What is Hans Motz?
'''Hans Motz''' (1 October 1909 &ndash; 6 August 1987) was an [[Austria]]n [[physicist]]. He worked at [[Stanford University]] on [[undulator]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://xdb.lbl.gov/Section2/Sec_2-2.html|title=History of Synchrotron Radiation Sources|publisher=Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory|author=Arthur L. Robinson|accessdate=December 24, 2011}}</ref> His work led to the [[development]] of the [[free-electron laser]]. He was born in [[Vienna]], and died in [[Oxford]], [[England]]. Hans Motz was a Full [[Professor]] in the [[Academic department|Department]] of [[Engineering]] at [[Oxford University]] and a Fellow of [[St Catherine's College, Oxford]]. He wrote [[book]]s, including ''The Physics of Fusion'',<ref>''The Physics of Fusion'', Academic Press, Oct 1979.</ref> and a book on microwave theory.<ref>''Electromagnetic Problems of Microwave Theory'' (Methuen Monograph), Wiley and Sons, 1951.</ref> When he died, he left money to Oxford to establish a Motz Prize in Electrical Engineering to honor top students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/1996-7/weekly/311096/acts.htm|title=Oxford University Gazette, 31 October 1996: University Act|accessdate=December 22, 2011|archive-date=27 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130427235222/http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/1996-7/weekly/311096/acts.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Motz, Hans}} [[Category:Scientists from Vienna]] [[Category:Austrian physicists]] [[Category:1909 births]] [[Category:1987 deaths]]