Samson Gvozdover Soviet physicist, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences Date of Birth: 23.01.1907

1. Early Life and Education
2. Academic Career
3. World War II and Post-War Contributions
4. Quantum Radiophysics Laboratory
5. Research and Legacy
6. Personal Life and Family

Early Life and Education

Samson Davidovich Gvozdover was born on February 23, 1907, in Moscow, Russia to David Lazarevich Gvozdover, an engineer, and Sarra Mironovna Gvozdover, a homemaker. In 1927, he graduated from the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Moscow University with a degree in "radio-vacuum engineering."

Academic Career

In 1931, Gvozdover was appointed as an assistant professor in the Physics Faculty at Moscow University. In 1935, he was awarded a candidate's degree in physics and mathematics without defending a dissertation, and in 1939, he defended his doctoral dissertation titled "The Movement of Electrons in Low-Pressure Discharge."

World War II and Post-War Contributions

During the Great Patriotic War, Gvozdover was evacuated with Moscow University to Ashgabat and served as chairman of the university's Central Local Committee. In 1943, he returned to Moscow.

In September 1946, Gvozdover established and headed the first Department of Radiophysics and Electronics at the Physics Faculty of Moscow University. In 1947, he became head of the Department of Ultrahigh-Frequency Physics.

Quantum Radiophysics Laboratory

In 1958, on Gvozdover's initiative, the Quantum Radiophysics Laboratory was established at Moscow University, which he headed until 1967. The laboratory developed the first ruby and helium-neon lasers in the Soviet Union.

Research and Legacy

Gvozdover made significant contributions to the fields of electronics, microwave electronics, nuclear magnetic resonance, parametric and nonlinear phenomena in wave electron and solid-state systems. His students include renowned physicists such as Anatoly Savelyevich Gorshkov, Sergei Alexandrovich Akhmanov, and Yuri Serafimovich Konstantinov.

Personal Life and Family

Gvozdover's daughter, Roza Samsonovna Gvozdover (1942-2008), was a physicist and researcher in the Department of Physical Electronics at Moscow University. His sisters, Mariana Davidovna Gvozdover (1917-2004), an archaeologist, anthropologist, and paleontologist, and Frida Davidovna Gvozdover (1921-2010), a doctor, were also notable figures in their respective fields. His brother, Eliazar Davidovich Gvozdover (1914-1938), a physicist and athlete, was arrested and executed during the Stalinist purges of 1938.