Emil Wolf
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Emil Wolf (July 30, 1922 – June 2, 2018)inverse scattering. He was also the author of numerous other contributions to optics.
Life and career
Wolf was born into a Jewish family in
Optical Society of America in 1978.[4]
Until his death Wolf resided in Cloverwood in Pittsford, New York, with his wife.
Wolf predicted a new mechanism that produces
blueshift, that is not due to moving sources (Doppler effect), that has subsequently been confirmed experimentally (called the Wolf effect). Technically, he found that two non-Lambertian sources that emit beamed energy, can interact in a way that causes a shift in the spectral lines. It is analogous to a pair of tuning forks with similar frequencies (pitches), connected together mechanically with a sounding board; there is a strong coupling that results in the resonant frequencies getting "dragged down" in pitch. The Wolf effect can produce either redshifts or blueshifts, depending on the observer's point of view, but is redshifted when the observer is head-on. A subsequent 1999 article by Sisir Roy et al. have suggested that the Wolf effect may explain discordant redshift in certain quasars.[5]
Wolf remained an active teacher, researcher and author well into his 80s. He died on June 2, 2018, aged 95.[3]
Works
Wolf was a very well known book author in the field of optics. Along with
ISBN 981-281-187-7).[8] Furthermore, he edited the Progress in Optics series of books, for Elsevier, from its inception in 1962.[citation needed
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Awards, memberships and degrees
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Awards
- Optical Society of America(1977)
- Albert A. Michelson Medal of the Franklin Institute (1980)[9]
- Max Born Award of the Optical Society of America (1987)[10]
- Marconi Medal of the Italian National Research Council (1987)
- Gold Medal of the Czechoslovak Academy of Science (1991)
- Medal of the Union of Czechoslovak Mathematicians and Physicists (1991)
- Gold Medal of Palacký University of Olomouc, Czechoslovakia (1991)
- Esther Hoffman Beller Medal (2002)
- G. G. Stokes Award of SPIE (2010)[11]
Memberships
- Honorary member of the Optical Society of America (President in 1978)
- Honorary member of the Optical Societies of India and Australia
Honorary degrees
- University of Groningen, the Netherlands (1989)
- University of Edinburgh (1990)
- Palacký University of Olomouc(1992)
- University of Bristol (1997)
- Université Laval, Quebec (1997)
- University of Franche-Comté, France (1999)
- Aalborg University, Denmark (1999).
See also
- Past presidents of the Optical Society of America
- Progress in Optics
References
- ^ "Emil Wolf | in Memoriam | the Optical Society".
- ^ Oral History Project: Interview with Emil Wolf
- ^ a b Marcotte, Bob (June 4, 2018). "Emil Wolf, pioneer of optical physics, dies at 95". Rochester University. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
- ^ "Past Presidents of the Optical Society of America". Optical Society of America.
- Bibcode:2000A&A...353.1134R.
- ISBN 9780521642224.)
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ "Selected Works of Emil Wolf with Commentary [eBook]". ebooks.worldscinet.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Franklin Laureate Database - Albert A. Michelson Medal Laureates". Franklin Institute. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
- Optical Society. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
- ^ "G G Stokes Award". SPIE. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
External links
Wikiquote has quotations related to Emil Wolf.
- Emil Wolf. Home Page at University of Rochester.
- Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light (English) Sample chapters.
- Emil Wolf at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Articles Published by early OSA Presidents Journal of the Optical Society of America
- Gregory J. Gbur (2018) RIP Emil Wolf, 1922-2018)
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