Tribute to Ulrich Bonse: full-field imaging using first to third generation of synchrotron radiation sources

The development of full-field imaging at synchrotron radiation sources in Europe was driven by the scientific research of Ulrich Bonse together with many students from the Department of Experimental Physics I at the University of Dortmund, Germany. Using bending magnets at the storage ring DORIS III at DESY, the first full-field tomograms were conducted in parasitic mode. With the dedicated operation of DORIS for synchrotron radiation user experiments and the integration of a bypass to DORIS to integrate wiggler insertion devices the development of attenuation- and phase-contrast SRμCT as a research tool for 3D investigation of biological and materials science samples became possible. Within this paper the experimental developments form hardware to software for running full-field imaging from DORIS via ESRF to PETRA III based on the work of Ulrich Bonse will be elucidated.