This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Rkononenko (talk | contribs) at 18:16, 27 December 2010 (moved Alexander Smakula to Olexander Smakula). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 18:16, 27 December 2010 by Rkononenko (talk | contribs) (moved Alexander Smakula to Olexander Smakula)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)| Alexander Smakula | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1900 Dobrovody, Austria–Hungary (today Ukraine) |
| Died | 17 May 1983 Auburn, Massachusetts, USA |
| Nationality |  Ukrainian |
| Alma mater | Georg-August University of Göttingen |
| Known for | anti-reflective coating |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | Odessa University Carl Zeiss AG Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Pohl |
Alexander Smakula (Template:Lang-uk, Template:Lang-ru) (1900, Dobrovody, Austria–Hungary, today Ukraine – 17 May 1983, Auburn, Massachusetts, USA) was a physicist of Ukrainian ethnicity best known for the discovery of anti-reflective coating of lenses.
Biography
Smakula was born in Dobrovody village, Austria–Hungary (today Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine) in a family of peasants. After finishing his studies at the Ternopil gymnasium he applied to the Georg-August University of Göttingen from which he graduated in 1927. Afterwards he worked as an assistant of Prof. Robert Pohl.After his short stay at the Odessa University Alexander Smakula returned to Germany as a head of an optics laboratory in Heidelberg. From 1934 he worked at the Carl Zeiss AG company in Jena. At those times, in 1935, Smakula invented and patented anti-reflective coating for lenses, which appeared to be a serious improvement in many optical devices. After the end of World War II Smakula went to the USA, where he first worked in Virginia investigating materials for infrared technology. In 1951 he got an offer of professorship at the MIT, where he mainly did research on crystals. Alexander Smakula died on May 17, 1983 and is buried in Auburn, Massachusetts, USA.
External links
- Physicist Oleksandr Smakula and his contributions to science. Welcome to Ukraine 2008, 3.
- Encyclopedia Aeronautica about Smakula
- Triumph and tragedy of Alexander Smakula (Russian)
| People from Russia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political leaders |
| ||||
| Military figures and explorers | |||||
| Scientists, engineers and inventors | |||||
| Artists and writers | |||||
| Religious leaders | |||||
| Sportspeople | |||||