Alfred Perot | |
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Born | |
Died | 28 November 1925 | (aged 62)
Known for | Fabry–Pérot interferometer |
Awards | Janssen Medal (1912) Rumford Medal (1918) |
Scientific career | |
Thesis | Sur la mesure du volume spécifique des vapeurs saturées et la détermination de l'équivalent mécanique de la chaleur (1888) |
Jean-Baptiste Alfred Perot (French: [pəʁo]; 3 November 1863 – 28 November 1925) was a French physicist.
Together with his colleague Charles Fabry he developed the Fabry–Pérot interferometer in 1899.[1][2]
The French Academy of Sciences awarded him the Janssen Medal for 1912.[3] The Royal Society awarded Fabry and Perot the Rumford medal in 1918.