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Robert Clark Jones
American physicist (1916-2004) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 87
R. Clark Jones was an American physicist working in the field of optics. He studied at Harvard University and received his PhD in 1941. He worked at Bell Labs until 1944, and later with the Polaroid Corporation until 1982.
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2004Died26 April 20041977Young Medal and PrizeAward1972Frederic Ives MedalAward1944Adolph Lomb MedalAward1916Born30 June 1916
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In a sequence of publications between 1941 and 1956, he demonstrated a mathematical model to describe the polarization of coherent light, the Jones calculus.
Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1916 to 2004 · aged 87
