Background
Shen, Yuen-Ron was born on March 25, 1935 in Shanghai, China. Came to the United States.
沈元壤
physicist university professor
Shen, Yuen-Ron was born on March 25, 1935 in Shanghai, China. Came to the United States.
Bachelor of Science, National Taiwan U., 1956; Master of Science, Stanford University, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1963; Doctor of Science (honorary), Hong Kong U. Science and Technology, 1997; Doctor of Science (honorary), National Chiao-Tung U., Taiwan, 1998.
In the early years, Dr. Shen was probably best known for his work on self-focusing and filament propagation of laser beams in materials. In the 1970s and 1980s, he collaborated with Yuan T. Lee on the study of multiphoton dissociation of molecular clusters. The molecular-beam photofragmentation translational spectroscopy that they developed has clarified much of the initial confusion concerning the dynamics of infrared multiphoton dissociation processes.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Professor Shen developed various nonlinear optics methods for the study of material surfaces and interfaces. Among these techniques, second-harmonic generation and sum frequency generation spectroscopy are best known and also widely used by scientists from various fields now. He has collaborated with Gabor Somorjai on the use of the technique of Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy to study catalyst surfaces.
He is the author of the book The Principles of Nonlinear Optics. Professor Shen belongs to the prolific J. J. Thomson academic lineage tree. Currently, Professor Shen works in U. C. Berkeley and Fudan University in Shanghai.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, member 1990 C. H.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, member 1990 National Academy of Sciences, member 1995 Academia Sinica (Taiwan), member 1990 Chinese Academy of Sciences, member 1996 American Physical Society, fellow Optical Society of America, fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, fellow Sloan Fellowship, 1966–68 Guggenheim Fellow, 1972–73 Miller Professor, 1975, 1981 Alexander von Humboldt Award, 1984 C. H. Townes Award, Optical Society of America, 1986 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, 1992 Max Planck Research Prize, 1996 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids, 1998 International Science and Technology Cooperation Award, China 2008 DOE Award for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishments in Solid State Physics, 1983 DOE Award for Sustained Outstanding Research in Solid State Physics, 1987 DOE Award for Significant Implications for DOE-Related Technologies, 1997.
(A comprehensive treatment of nonlinear optics emphasizing...)
Fellow American Physical Society (distinguished traveling lecturer Laser Science Topical Group 1994-1996), Optical Society American, Photonics Society Chinese-Americans. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, NAS, Academy Sinica, Chinese Academy Sciences (foreign).
