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Emil Wolf

Emil Wolf

2026-05-13

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Emil Wolf (July 30, 1922 – June 2, 2018) 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.

Career

  1. 1922
    Born
  2. 1977
    Won Frederic Ives Medal
  3. 1980
    Won Albert A. Michelson Medal
  4. 1987
    Won Max Born Award
  5. 2018
    Passed away
  6. Member of Romanian Academy
  7. Won Guggenheim Fellowship
  8. Won honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh

Trivia

  • •Place of birth: Prague
  • •Citizenship: United States
  • •Known as: physicist, university teacher

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