Peter W. Milonni
Peter W. Milonni is an American theoretical physicist who studies quantum optics , laser physics, and quantum electrodynamics (including the Casimir effect ).
Milonni received his PhD from the University of Rochester in 1974 . He then conducted research at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory from 1974 to 1977 and was with PerkinElmer from 1977 to 1980 . In 1980 he became professor of physics at the University of Arkansas ; from 1986 to 1994 he was at Los Alamos National Laboratory , where he became a fellow of the laboratory from 1994. He then held a research professorship at the University of Rochester.
He is on the editorial boards of Progress in Optics , Contemporary Physics , Advances in Optics & Photonics, and Physical Review Letters . Milonni is also the author of several textbooks and monographs.
In 2008 he received the Max Born Award .
Fonts
- The Quantum Vacuum: An Introduction to Quantum Electrodynamics , Academic Press 1994
- with Joseph H. Eberly Laser Physics , Wiley 2010
- with Joseph H. Eberly Lasers , Wiley 1988
- Fast light, slow light and left handed light , Taylor and Francis 2005
- Editor with Diego Dalvit, David Roberts, Felipe da Rosa Casimir Physics , Lecture Notes in Physics 834, Springer Verlag 2011
- with Mei-Li Shih, Jay R. Ackerhalt Chaos in laser-matter interactions , World Scientific 1987
Web links
- Laser Concepts, Past and Present. In: Laser Workshop. Boston Chapter of the IEEE Photonics Society, 2012(English, short biography).
- Michael Freedman: Dr. Peter Milonni Presents on 'Role of Laser Technology in Science, Medicine and IT'. (No longer available online.) Niagara University, October 8, 2013, archived from the original on May 27, 2017 (English, picture and biographical information).
- Homepage. University of Rochester
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| SURNAME | Milonni, Peter W. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Milonni, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |