Phillip Sprangle
Phillip A. Sprangle | |
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| Born | September 27, 1944 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (BS) University of Puerto Rico (MS) Cornell University (Ph.D.) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Plasma physics |
| Thesis | (1973) |
Phillip A. Sprangle (born September 27, 1944, in Brooklyn) is an American physicist who specializes in the applications of plasma physics. He is known for his work involving the propagation of high-intensity laser beams in the atmosphere, the interaction of ultra-short laser pulses from high-power lasers with matter, nonlinear optics and nonlinear plasma physics, free electron lasers, and lasers in particle acceleration.