F. J. Duarte

F. J. Duarte
F. J. Duarte at a meeting of the Optical Society in 2006
Bornc. 1954
NationalityChilean American
Alma materMacquarie University
Known forTunable lasers
Narrow-linewidth dye lasers
Multiple-prism dispersion theory
N-slit interferometer
N-slit interferometric equation
AwardsPaul F. Forman Engineering Excellence Award (1995)
David Richardson Medal (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Optics
InstitutionsMacquarie University
University of New South Wales
University of Alabama
Eastman Kodak Company
State University of New York
University of New Mexico
Interferometric Optics
Doctoral advisorJ. A. Piper
Other academic advisorsJ. C. Ward
R. E. Aitchison

Francisco Javier "Frank" Duarte (born c. 1954) is a laser physicist and author/editor of several books on tunable lasers.

His research on physical optics and laser development has won several awards, including an Engineering Excellence Award in 1995 for the invention of the N-slit laser interferometer.