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
editVrehen 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]
References
edit- ^ "IEEE Transactions on Magnetics September 1969 - Contributors". IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 5 (3). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. September 1969. doi:10.1109/TMAG.1969.1066629. Archived from the original on 24 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Donald Stevenson; Marion Reine; Roshan L. Aggarwal (20 November 2019). Benjamin Lax - Interviews on a Life in Physics at MIT: Understanding and Exploiting the Effects of Magnetic Fields on Matter. CRC Press. pp. 285–. ISBN 978-1-00-073469-0.
- ^ a b Jasperse, J.H. (November 1988). "Vrehen" (PDF). Fylakra (in Dutch). No. 5 (32 ed.). p. 199–200. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Quirin Vrehen". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 24 April 2020.
- ^ "Quirin Vrehen". Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 22 December 2023.
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