Ogisten Žan Frenel (Brolji, 10. maj1788 – Vil d Avr , 14. juna1827)[1][2] je bio francuski fizičar i inženjer. Poznat je po svojim teoretskim i eksperimentalnim istraživanjima o prirodi svetlosti, na temelju kojih je prvi prikazao u matematičkom obliku talasnu teoriju svetlosti. Konstruisao je uređaje za eksperimentisanje koji ukazuju na talasni karakter svetlosti. Njegovi radovi iz područja optike proučavaju difrakciju, interferenciju, polarizaciju i aberaciju svetlosti. Proučavao je svetlost kako teoretski tako i eksperimentalno.
Frenel je najpoznatiji po Frenelovim sočivima koja su primenjena prvo na svetionicima u doba kada je on bio poverenik za francuske svetionike. Frenelova sočiva i danas imaju široku primenu. Poznat je i po Frenelovim integralima.
Oeuvres complètes, 1866
Bio je sin arhitekte, rođen u Broljiu. U početku je sporo napredovao u školi i sa osam godina još uvek nije znao da čita. Sa trinaest je upisao Ekol Sentral u Kanu, a sa šesnaest i po u Ekol Politehnik gde je primljen sa najvišim ocenama. Odatle je otišao u Ekol Nasional d Pon e Šozes. Radio je kao inženjer u departmanima Vandeja, Drom i Il i Vilen. Podržavao je Burbone i zbog toga je 1814. izgubio posao kada se Napoleon vratio na vlast.
Kada je 1815. ponovo restaurirana monarhija, dobio je poziciju inženjera u Parizu, gde je proveo većinu svoga daljeg života. Svetlošću je počeo da se intenzivnije bavi 1814. kada je pripremio dokument o aberaciji svetlosti iako taj dokument nikad nije štampan. 1818. je napisao rad o difrakciji svetlosti za koji je dobio nagradu Francuske akademije nauka. Prvi je konstruisao posebnu vrstu sočiva koja se danas zovu Frenelova sočiva kao zamena za ogledala u svetionicima. 1819. je postavljen za poverenika za svetionike. Tajnim glasanjem je izabran za akademika, a 1825. je postao član i Kaljevskog društva u Londonu. 1827. ovo društvo ga je odlikovalo Rumforovom medaljom.
Umro je od tuberkuloze, 1827, u Vil d’Oriju pored Pariza.[3]
Za života je dobio skromno priznanje za svoje radove u Optici. Godine su prošle pre nego što su mu neki radovi bili štampani od strane Francuske akademije nauka.
Delimično za života nepriznat, rekao je „Sve pohvale koje sam dobijao od uglednih naučnika kao što su Fransoa Arago, Pier Simon, markiz d Laplas i Žan Batist Bio, nikada mi nisu donele toliko zadovoljstva kao što je otktivanje teoretskih istina ili teorija koje sam potom potvrdio i eksperimentalno.“
Njegovo ime se nalazi, na Ajfelovom tornju, među 72 imena, najuglednijih Francuza.
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A. Fresnel, 1815a, Letter to Jean François "Léonor" Mérimée, 10February 1815 (Smithsonian Dibner Library, MSS546A), printed in G.Magalhães, "Remarks on a new autograph letter from Augustin Fresnel: Light aberration and wave theory", Science in Context, vol.19, no.2 (June2006), pp.295–307, Magalhães, Gildo (2006). „Remarks on a New Autograph Letter from Augustin Fresnel: Light Aberration and Wave Theory”. Science in Context. 19 (2): 295. S2CID121243044. doi:10.1017/S0269889706000895., at p.306 (original French) and p.307 (English translation).
A. Fresnel, 1816, "Mémoire sur la diffraction de la lumière" ("Memoir on the diffraction of light"), Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Ser.2, vol.1, pp.239–81 (March 1816); reprinted as "Deuxième Mémoire…" ("Second Memoir…") in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.1, pp.89–122.Not to be confused with the later "prize memoir" (Fresnel, 1818b).
A. Fresnel, 1818a, "Mémoire sur les couleurs développées dans les fluides homogènes par la lumière polarisée", read 30 March 1818 (according to Kipnis, 1991, p.217), published 1846; reprinted in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.1, pp.655–83; translated by E.Ronalds & H.Lloyd as "Memoir upon the colours produced in homogeneous fluids by polarized light", in Taylor, 1852, pp.44–65. (Cited page numbers refer to the translation.)
