Quirin Vrehen Explained

Quirinus Henricus Franciscus "Quirin" Vrehen (25 February 1932 – 5 February 2023) was a Dutch physicist. He served as head physicist of the Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium.

Life

Vrehen was born on 25 February 1932 in 's-Hertogenbosch.[1] [2] He obtained a PhD in physics from Utrecht University in 1963 under professor Volger with a thesis on electron spin resonance and optical studies of solids.[2] [3] From 1963 to 1966 he worked in the United States at the MIT National Magnetic Laboratory. At the institute he worked on magneto-optical experiments on semiconductors. Vrehen then returned to the Netherlands and started working at the Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium.[2] At the laboratorium he served as leader of the spectroscopy group. From 1980 to 1985 he focused on laser spectroscopy.[3] He later became head physicist at the laboratorium.[4]

Vrehen was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1988.[4] He died on 5 February 2023 in Eindhoven.[5]

Notes and References

  1. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics September 1969 - Contributors . https://web.archive.org/web/20200424114250/https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=1066629 . IEEE Transactions on Magnetics . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . September 1969. 5 . 3 . 10.1109/TMAG.1969.1066629 . 24 April 2020.
  2. Book: Donald Stevenson. Marion Reine. Roshan L. Aggarwal. Benjamin Lax - Interviews on a Life in Physics at MIT: Understanding and Exploiting the Effects of Magnetic Fields on Matter. 20 November 2019. CRC Press. 978-1-00-073469-0. 285–.
  3. Jasperse . J.H. . Vrehen . https://web.archive.org/web/20230331093737/https://web.science.uu.nl/FylakraFiles/blad/1988/1988-5.pdf . Fylakra . nl . 32 . 5 . 199–200 . November 1988 . 31 March 2023.
  4. Web site: Quirin Vrehen . https://web.archive.org/web/20200424112558/https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/members/4953 . Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences . 24 April 2020.
  5. Web site: Quirin Vrehen . https://web.archive.org/web/20231222154307/https://mensenlinq.nl/overlijdensberichten/quirin-vrehen-9418115/ . nl . Eindhovens Dagblad . 22 December 2023.

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