Elias Snitzer
Elias Snitzer · Science & Medicine
Physicist; invented the fiber laser and fiber amplifier
1925, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA — 2012, USA
United States
Elias Snitzer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; invented the fiber laser and fiber amplifier
Elias Snitzer was an American physicist who, working at American Optical, demonstrated the first glass laser and the first optical fiber laser in 1961 and the first fiber amplifier in 1964, foundational advances behind fiber-optic communications. He is listed among Jewish physicists by Jewish biographical sources, though his own biographies do not detail his religious identity.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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Physicist; invented the fiber laser and fiber amplifier
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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