Background
Bay, Zoltan Lajos was born on July 24, 1900 in Gyulavari, Hungary. Son of Joseph and Julianna (Boszormenyi) Bay.
physicist university professor
Bay, Zoltan Lajos was born on July 24, 1900 in Gyulavari, Hungary. Son of Joseph and Julianna (Boszormenyi) Bay.
Bachelor of Science, University Budapest, 1923. Master of Science in Physics & Mathematics University Budapest, 1923. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University Budapest, 1926.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1978.
He was the second person to observe radar echoes from the Moon. From 1930, he worked at the University of Szeged as a professor of theoretical physics. In 1923 at Tungsram Limited., a research laboratory was established for improving light sources, mainly electric bulbs.
The head of that laboratory was Ignác Pfeifer, whose research staff included Zoltán Bay, along with Tivadar Millner, Imre Bródy, György Szigeti, Ernő Winter, and many others
György Szigeti worked together with Zoltán Bay on metal-vapor lamps and fluorescent light sources. They received a United States. patent on "Electroluminescent light sources" which were made of silicon carbide.
These light sources were the ancestors of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). In 1998 the State of Israel recognized him as among the Righteous Among the Nations and listed his name at Yad Vashem.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Physical Society.
Married Ilona Lazar, January 6, 1932. Children: Martha, Zoltan, Julia. Married Julia Herczegh, July 7, 1947.