Emil Wolf

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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