F. J. Duarte
F.J. Duarte is a laser physicist based in Western New York, USA. He is the author and editor of several well-known books on tunable lasers including Dye Laser Principles (Academic, New York, 1990) and Tunable Laser Optics (Elsevier Academic, New York, 2003). His most recent edited work is Tunable Laser Applications, 2nd Edition (CRC, New York, 2009). Dr. Duarte has made key experimental and theoretical contributions to the field of narrow-linewidth tunable laser oscillators. These include original oscillator architectures and the generalized multiple-prism grating dispersion theory. He has also pioneered the use of Dirac’s quantum notation in the description of generalized N-slit interference and classical optics phenomena. Currently, his research focuses on further developments of dispersive narrow-linewidth laser oscillators and very large N-slit laser interferometers. Dr. Duarte’s contributions are cited in some 130 laser and optics books including several classics. He received the Engineering Excellence Award from the Optical Society of America, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics, and a Fellow of the Optical Society of America.