F. P. Schäfer

Fritz Peter Schäfer (15 January 1931 – 25 April 2011) was a German physicist, born in Hersfeld. He is the co-inventor of the dye laser.[1][2] His book, Dye Lasers, is considered a classic in the field of tunable lasers.

In addition to his pioneering work on the dye laser, Schäfer also made important contributions to femtosecond lasers[3][4] and the application of these lasers in plasma physics.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ F. P. Schäfer (Ed.), Dye Lasers 2nd Edition (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1990).
  2. ↑ F. J. Duarte and L. W. Hillman (Eds.), Dye Laser Principles (Academic, New York, 1990).
  3. ↑ S. Szatmári, F.P. Schäfer, E. Müller-Horscheb and W. Müchenheim, Hybrid dye-excimer laser system for the generation of 80 fs, 900 GW pulses at 248 nm, Opt. Commun. 63, 305-309 (1987).
  4. ↑ S. Szatmári and F.P. Schäfer, Simplified laser system for the generation of 60 fs pulses at 248 nm, Opt. Commun. 68, 196-202 (1988).
  5. ↑ R. Fedosejevs, R. Ottmann, R. Sigel, G. Kühnle, S. Szatmari, and F. P. Schäfer, Absorption of femtosecond laser pulses in high-density plasma, Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1250-1253 (1990).
  6. ↑ U. Teubner, J. Bergmann, B. van Wonterghem, F. P. Schäfer, and R. Sauerbrey, Angle-dependent x-ray emission and resonance absorption in a laser-produced plasma generated by a high intensity ultrashort pulse, Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 794–797 (1993).