André Maréchal

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André Maréchal 1952 in London

Robert Gaston André Maréchal (10 December 1916 – 14 October 2007) was a French researcher and administrator in optics.

André Maréchal was former[

Optical Society its highest honor, for his work in the areas of coherence, diffraction, geometric optics, image formation and image processing, and for his contributions to the international optics community. His pioneering work influenced the development of computer programs that optimized lens designs and advanced the automatic optimization of optical systems
. He strongly contributed to the promotion of Fourier optics and analog optical computing.

Maréchal graduated from the

diffraction-limited
if its RMS phase error is 14 times less than its wavelength.

Maréchal served as president of the International Commission for Optics (1962–1966), honorary vice president of the Comité français de physique, and was a founding member of the Franco-Finnish Association for Scientific and Technical Research. He was a member of the French Academy of Sciences, and of the French Academy of Technologies.

He died on 14 October 2007 at the age of 90.[1][2]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "OSA Mourns the Loss of Honorary Member André Maréchal". Optical Society. 14 October 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  2. ^ "André Maréchal" (in French). French Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 25 November 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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