Hilda Hänchen

Hilda Hänchen
Born(1919-09-01)1 September 1919
Died19 October 2013(2013-10-19) (aged 94)
CitizenshipGerman
Alma materUniversity of Hamburg
Known forGoos-Hänchen effect
SpouseAlbert Hermann Lindberg (m. 1946)
Children3 daughters
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsState Physics Institute in Hamburg,
Physical-Chemical Research Institute in Kiel,
Reichsforschungsrat ("Reich Research Council")
Thesis Über das Eindringen des totalreflektierten Lichtes in das dünnere Medium ("On the penetration of totally reflected light into the rarer medium")  (1943)
Doctoral advisorFritz Goos

Hilda Hänchen (later Hilda Lindberg or Hilda Lindberg-Hänchen, 1 September 1919 - 19 October 2013) was a German physicist.