Wolfgang Demtröder (b. 5 September 1931 in Attendorn) is a German physicist and spectroscopist. He is the author of several textbooks on laser spectroscopy and a series of four textbooks on experimental physics. His books entitled Laserspektroskopie[1] and Laser Spectroscopy[2] [3] are considered classics in the field. From 1970 til 1999, he was ordinary professor at Kaiserslautern University of Technology.[4] Awarded the Max Born Prize in 1994.