Isaac Abella

Isaac Abella
Born(1934-06-20)June 20, 1934
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DiedOctober 23, 2016(2016-10-23) (aged 82)
Alma materUniversity of Toronto (BA)
Columbia University (MA, PhD)
Known forLaser coherent transients
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
ThesisSome properties of ruby optical masers with applications to non-linear effects (1963)
Doctoral advisorCharles H. Townes

Isaac David Abella (June 20, 1934 – October 23, 2016) was a Canadian-American physicist who was a professor at the University of Chicago. He specialized in laser physics, quantum optics, and spectroscopy. Isaac was the cousin of Irving Abella.