Laura M. Roth
American physicist
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Laura M. Roth is an American solid state physicist, and an American Physical Society Fellow.
AwardsEmerita Professor
Laura M. Roth | |
|---|---|
| Awards | Emerita Professor |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University at Albany Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Career
Around 1960, Roth was working at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Along with Mildred Dresselhaus, she was one of only two women among approximately 1000 men.[1] Around this time she was being mentored by Benjamin Lax.[2] She also has co-authored papers with Kenneth Button.[3]
Roth became an American Physical Society Fellow in 1967, while at Tufts University.[4]
She is currently Emerita Professor at Department of Physics, University at Albany.[5]
Selected publications
- Roth, Laura M.; Lax, Benjamin; Zwerdling, Solomon (1959). "Theory of Optical Magneto-Absorption Effects in Semiconductors". Physical Review. 114 (1). American Physical Society: 90–104. Bibcode:1959PhRv..114...90R. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.114.90.
- Roth, Laura (1964). "Theory of the Faraday Effect in Solids". Physical Review. 133 (2A): A542–A553. Bibcode:1964PhRv..133..542R. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.133.A542.
Books
- Roth, Laura; Inomata, Akira, eds. (1986). Fundamental Questions in Quantum Mechanics: Proceedings of the Conference on Fundamental Questions in Quantum Mechanics held at the State University of New York at Albany, April 12–14, 1984. Routledge. ISBN 978-2881240584.
