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Emil Wolf

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Czech born American physicist (1922-2018)

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Emil Wolf was a Czech-born American physicist who made advancements in physical optics, including diffraction, coherence properties of optical fields, spectroscopy of partially coherent radiation, and the theory of direct scattering and inverse scattering.

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2002Esther Hoffman Beller Medal
1998honorary doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur University
1987Max Born Award
1980Albert A. Michelson Medal
1977Frederic Ives Medal
Guggenheim Fellowship
honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh
Honorary doctor of the University of Groningen
Fellow of the Optical Society
honorary doctorate at the Laval University
honorary doctor of the Palacký University Olomouc

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Emil Wolf was a Czech-born American physicist who made advancements in physical optics, including diffraction, coherence properties of optical fields, spectroscopy of partially coherent radiation, and the theory of direct scattering and inverse scattering. He was also the author of numerous other contributions to optics.

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United States
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1922 to 2018 · aged 95
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