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.
(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).