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Anthony E. Siegman | |
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Born | November 23, 1931 |
Died | October 7, 2011 | (aged 79)
Known for | Lasers, Optics, Unstable resonators |
Awards | Frederic Ives Medal (1987) J J Ebers Award (1977) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Electrical engineering Applied physics |
Institutions | Stanford University |
Doctoral students | Julie Fouquet |
Anthony E. Siegman (November 23, 1931 – October 7, 2011) was an electrical engineer and educator at Stanford University who investigated and taught about masers and lasers. Known to almost all as Tony Siegman, he was president of the Optical Society of America [now Optica (society)] in 1999 and was awarded the R. W. Wood Prize in 1980, the Frederic Ives Medal in 1987, and the Esther Hoffman Beller Medal in 2009.[1]