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Scully, Marlan Orvil was born on August 3, 1939 in Casper, Wyoming, United States. Son of Orvil O. and Thelma G. (Thoms) Scully.
( This book treats the interaction of radiation with matt...)
This book treats the interaction of radiation with matter, particular attention being paid to the laser. Knowledge is assumed of the usual half-year introduction of quantum mechanics found in undergraduate physics curricula. The material can be covered in two semesters, or, alternatively, the first part (Chaps 1-13) can be used as a one-semester course in which quantum mechanical aspects of the electromagnetic field are ignored. Each chapter is accompanied by problems that illustrate the text and give useful (occasionally new) results. Existing laser media are intrinsically quantum mechanical and are most easily studied with the quantum theory. Understanding the laser along these lines enlivens one's understanding of quantum mechanics itself. In fact, the material constitutes a viable, applied alternative for the usual second and third semesters of quantum mechanics.
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Scully, Marlan Orvil was born on August 3, 1939 in Casper, Wyoming, United States. Son of Orvil O. and Thelma G. (Thoms) Scully.
AS, Casper College, 1959; Bachelor of Science, U. Wyoming, 1961; Master of Science, Yale University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1966.
Instructor, Yale University, New Haven, 1967-1969;
assistant professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1969-1971;
associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1971-1972;
professor, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1972-1980;
distinguished professor, U. New Mexico, Albuquerque, since 1980. Director, co-founder Radtech, 1984. Member Joint counm. on Quantum Electronics, International Commision on Optics.
Member program committee VIIth and VIIIth International Conference on Quantum Electronics (co-chairman program committee). Panel member International Conference on Hot Electrons in Semiconductors, North Texas State University. Co-director VIIth Course of North Atlantic Treaty Organization International School Quantum Electronics.
Member program committee for The Optical Society sponsored topical meeting on Picosecons Phenomena, Hilton Head, South Carolina., 1978. Invited lecturer United States-Japan Coop.Seminar on Laser Spectroscopy, Hakone, Japan, 1977. Member National Research Council panel on electron, atomic and molecular physics.
Advisor to Agricultural Research Organization National Academy Panel, Los Alamos Physics Division.
( This book treats the interaction of radiation with matt...)
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Optical Society American (director at large 1978-1980, publications committee 1972, Ives medal committee 1976, chairman Wood prize committee 1978, Adolph E. Lomb medal 1970. Member Max Planck Society.
Married Judith Bailey, August 16, 1958. Children: James, Robert, Steven.