F. J. Duarte

F J Duarte is a laser physicist, quantum physicist, inventor, and author. He introduced the generalized multiple-prism-grating dispersion theory, has discovered ​a number of tunable laser oscillator configurations, pioneered the use of Dirac's quantum notation in interferometry and classical optics, applied quantum mechanics to industrial imaging, and derived the quantum entanglement probability amplitude from transparent quantum interferometric principles.

His physics has been applied to numerous fields from astronomy to spectroscopy, from atomic physics to laser isotope separation, from biology to medicine, from laser pulse compression​ to laser cavity design, from nanophotonics to nanoengineering, and from quantum entanglement to quantum philosophy.

Currently, Duarte​'s attention focuses on the foundations of quantum entanglement, and the​ir impact ​on our perception of reality. He also works on the physics of high-power tunable lasers and on the application of Dirac's quantum notation to laser interferometers and classical optics.

Duarte was born in Santiago​ de Chile, and his research physics career began at Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia), where he was the first to graduate with first class honours in physics. At Macquarie he was also a student of the celebrated quantum physicist J C Ward. In the United States he has worked in the academic, industrial, and defense sectors. In 2000, with Oxford physicist R H Dalitz, he wrote: "Already in 1948, observations... agreed with quantum mechanics, not with local realism."