Biography:Lyman G. Parratt

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Lyman G. Parratt (May 17, 1908 - June 29, 1995) was an American physicist. He is known for various research using x-rays.[1] Parratt was born in Salt Lake City.

In 1954, Parratt [2] used x-rays to explore the surface of copper-coated glass, thereby creating the field of X-ray reflectometry.

He died in Redmond, Oregon, aged 87.

See also

  • Günther Porod, Austrian x-ray physicist with somewhat similar name.

References

  1. ↑ Boris Batterman, Paul Hartman, Neil Ashcroft: Obituary
  2. ↑ L. G. Parratt, Phys. Rev. 95, 359 (1954).




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