George W. Rayfield (born 1936) is an American physicist and a professor emeritus of the University of Oregon.
[1] The son of George and Hazel (née Wilson) Rayfield, George William Rayfield was born in San Francisco in 1936.
at Stanford; he earned both an M.S and a Ph.D. in 1964 at the University of California, Berkeley,[4] advised by Frederick Reif, with the dissertation, Quantized vortex rings in superfluid helium.
[5][6] In 1967, Rayfield joined the faculty of the University of Oregon as an assistant professor,[5] and was promoted in 1968 to associate professor,[7] specializing in the "application of biological materials to electronic devices".
[12] Rayfield was cited for "definitive experimental proof for quantized vortex rings in superfluid helium; for high precision studies on phase transitions in monolayers; for extensive studies on the optical and electrical properties of bacteriorhodopsin, and ensuing device applications.