Hans Motz
Hans Motz · Science & Medicine
Physicist; invented the undulator, precursor of the free-electron laser
1909, Vienna, Austria — 1987, Oxford, England
Austria · United Kingdom
Hans Motz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; invented the undulator, precursor of the free-electron laser
Hans Motz was an Austrian-British physicist and engineer at Oxford who conceived and in 1953 built the first 'undulator' (wiggler), a periodic magnet array that makes relativistic electrons emit intense radiation — the principle behind synchrotron light sources and the free-electron laser. Jewish, he left Austria for Britain amid the Nazi threat and pursued his career at Oxford.
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Physicist; invented the undulator, precursor of the free-electron laser
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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