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Emil Wolf
Czech born American physicist (1922-2018) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 95
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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2018Died2 June 20182002Esther Hoffman Beller MedalAward1998Honorary Doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur UniversityAward1987Max Born AwardAward1980Albert A. Michelson MedalAward1977Frederic Ives MedalAward1922Born30 July 1922
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He was also the author of numerous other contributions to optics.
Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2018 · aged 95
