Peter Franconia
Peter Franken (born November 10, 1928 , † March 11, 1999 in Tucson ) was an American physicist who dealt with nonlinear optics and atomic physics.
Franken received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1952 and then spent two years as a post-doctoral student at Stanford University . From 1956 he was at the University of Michigan , where he became a professor. In 1959 he became a Sloan Research Fellow . In 1973 he went to the University of Arizona as director of the Optical Sciences Center.
In 1961 he and his colleagues were the first to demonstrate frequency doubling (SHG, Second Harmonic Generation ), which he then applied many times. In the 1960s he was a pioneer of level crossing spectroscopy with Colgrave, Richard (Dick) Sands and Robert Lewis.
In 1977 he was President of the Optical Society of America , whose RW Wood Prize he received in 1979. In the 1970s he was director of the ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) in Washington, DC for several years
Web links
- NG Basov, AM Prokhorov, V. Yu. Baranov, VS Letokhov, AI Nadezhdinskiǐ, II Sobel'man: In memoriam Peter A Franken . In: Quantum Electron. tape 29 , 1999, pp. 558 , doi : 10.1070 / QE1999v029n06ABEH001532 .
- Peter Franconia. Interviewed by: Joan Bromberg. In: Oral Histories. AIP, March 8, 1985(English).
- Jens Zorn: Peter Franken (1928–1999). Physics Department, University of Michigan (English, with photos and information about his time in Michigan).
- Remembering Peter Franken. University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, 1999.
Individual evidence
- ^ PA Franken, AE Hill, CW Peters, G. Weinreich: Generation of Optical Harmonics . In: Physical Review Letters . tape 7 , no. 4 , August 15, 1961, p. 118-119 , doi : 10.1103 / PhysRevLett.7.118 .
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| SURNAME | Franconia, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1928 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 11, 1999 |
| Place of death | Tucson |