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Elias Snitzer

Who

Elias Snitzer · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist; invented the fiber laser and fiber amplifier

When

1925, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA — 2012, USA

Where

United States

Biography

Elias Snitzer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; invented the fiber laser and fiber amplifier

How & why

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

Contributions & Sources

Physicist; invented the fiber laser and fiber amplifier

1925

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics