Elias Snitzer
Elias Snitzer (born February 27, 1925 in Lynn , Massachusetts ; † May 24, 2012 ) was an American physicist who is known as the pioneer of the fiber laser .
Snitzer studied at Tufts University with a bachelor's degree in 1945 and at the University of Chicago with a master's degree in 1950 and a doctorate in 1953. He then worked for the Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company until 1956 in research. 1956 to 1958 he was Associate Professor of Electronics at Lowell Technology Institute and 1959 Massachusetts Institute of Technology . From 1959 he conducted research at the American Optical Corporation , where he headed basic research from 1968 and research from 1975. In 1977 he became research manager at United Technologies Corporation (where he was initially in Anthony DeMaria's group ) and from 1984 to 1988 he was director of the fiber optics and integrated optics division at Polaroid. In 1989 he became a professor at Rutgers University , where he retired in 1997.
In 1991 he received the Charles Hard Townes Award . In 1979 he received the Quantum Electronics Award of the IEEE and in 1994 the John Tyndall Award , in 1999 the Otto Schott Prize and in 2000 the Rank Prize. Snitzer was a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Physical Society , IEEE, and the Optical Society of America .
He had been married since 1950 and had five children.
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- ↑ Birth and career data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
- ↑ Obituary at the SPIE ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Snitzer, Elias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lynn , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 2012 |