Emil Wolf
Emil Wolf | |
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| Born | July 30, 1922 |
| Died | June 2, 2018 (aged 95) Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Bristol University |
| Known for | Holotomography Wolf effect Born and Wolf |
| Awards | Frederic Ives Medal (1978) Michelson Medal (1980) Max Born Award (1987) Marconi Medal (1987) Esther Hoffman Beller Medal (2002) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Optics, physics |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh University of Manchester University of Rochester |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward H. Linfoot |
| Other academic advisors | Max Born |
| Doctoral students | Girish Agarwal M. Suhail Zubairy |
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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.