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词条 Richard Fork
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  1. Achievements

  2. References

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| name = Richard Fork
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|09|01}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|05|16|1935|09|01}}
| death_place = Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
| death_cause = Respiratory arrest
| nationality = American
| fields = Physics
| workplaces = University of Alabama in Huntsville
| alma_mater = Principia College
| known_for = ?
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Richard Fork (1 September 1935 – 16 May 2018)[1][2] was an American physicist.

Fork received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics from Principia College in 1957,[3] and earned his doctorate in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He began working for Bell Laboratories in 1962, and joined the faculty of Rensselaer Institute of Technology in 1990. Four years later, Fork left Rensselaer for the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Over the course of his career, Fork was granted fellowship of the American Physical Society and Optical Society of America. He retired in 2017 and died on May 16, 2018 of respiratory arrest in Huntsville.[3][4]

Achievements

Richard Fork has been very active in the field of generating light pulses with lasers.

  • As early as 1964, he showed that locking the modes of an helium neon laser could produce picosecond pulses.[5]
  • In the early 80's he strongly contributed to the development of femtosecond lasers.[6]
  • In a second part of his career he focused his interest on the use of lasers for protecting Earth from asteroid impacts.[7]

References

1. ^{{cite web|author=12:30 PM |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/richard-fork-obituary?pid=189048147&view=guestbook |title=Richard Fork Obituary - Huntsville, Alabama |publisher=Legacy.com |date= |accessdate=2019-04-04}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Richard-Fork-106108592|title=Richard Fork Obituary - Alabama - Tributes.com|website=www.tributes.com}}
3. ^{{cite news|archiveurl=http://obits.al.com/obituaries/huntsville/obituary.aspx?n=richard-fork&pid=189048147&fhid=10433|archivedate=May 20, 2018|last1=McMillen|first1=Lynn|title=Richard Fork – Obituary|url=http://quadcitiesdaily.com/?p=457277|accessdate=May 29, 2018|work=Quad City Daily|date=May 19, 2018}}
4. ^{{cite news|last1=Steele|first1=Jim|title=Dr. Richard Fork, laser visionary and longtime professor, dies|url=https://www.uah.edu/news/people/dr-richard-fork-laser-visionary-and-longtime-professor-dies|accessdate=May 29, 2018|publisher=University of Alabama in Huntsville|date=May 18, 2018}}
5. ^Locking of He–Ne laser modes induced by synchronous intracavity modulationLE Hargrove, RL Fork, MA Pollack - Applied Physics Letters, 1964
6. ^Compression of optical pulses to six femtoseconds by using cubic phase compensationRL Fork, CHB Cruz, PC Becker, CV Shank - Optics letters, 1987
7. ^Preventing Asteroid Earth Impacts With Laser Technology: Progress and ProspectsR Fork - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2007
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9 : 1935 births|2018 deaths|Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty|Fellows of the American Physical Society|University of Alabama in Huntsville faculty|Scientists at Bell Labs|Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni|Principia College alumni|Fellows of the Optical Society

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