Hans Motz (1 October 1909 – 6 August 1987) is known for his pioneering work at Stanford University on undulators[1][2] which led to the development of the wiggler[3][4] and the free-electron laser.
[5] Hans Motz was born in Vienna, and died in Oxford, England.
On Oct. 19, 1942, he spoke on the topic “Is a ‘Mechanistic’ View of the Universe Scientifically Tenable?” at the Socratic Club in Oxford.
[5] In the early 1960s he had a grant from Rand corporation to see how much classified nuclear physics he could rediscover using an electronic computer.
There was a feeling that freer access would allow the US nuclear power industry to develop more quickly.