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A coherent life

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Emil Wolf died in June 2018 at the age of 95. The father of optical coherence theory was at the University of Rochester for nearly 60 years. A memorial in August at the university attracted more than 150 attendees from around the world.

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  1. The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

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  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

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