Zoltán Lajos Bay
| Zoltán Lajos Bay | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
July 24, 1900 Gyulavári, Hungary |
| Died |
October 4, 1992 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Residence |
Hungary Germany United States |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Citizenship |
Hungarian American |
| Occupation | Physicist, inventor |
| Known for | Electron multiplier, radar astronomy, the new definition of a meter (metre) |
Zoltán Lajos Bay (July 24, 1900 in Gyulavári – October 4, 1992 in Washington, D.C.)[1] was a Hungarian physicist, professor, and engineer who developed microwave technology, including tungsten lamps. He was the second person to observe radar echoes from the Moon. From 1930, he worked at the University of Szeged as a professor of theoretical physics.
In 1923 at Tungsram Ltd., a research laboratory was established for improving light sources, mainly electric bulbs.[1] The head of that laboratory was Ignác Pfeifer, whose research staff included Zoltán Bay, along with Tivadar Millner, Imre Bródy, György Szigeti, Ernő Winter, and many others.[1]
György Szigeti worked together with Zoltán Bay on metal-vapor lamps and fluorescent light sources. They received a U.S. patent on "Electroluminescent light sources" which were made of silicon carbide; these light sources were the ancestors of light-emitting diodes (LEDs).[1]
In 1955, Zoltán Bay became head of the Department of Nuclear Physics in the National Bureau of Standards (NBS, called today NIST), where he measured the velocity and frequency of light by a previously unknown measurement method.[2] As a result of Zoltán's research, the 1983 conference of the International Weights and Measures Bureau accepted, as a standard, the definition of a meter (metre)[3]as recommended by Zoltán Bay.
In 1998 the State of Israel recognized him as among the Righteous Among the Nations and listed his name at Yad Vashem.[4]
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 "Fizikai Szemle 1999/5 - Zsolt Bor: OPTICS BY HUNGARIANS" (with Zoltán Bay), József Attila University, Szeged, Hungary, 1999 KFKI-Hungary-Bor
- ↑ "Zoltán Bay, whose name the Foundation bears" (life), Bay Zoltán Institute of Logistics and Production Engineering (Bay-Logi), Bay Zoltán Foundation for Applied Research, 1994, webpage:BZLogi Biography at Bay Zoltán Foundation.
- ↑ Resolution 1 of the 17th CGPM (CGPM, 1983), retrieved from BIPM database (BIPM, n.d.) on 24 August 2008.
- ↑ Zoltán Lajos Bay – his activity to save Jews' lives during the Holocaust, at Yad Vashem website
- Nagy Ferenc 1993: Bay Zoltán pályája és példája dokumentumokban. Gyűjt., vál., szerk. Nagy Ferenc. Budapest: Better - OMIKK - Püski, 1993. Page 135.
External links
- KFKI notes on Zoltan Bay.
- HPO-Hungary on Zoltan Bay.
- BzLogi-Hungary-Bzaka on Zoltan Bay.
- Zoltan Bay Foundation for Applied Research.
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