Avraham Gover | |
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| Born | 6 July 1945 |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Alma mater | Tel Aviv University, Caltech |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | International FEL prize, IEEE fellow, fellow of the American Physical Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Quantum Electronics Free-Electron Laser (FEL) |
| Institutions | Tel Aviv University |
| Thesis | Wave Interactions in Periodic Structures and Periodic Dielectric Waveguides (1975) |
| Doctoral advisor | Amnon Yariv |
Avraham (Avi) Gover (Hebrew: אברהם גובר; born: 6 July 1945) is an Israeli professor of Electrical Engineering in the Physical Electronics Department of the Engineering Faculty at Tel Aviv University, specializing in Quantum Electronics and FEL (free-electron laser) Physics. Gover is also the head of the Israeli Center for Radiation Sources and Applications (FEL Knowledge Center) in Ariel. In 2005, he was awarded the international FEL prize "in recognition for his outstanding contributions to Free Electron Laser science and technology".[1]