Yuen-Ron Shen
Yuen-Ron Shen (born March 25, 1935 in Shanghai ) is an American physicist.
life and work
Shen studied at the National University of Taiwan with a bachelor's degree in 1956, at Stanford University with a master's degree in 1959 and received his doctorate in solid-state physics from Harvard University in 1963 with Nicolaas Bloembergen . From 1964 he was Assistant Professor and from 1970 Professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley . Since 2007 he has been professor emeritus there.
He is known for working in nonlinear optics (where he studied self-focusing in the 1960s ) and introducing various spectroscopic methods for solid state physics, surface physics and molecular physics such as the use of sum frequency generation ( sum frequency spectroscopy ) and frequency doubling (second harmonic generation) to study Surfaces and interfaces. He initiated the application of nonlinear optics to liquid crystals . Most recently he has applied sum frequency generation to study the chirality of molecules (chiral microscopy) and investigated nanostructures, plasmonics and metamaterials with optical spectroscopy.
He is a US citizen.
Memberships and honors
- 1975 and 1981 Miller Professor at Berkeley
- 1983 DOE Award for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishments in Solid State Physics
- 1984 Humboldt Research Prize
- 1986 Charles Hard Townes Award
- 1992 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize for Laser Physics for his fundamental contributions to nonlinear optics and spectroscopy, in particular for his discoveries of the structural properties of surfaces, interfaces and liquid crystals through second-order optical interaction .
- 1996 Max Planck Research Award
- 1998 Frank Isakson Prize for Solid State Optics from the American Physical Society
Shen holds honorary doctorates from Chiao Tung National University in Taiwan and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and an honorary professor at Zhejiang University
He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society , the Optical Society of America , the National Academy of Sciences (1995), the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1990). He is also a member of the Academia Sinica in Taiwan and the Chinese Academy of Sciences .
He was a Sloan Fellow from 1966 to 1968 and a Guggenheim Fellow from 1972 to 1973 .
Fonts
- The principles of nonlinear optics, Wiley 2002
- Editor with Robert W. Boyd, Svetlana Lukishova Self focusing: past and present , Springer Verlag 2008
Web links
- Yuen-Ron Shen, Professor Emeritus. berkeley.edu(English).
- Website of his group in Berkeley. berkeley.edu(English).
- YR Shen. In: Physics History Network. American Institute of Physics
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
- ^ Biographies of Authors of Discovering the Z-Scan and Celebrating the Z-scan Technique. (pdf) In: IEEE LEOS NEWSLETTER, p. April 16 , 2007, accessed on April 16, 2019 (English).
- ↑ Shen Surface properties probed by second-harmonic and sum-frequency generation , Nature, Volume 337, 1989, pp. 519-525.
- ↑ Laudation: for his seminal contributions to nonlinear optics and spectroscopy, in particular for his discoveries of structural properties of surfaces, interfaces and liquid crystals through their second order optical responses , Schawlow Prize for Shen
- ↑ Yuen-Ron Shen Conferred Honorary Professorship. April 22, 2014, accessed April 16, 2019 .
- ^ Five UC Berkeley academics among new AAAS fellows. berkeley.edu, December 28, 2009, accessed April 16, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shen, Yuen-Ron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shanghai |