Harry Friedmann

Harry Friedmann (Hebrew: הארי פרידמן‎; 28 November 1931 – 28 May 2018) was a professor of chemistry who specialized in theoretical nonlinear optics and lasers in biology.

Harry Friedmann
Born(1931-11-28)28 November 1931
Frankfurt am Main
Died28 May 2018(2018-05-28) (aged 86)
Israel
CitizenshipIsraeli
Alma materUniversité libre de Bruxelles
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical Nonlinear Optics, Lasers in Biology
InstitutionsBar Ilan University
Doctoral advisorIlya Prigogine

Biography

Harry Friedmann[1] (1931–2018) was born in Frankfurt am Main to Miriam (Manya) and Moshe Friedmann. Soon after his birth, the family fled to Czechoslovakia to the area that was called the Sudetenland and from there to Belgium. He studied at the Université libre de Bruxelles from 1951, gaining a Ph.D. with distinction in 1964 under the supervision of Nobel prize winner Ilya Prigogine. He was a research associate at the Weizmann Institute of Science (1962–1967), a senior lecturer at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (1967–1969) and then a professor at Bar-Ilan University in the Chemistry Department.[2] He became a professor emeritus at Bar-Ilan University in 1999.[3] Friedmann was married to Josephine and had two children, Jacqueline Perle and Daniel, and five grandchildren.

Scientific Interests and Publications

His research[1][4] focused on quantum statistical mechanics,[5] spectroscopy of molecules in rare-gas crystals,[6] theoretical nonlinear optics, especially isotope separation,[7][8] nonlinear optical processes in atomic systems,[9][10][11][12] light propagation and storage,[13][14][15] and also the effect of laser light on biological systems.[16][17][18]

He published over 120 papers in peer-reviewed journals, many of them were co-authored by colleagues Arlene Wilson-Gordon and Rachel Lubart.[1]

References
  1. Harry Friedmann - Bar-Ilan University
  2. Department of Chemistry - Bar-Ilan University
  3. Research Authority, Bar-Ilan University
  4. Harry Friedmann - Academia.edu
  5. Friedmann, H. (1962). "The Quantum Mechanical Distribution Function of Molecular Systems: Translational and Rotational Motions": 225–302. doi:10.1002/9780470143506.ch6. ISSN 1934-4791. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. Friedmann, H.; Kimel, S. (1967). "Rotation—Translation‐Coupling Effect in Noble‐Gas Crystals Containing Molecular Impurities". The Journal of Chemical Physics. 47 (9): 3589–3605. doi:10.1063/1.1712427. ISSN 0021-9606.
  7. Friedmann, H.; Wilson, A. D. (1976). "Isotope separation by radiation pressure of coherent π pulses". Applied Physics Letters. 28 (5): 270–272. doi:10.1063/1.88731. ISSN 0003-6951.
  8. Friedmann, H.; Ahiman, V. (1980). "Transition from bloch equations to rate equations for multiple photon excitation of polyatomic molecules". Optics Communications. 33 (2): 163–168. doi:10.1016/0030-4018(80)90185-6. ISSN 0030-4018.
  9. Friedmann, H.; Wilson-Gordon, A. D. (1982). "Extra resonances in four-wave mixing triggered by radiative relaxation". Physical Review A. 26 (5): 2768–2777. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.26.2768. ISSN 0556-2791.
  10. Wilson-Gordon, A. D.; Friedmann, H. (1989). "Ultranarrow extraresonant antiholes in pump–probe spectroscopy induced by inelastic collisions". Optics Letters. 14 (8): 390. doi:10.1364/OL.14.000390. ISSN 0146-9592.
  11. Wilson-Gordon, A.D.; Friedmann, H. (1992). "Enhanced index of refraction: a comparison between two- and three-level systems". Optics Communications. 94 (4): 238–244. doi:10.1016/0030-4018(92)90020-R. ISSN 0030-4018.
  12. Goren, C.; Wilson-Gordon, A. D.; Rosenbluh, M.; Friedmann, H. (2003). "Electromagnetically induced absorption due to transfer of coherence and to transfer of population". Physical Review A. 67 (3). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.67.033807. ISSN 1050-2947.
  13. Bortman-Arbiv, D.; Wilson-Gordon, A. D.; Friedmann, H. (2001). "Phase control of group velocity: From subluminal to superluminal light propagation". Physical Review A. 63 (4). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.63.043818. ISSN 1050-2947.
  14. Shpaisman, H.; Wilson-Gordon, A. D.; Friedmann, H. (2005). "Electromagnetically induced waveguiding in double-Λsystems". Physical Review A. 71 (4). doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.71.043812. ISSN 1050-2947.
  15. Eilam, A.; Wilson-Gordon, A. D.; Friedmann, H. (2009). "Efficient light storage in a Λ system due to coupling between lower levels". Optics Letters. 34 (12): 1834. doi:10.1364/OL.34.001834. ISSN 0146-9592.
  16. Lavi, Ronit; Shainberg, Asher; Friedmann, Harry; Shneyvays, Vladimir; Rickover, Ophra; Eichler, Maor; Kaplan, Doron; Lubart, Rachel (2003). "Low Energy Visible Light Induces Reactive Oxygen Species Generation and Stimulates an Increase of Intracellular Calcium Concentration in Cardiac Cells". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (42): 40917–40922. doi:10.1074/jbc.M303034200. ISSN 0021-9258.
  17. Lubart, Rachel; Eichler, Maor; Lavi, Ronit; Friedman, Harry; Shainberg, Asher (2005). "Low-Energy Laser Irradiation Promotes Cellular Redox Activity". Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. 23 (1): 3–9. doi:10.1089/pho.2005.23.3. ISSN 1549-5418.
  18. Lipovsky, Anat; Tzitrinovich, Zeev; Friedmann, Harry; Applerot, Guy; Gedanken, Aharon; Lubart, Rachel (2009). "EPR Study of Visible Light-Induced ROS Generation by Nanoparticles of ZnO". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 113 (36): 15997–16001. doi:10.1021/jp904864g. ISSN 1932-7447.
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