Michael Stephen Feld

Michael Stephen Feld
Michael S. Feld
Born 11 November 1940(1940-11-11)
Died 10 April 2010(2010-04-10) (aged 69)
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, USA
Citizenship United States
Fields Physicist
Institutions Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA
Known for Quantum optics, single atom laser, biomedical optics

Michael S. Feld (November 11, 1940 – April 10, 2010) was an American physicist, remembered for his work on quantum optics as well as medical applications of lasers.

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Biography

Michael S. Feld received his Ph.D. education at MIT under the guidance of laser pioneer Ali Javan. He remained at MIT throughout his career, becoming faculty member in 1968 and, since 1976, director of the MIT George R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory. He was well known in the field of quantum optics for his first observation of optical superradiance, experimental demonstrations of cavity-enhanced and cavity-suppressed spontaneous emission and the experimental demonstration of the first single atom laser. In the later part of his career he turned his attention to the field of biomedical optics, where he developed methods for in-tissue spectroscopy and imaging. Feld directed the Laser Biomedical Research Center at MIT, where he worked on fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy to measure in-vivo levels of biomarker molecules and image disease via endoscopy and optical tomography.

Prof. Feld strongly valued a scientific environment without ethnic or cultural prejudice, and many of his co-workers and Ph.D. students were from minority groups. Notably, he was the Ph.D. advisor of astronaut Ronald McNair, who died in the Challenger disaster.

Bibliography

  • "In Memory, Michael S. Feld". Optics & Photonics News 21 (7): 66. 2010. 
  • MIT News: "Michael S. Feld, physics professor, dies at age 69"
  • K. An., J. J. Childs, R. R. Dasari, and M. S. Feld (1994). "Microlaser - A Laser with One-Atom in an Optical-Resonator". Physical Review Letters 73 (25): 3375. 
  • N. Skribanowitz, I. P. Herman, J. C. MacGillivray, and M. S. Feld (1973). "Observation of Dicke Superradiance in Optically Pumped HF Gas". Physical Review Letters 30 (8): 309–312. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.30.309. 
  • C. H. Holbrow (2011). "Remembering Michael Stephen Feld: Physics and Biomedicine Pioneer (1940–2010)". J. Biomed. Opt. 16: 011002. doi:10.1117/1.3535591. 
  • R. R. Dasari, D. Kleppner, and C. H. Holbrow (2010). "Obituaries: Michael Stephen Feld". Physics Today 61 (11): 60. doi:10.1063/1.3518219. 

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