A. Fresnel, 1818b, "Mémoire sur la diffraction de la lumière" ("Memoir on the diffraction of light"), deposited 29 July 1818, "crowned" 15 March 1819, published (with appended notes) in Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France, vol.V (for 1821 & 1822, printed 1826), pp.339–475; reprinted (with notes) in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.1, pp.247–383; partly translated as "Fresnel's prize memoir on the diffraction of light", in Crew, 1900, pp.81–144.Not to be confused with the earlier memoir with the same French title (Fresnel, 1816).
A. Fresnel, 1818c, "Lettre de M.Fresnel à M.Arago sur l'influence du mouvement terrestre dans quelques phénomènes d'optique", Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Ser.2, vol.9, pp.57–66 & plate after p.111 (Sep.1818), & p.286–7 (Nov.1818); reprinted in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.2, pp.627–36; translated as „Letter from Augustin Fresnel to François Arago, on the influence of the movement of the earth on some phenomena of optics”. https://books.google.com/books?id=9KQ3BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA125. Недостаје или је празан параметар |title= (помоћ) in K.F.Schaffner, Nineteenth-Century Aether Theories, Pergamon, 1972 ( Nineteenth-Century Aether Theories. 1972. ISBN9780080156743. doi:10.1016/C2013-0-02335-3.), pp.125–35; also translated (with several errors) by R.R.Traill as "Letter from Augustin Fresnel to François Arago concerning the influence of terrestrial movement on several optical phenomena", General Science Journal, 23January 2006 (PDF,8pp.).
A. Fresnel, 1821a, "Note sur le calcul des teintes que la polarisation développe dans les lames cristallisées" etseq., Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Ser.2, vol.17, pp.102–11 (May 1821), 167–96 (June 1821), 312–15 ("Postscript", July 1821); reprinted (with added section nos.) in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.1, pp.609–48; translated as "On the calculation of the tints that polarization develops in crystalline plates, &postscript", Шаблон:Zenodo / Fresnel, Augustin-Jean; Putland, Gavin Richard (tr./ed.) (2021). „On the calculation of the tints that polarization develops in crystalline plates, & postscript”. doi:10.5281/zenodo.4058004., 2021.
A. Fresnel, 1821b, "Note sur les remarques de M.Biot...", Annales de Chimie et de Physique, Ser.2, vol.17, pp.393–403 (August 1821); reprinted (with added section nos.) in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.1, pp.601–608; translated as "Note on the remarks of Mr.Biot relating to colors of thin plates", Шаблон:Zenodo / Fresnel, Augustin-Jean; Putland, Gavin Richard (tr./ed.) (2021). „Note on the remarks of Mr. Biot relating to colors of thin plates”. doi:10.5281/zenodo.4541332., 2021.
A. Fresnel, 1822a, De la Lumière (On Light), in J.Riffault(ed.), Supplément à la traduction française de la cinquième édition du "Système de Chimie" par Th.Thomson, Paris: Chez Méquignon-Marvis, 1822, pp.1–137,535–9; reprinted in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.2, pp.3–146; translated by T.Young as "Elementary view of the undulatory theory of light", Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and Art, vol.22 (Jan.–Jun.1827), pp.127–41, 441–54; vol.23 (Jul.–Dec.1827), pp.113–35, 431–48; vol.24 (Jan.–Jun.1828), pp.198–215; vol.25 (Jul.–Dec.1828), pp.168–91, 389–407; vol.26 (Jan.–Jun.1829), pp.159–65.
A. Fresnel, 1822b, "Mémoire sur un nouveau système d'éclairage des phares", read 29 July 1822; reprinted in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.3, pp.97–126; translated by T.Tag as "Memoir upon a new system of lighthouse illumination", U.S. Lighthouse Society, accessed 26 August 2017; archived 19 August 2016. (Cited page numbers refer to the translation.)
A. Fresnel, 1827, "Mémoire sur la double réfraction", Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France, vol.VII (for 1824, printed 1827), pp.45–176; reprinted as "Second mémoire…" in Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.2, pp.479–596; translated by A.W.Hobson as "Memoir on double refraction", in R.Taylor (ed.), Scientific Memoirs, vol.V (London: Taylor & Francis, 1852), pp.238–333. (Cited page numbers refer to the translation. For notable errata in the original edition, and consequently in the translation, see Fresnel, 1866–70, vol.2, p.596n.)
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