Jorge G. Rocca

Jorge G. Rocca , often cited JJ Rocca, (* in Rafaela ) is from Argentina originating American physicist . He is known for pioneering work to table-top - X-ray lasers .

Rocca graduated from the University of Rosario with a Diploma in Physics in 1978, went to the United States in 1979 and received his PhD in 1983 from Colorado State University in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (ECE). In the same year he became an assistant professor there . Today he is Distinguished Professor there .

In 1994 Rocca and his research group succeeded in demonstrating the first practicable table-top laser for soft X-rays, using a plasma generated by a gas discharge.

He continued the development and built soft X-ray lasers (SXRL) in the 13 nm range around 2008 with full temporal and spatial coherence with laser-generated plasmas and the use of injection-seed lasers. The wavelength range is of interest for lithographic processes in chip production.

In 2011 he received the Arthur L. Schawlow Prize for Laser Physics for pioneering work on the development of compact lasers for soft X-rays and their application in high-resolution imaging, plasma diagnostics, interferometry and materials science . He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (2006), the Optical Society of America (1997) and the IEEE (2000). He received a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation. In 2012 he received the Willis E. Lamb Prize .

From 1994 to 1999 he was Associate Editor of the IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics . He is married to the physicist Carmen Menoni, with whom he has two children.

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Editor with Peter Hagelstein Soft X-ray lasers and applications , Proc. SPIE, vol. 2520, 1995
Table top soft x-ray lasers , Review Scientific Instruments, Volume 77, 1999, p. 3799, abstract
Y. Wang, JJ Rocca, et al. a. Phase-coherent, injection-seeded, table-top soft-X-ray lasers at 18.9 nm and 13.9 nm , In: Nature Photonics , Volume 2, 2008, pp. 94-98, doi : 10.1038 / nphoton.2007.280 .

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Individual evidence

↑ This means that the experiment can also be carried out in small laboratories and can be placed on a typical experiment table
↑ Rocca et al. a. Demonstration of a discharge pumped table top soft x-ray laser , Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 43, 1994, p. 2192, then demonstrated at 46.9 nm wavelength
↑ Laudation: For pioneering developments in compact soft x-ray lasers and applications of these lasers in high resolution imaging, plasma diagnostics, interferometry and material studies.

personal data
SURNAME	Rocca, Jorge
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rocca, Jorge G.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Argentine-American physicist
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rafaela

[1] This means that the experiment can also be carried out in small laboratories and can be placed on a typical experiment table

[2] Rocca et al. a. Demonstration of a discharge pumped table top soft x-ray laser , Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 43, 1994, p. 2192, then demonstrated at 46.9 nm wavelength

[3] Laudation: For pioneering developments in compact soft x-ray lasers and applications of these lasers in high resolution imaging, plasma diagnostics, interferometry and material studies.