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Wes Sandle
Birth Name:Weston James Sandle
Birth Date:19 March 1935
Birth Place:Christchurch, New Zealand
Death Place:Dunedin, New Zealand
Fields:Physics
Workplaces:University of Otago
Alma Mater:University of California, Berkeley
Thesis Title:19F nuclear magnetic resonance in the canted antiferromagnet KMnF3
Thesis Url:http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/record=b14427760~S1
Thesis Year:1968

Weston James Sandle (19 March 1935 – 19 February 2020) was a New Zealand physicist who specialised in the study of lasers. He was a professor at the University of Otago.

Biography

Born on 19 March 1935,[1] Sandle studied at Canterbury University College, graduating Master of Science with first-class honours in 1958.[2] He went on to study at the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned a Master of Arts degree, and then a PhD in physics in 1968.[3] [4] The title of his doctoral thesis was 19F nuclear magnetic resonance in the canted antiferromagnet KMnF3.[4]

Appointed to the faculty of the University of Otago in 1963, Sandle rose to become a full professor in 1986.[3] He served as head of the Department of Physics at Otago for a time, and retired in 2001, when he was accorded the title of professor emeritus.[3] [5] Much of Sandle's research was concerned with laser theory and the application of lasers, including laser stability, Raman lasers, and laser cavity resonators. He was also interested in optical switches, optical pumping, optical bistability and optical chaos.[6]

In 1998, Sandle was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and he was also a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Physics.[7] In the 2004 New Year Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to science.[8]

Sandle was predeceased by his wife, Pat, to whom he was married for 56 years, in 2019.[9] He died in Dunedin on 19 February 2020.[10] [11]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Death search: registration number 2020/5806 . Births, deaths & marriages online . Department of Internal Affairs . 5 March 2020.
  2. Web site: NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Sa–Sk . Shadows of Time . 23 February 2020.
  3. Book: Emeritus Professors . University of Otago Calendar for 2014 . https://www.otago.ac.nz/study/otago064092.pdf . 23 February 2020 . 2014 . University of Otago . Dunedin . 141.
  4. 19F nuclear magnetic resonance in the canted antiferromagnet KMnF3 . 1968 . PhD . University of California.
  5. Web site: Vice-chancellor's review . 2001 . University of Otago . 23 February 2020.
  6. Web site: W. Sandle . IEEE Xplore . 23 February 2020.
  7. Web site: List of all Fellows with surnames S–U . Royal Society Te Apārangi . 23 February 2020.
  8. Web site: New Year honours list 2004 . 31 December 2003 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 23 February 2020.
  9. Web site: In memory of Patricia Ann Sandle . Tributes Online . 23 February 2020.
  10. News: Wes Sandle death notice . 21 February 2020 . Dominion Post . 23 February 2020.
  11. Web site: Pioneer put intellectual energies into physics. 2020-05-23. Otago Daily Times Online News. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200523061124/https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/pioneer-put-intellectual-energies-physics. 2020-05-23. 2020-05-23.

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