Which Czech born American physicist was the author of several works on optics and edited the a series of books called, Progress in Optics?
Emil Wolf Emil Wolf (born July 30, 1922) is a Czech born American physicist who made advancements in physical optics, including diffraction, coherence properties of optical fields, spectroscopy of partially coherent radiation, and the theory of direct scattering and inverse scattering. He is also the author of several works on optics.
Jenny Rosenthal Bramley Jenny Rosenthal Bramley (July 31, 1909 – May 26, 1997) was a Russian physicist. She was the first woman to earn a doctorate in physics from an American institution, and she was the second woman elected as a fellow of the IEEE. She holds numerous patents on Electroluminescence and Electro-optics and is cited by the IEEE as being "well known for her innovative work in lasers.”