Yuri Nikolayevich Denisjuk
Yuri Nikolajewitsch Denisjuk ( Russian Юрий Николаевич Денисюк ; born July 27, 1927 in Sochi ; † May 14, 2006 in Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian physicist who became known for his contributions to holography .
Life and achievement
Denisyuk spent his youth in Leningrad and was in the city during the Leningrad blockade . His scientific career began in 1954 with a degree from the Leningrad Institute of Precision Mechanics. Inspired by the science fiction short story “Star Ships” (“Звёздные корабля”) by Ivan Jefremov , in which a polished metal disk appears showing a three-dimensional image of a head, he began his own experiments in 1958, based on the Lippmann method . He used a mercury vapor lamp for this , as the lasers were developed later.
Denisjuk invented Denisjuk holography ( white light holography ) in 1962 and made the first white light reflection hologram that could be viewed with a white light source. This scientific achievement was not recognized in the USSR until the late 1960s, when holography also gained importance in the western world. He received the Lenin Prize in 1970 , received the State Prize of the USSR in 1982 and 1989 , became a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
He was head of the Holography Laboratory at the Wawilow State Optical Institute in Saint Petersburg and at the Joffe Institute .
Honors
- 1970 - Lenin Prize
- 1983 - first Dennis Gábor Prize from the SPIE ( International Society for Optical Engineering ), together with Emmett Leith
- 1992 - Hood Medal from the Royal Photographic Society
- 1992 - RW Wood Prize
- 1998 - namesake for the asteroid (5155) Denisyuk
literature
- HJ Caulfield (Ed.): The Art and Science of Holography: A Tribute to Emmett Leith and Yuri Denisyuk . SPIE Press Monograph, Orlando 2004, ISBN 0-8194-5019-7
Individual evidence
Web links
- Denisyuk, Yuri Nikolaevich and the holography (Russian)
- Virtual Museum: Yuri Nikolaevich Denisyuk (Russian)
- Brief biography of Graham Saxby
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Denisjuk, Yuri Nikolajewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Юрий Николаевич Денисюк (Russian); Yuri Nikolaevich Denisyuk (English) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian physicist, inventor of white light holography |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sochi |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 2006 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |