Emil Wolf
Emil Wolf was a Czech-born American physicist who made advancements in physical optics, including diffraction, coherence properties of optical fields, spectroscopy of partially coherent radiation, and the theory of direct scattering and inverse scattering. He was also the author of numerous other contributions to optics.
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Emil Wolf was a Czech-born American physicist who made advancements in physical optics, including diffraction, coherence properties of optical fields, spectroscopy of partially coherent radiation, and the theory of direct scattering and inverse scattering. He was also the author of numerous other contributions to optics.
Top Publications
- Principles of Optics (1999) - 26,293 citations
- Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics (1995) - 8,383 citations
- Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light (2000) - 4,121 citations
- Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics (1996) - 2,453 citations
- Three-dimensional structure determination of semi-transparent objects from holographic data (1969) - 1,347 citations
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- Emil Wolf
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- https://openalex.org/A5110890858
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- Random lasers and scattering media, Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics, Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics, Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry, Quantum optics and atomic interactions
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- Principles of Optics ↗1999 · Cambridge University Press eBooks26,293OpenAlex citations
- Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics ↗1995 · Cambridge University Press eBooks8,383OpenAlex citations
- 4,121OpenAlex citations
- Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics ↗1996 · American Journal of Physics2,453OpenAlex citations
- Three-dimensional structure determination of semi-transparent objects from holographic data ↗1969 · Optics Communications1,347OpenAlex citations
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- Principles of Optics ↗1999 · Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics ↗1995 · Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics ↗1996 · American Journal of Physics
- Three-dimensional structure determination of semi-transparent objects from holographic data ↗1969 · Optics Communications
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