Dennis Gabor (Gábor Dénes) (June 5, 1900, Budapest – February 9, 1979, London) was a Hungarian physicist and inventor who is most notable for inventing holography. While working in Britain, Dennis Gabor invented holography in 1947, ^[1] an achievement for which he later received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1971. Holography however did not become commercially available until the introduction of the laser after 1960. June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... Nickname: Paris of the East, Pearl of the Danubeor Queen of the Danube Location of Budapest in Hungary Country Hungary County Pest Mayor Gábor Demszky (SZDSZ) Area    - City 525,16 km²  - Land n/a km²  - Water n/a km² Population    - City (2006) 1,695,000  - Density 3570/km... February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The first few hydrogen atom electron orbitals shown as cross-sections with color-coded probability density. ... Holography (from the Greek, Όλος-holos whole + γραφή-graphe writing) is the science of producing holograms; it is an advanced form of photography that allows an image to be recorded in three dimensions. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... A LASER (from the acronym of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is an optical source that emits photons in a coherent beam. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

1988 Hungarian stamp honoring Dennis Gabor

Born as Gábor Dénes,^[1] Dennis Gabor studied at the Technical University of Budapest and, in Germany, at the Charlottenburg Technical University in Berlin.^[1] At the start of his career, he analyzed the properties of high voltage electric transmission lines by using cathode-beam oscillographs, which led to his interest in electron optics.^[1] Studying the fundamental processes of the oscillograph, Gabor was led to other electron-beam devices such as electron-microscopes and TV tubes. Dennis Gabor eventually wrote his Ph.D. thesis concerning the cathode ray tube (1927) and worked on plasma lamps.^[1] Image File history File links Gabor-magyarposta. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Budapest University of Technology and Economics (in Hungarian, Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem or in short Műegyetem) is the most significant University of Technology in Hungary. ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Having fled from Nazi Germany in 1933, Gabor was invited to Britain to work at the development department of the British Thomson-Houston company in Rugby, Warwickshire. While working there, he invented holography in 1947, an achievement for which he later received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1971. Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... British Thomson-Houston (BTH) was a British engineering and heavy industrial company, known primarily for their electrical systems and steam turbines. ... Rugby is a market town in the county of Warwickshire in the West Midlands region of England on the River Avon. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

The research of Gabor focused on electron optics, which lead him to the invention of holography.^[1] The basic idea was that for perfect optical imaging, the total of all the information has to be used; not only the amplitude, as in usual optical imaging, but also the phase as well. In this manner a complete (holo) spatial picture (graf) can be obtained.^[1] Gabor published his theories of optical imaging and holography in a series of papers between 1946 and 1951.^[1] Holography (from the Greek, Όλος-holos whole + γραφή-graphe writing) is the science of producing holograms; it is an advanced form of photography that allows an image to be recorded in three dimensions. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

Gabor also researched how human beings communicate and hear; the result of his investigations was the theory of granular synthesis, although Greek composer Iannis Xenakis claims that he was actually the first inventor of this synthesis technique (Xenakis, Formalized Music, preface xiii). Granular synthesis is a sound synthesis method that operates on the microsound time scale. ... Iannis Xenakis Iannis Xenakis (Ιάννης Ξενάκης) (May 29, 1922 Brăila – February 4, 2001 Paris) was a Greek composer and architect who spent much of his life in Paris. ...

At the time Dennis Gabor developed holography, coherent light sources were not available, so the theory had to wait more than a decade until the first practical applications were realized.^[1] The invention of the laser (1962), the first coherent light source, was followed by the first hologram, in 1963. Holography (from the Greek, Όλος-holos whole + γραφή-graphe writing) is the science of producing holograms; it is an advanced form of photography that allows an image to be recorded in three dimensions. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...

In 1948 Gabor moved from Rugby to the Imperial College London, and in 1958 became professor of Applied Physics until his retirement in 1967. He spent most of his retirement in Italy. He had an interest in social analysis and published The Mature Society : a view of the future in 1972. Gabor wrote, "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Imperial College London is a prestigious (ranked 4th in the world for Engineering & Technology) British academic institution focusing on science, engineering and medicine, complemented by a business school. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Due to rapid development of lasers and a wide variety of holographic applications (e.g. art, information storage, recognition of patterns), Dennis Gabor achieved acknowledged success and worldwide attention during his lifetime.^[1] He received numerous awards besides the NOBEL PRIZE in Physics (1971).

Dennis Gabor is briefly mentioned in Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, in which he is referred to as "quite possibly the Antichrist" by Hal. This may be an allusion to the destructive role holographic films play in that novel. Infinite Jest (1996) is a critically acclaimed novel written by David Foster Wallace. ... David Foster Wallace is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. ...

The Potsdam Technology Center, Potsdamer Centrum für Technologie, is located on Dennis-Gabor Strasse in Potsdam. Potsdam is the capital city of the state of Brandenburg in Germany. ...

Awards

1967 - Young Medal and Prize, for distinguished research in the field of optics. The Young Medal and Prize is a prize awarded on odd numbered years by the Institute of Physics in the memory of Tomas Young for distinguished research in the field of optics, including physics outside the visible region. ... Table of Opticks, 1728 Cyclopaedia Optics ( appearance or look in ancient Greek) is a branch of physics that describes the behavior and properties of light and the interaction of light with matter. ...

See also

• Gabor filter
• Gabor atoms (Gabor functions)
• Gabor Medal

Example of a two-dimensional Gabor filter A Gabor filter is a linear filter whose impulse response is defined by a harmonic function multiplied by a Gaussian function. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... The Gabor Medal is a medal of the Royal Society, normally awarded for acknowledged distinction of work in biology, especially in genetic engineering and molecular biology. ...

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} "Fizikai Szemle 1999/5 - Zsolt Bor: OPTICS BY HUNGARIANS" (with Dennis Gabor), József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary, 1999, webpage: KFKI-Hungary-Bor.

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External links

• Dennis Gabor
• The Nobel Prize lecture of Denis Gabor
• Bio with numerous pictures of Gabor