Rodney Loudon
Professor
University of Essex
United Kingdom
Biography
Professor Rodney Loudon MA DPhil Oxf, FRS is an Emeritus Professor at the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering of University of Essex. Rodney Loudon's work focuses on various aspects of theoretical solid state and laser physics, and particularly on light scattering. His 1964 paper on the Raman effect was one of the 100 most cited papers in all areas of physical science between 1960 and 1969. He has published more than 190 papers and 3 books, one of which(the three editions of The Quantum Theory of Light) has a very high international reputation and has been translated into Russian and Japanese. His Early work on excitons, phonons and magnons and his later treatments of non-classical effects in the statistical properties of light have attracted many citations. His most recent work on surface excitations and on optical amplification, attenuation and detection has also proved to be important. Rodney has played a full role at the University of Essex as Professor, Chairman and Dean. He has also workedat BT, RRE, Bell Telephone Laboratories and RCA.
Research Interest
Lasers and Optoelectronics. Mathematical and Theoretical physics. Applications of quantum optics theory in information technology.