Rufus Haynes Ritchie

Echenique et al present an obituary for Rufus Haynes Ritchie, best known for the discovery of the surface plasmon, who died peacefully on Jul 29, 2017 in Gilbert, AZ. He was a corporate fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a Ford Foundation Professor of Physics at the University of Tennessee,...

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Published in:Physics today 2018-04, Vol.71 (4), p.65-65
Main Authors: Echenique, Pedro, Manson, Joseph R., Ferrell, Thomas L., Compton, Robert N.
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Language:English
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Summary:Echenique et al present an obituary for Rufus Haynes Ritchie, best known for the discovery of the surface plasmon, who died peacefully on Jul 29, 2017 in Gilbert, AZ. He was a corporate fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and a Ford Foundation Professor of Physics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Called Ritchie by many of his friends and even his wife, Dorothy, he was the very definition of a gentleman and a scholar.
ISSN:0031-9228
1945-0699
DOI:10.1063/PT.3.3905