Asphären und Freiformflächen" Dissertation, Institut für Technische Optik, Universität Stuttgart, 2017

Baer, G. ; Pruss, C. ; Schindler, J. ; Osten, W.: "Measuring aspheres quickly: tilted wave interferometry". In: Optical Engineering 56 (2017), Nr. 11, doi:10.1117/1.OE.56.11.111713

Selected patents

Baer, G. ; Pruss, C. ; Osten, W.: Interferometer using tilted object waves and comprising a fizeau interferometer objective, EP 3374731A1 A1 (2015)

Baer, G. ; Pruss, C. ; Osten, W.: Verfahren zur Kalibrierung eines Messgerätes, DE 102014209040 A1 (2014)

Baer, G. ; Osten, W.: Justage einer zu prüfenden optischen Fläche in einer Prüfvorrichtung, DE 102011102196 B3 (2011)

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European Optical Society

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