Olexander Smakula

Olexander Smakula (Ukrainian: Олександр Теодорович Смакула) (1900 in Dobrovody, Austria-Hungary, today Ukraine – 17 May 1983 in Auburn, Massachusetts, USA) was a Ukrainian physicist known for the invention of anti-reflective lens coatings based on optical interference.

Olexander Smakula
Born9 September 1900
Dobrovody, Austria-Hungary (today Ukraine)
Died17 May 1983
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
Known foranti-reflective coating
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
InstitutionsOdessa University
Carl Zeiss AG
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisorRobert Pohl
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