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Biography

Abstract Important Dates Occupation Places Subjects

Relationships

Advisors & Collaborators
Colleagues
Additional

Major Positions
Professional Activites & Affiliations

Resources

Archival as Subject

Y. R. Shen

Dates

March 25, 1935 – present

Authorized Form of Name

Shen, Y. R.

Additional Forms of Names

Shen, Yuen Ron

Biography

Abstract

Yuen-Ron Shen is Professor of Physics at University of California, Berkeley (1970-present). His research interests include the interaction of light with matter comprising condensed matter physics, molecular physics, nonlinear optics, laser spectroscopy, and surface sciences. His research group has been working on the search for understanding nonlinear optical effects, developing novel linear and nonlinear optical techniques for material studies, and applying them to material science research.

Important Dates

March 25, 1935Birth, Shanghai (China).

1956Obtained BS, National Taiwan University, Taipei (Taiwan).

1959Obtained MS, Stanford University, Stanford (Calif.).

1963Obtained PhD in Solid State Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).

1964 – presentAssistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics (1964-1970) and Professor of Physics (1970-present), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).

1992Awarded Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, American Physical Society.

1995Member, National Academy of Sciences.

1998Awarded Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids, American Physical Society.

Occupation

Condensed matter physicist.

Places

Birth

Shanghai (China)

Undergraduate Education

Taipei (Taiwan)

Graduate Education

Stanford (Calif.)

Cambridge (Mass.)

Employment

Berkeley (Calif.)

Subjects

Condensed matter.

Laser spectroscopy.

Materials science.

Nonlinear optics.

Solid state physics.

Surface (Physics).

Relationships

People

Advisors & Collaborators

Bloembergen, N.

PhD advisor at Harvard University, "Faraday rotation of rare-earth ions in CaF₂."

Heinz, Tony F.

Advised by Shen at University of California, Berkeley.

Colleagues

Alvarez, Luis W., 1911-1988

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Appelbaum, J. A. (Joel A.)

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Bardeen, James Maxwell, 1939-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Bialek, William S.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Birge, Raymond T. (Raymond Thayer), 1887-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Bradbury, Norris, 1909-1997

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Brode, Robert B. (Robert Bigham), 1900-1986

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Chamberlain, O. (Owen)

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Chew, Geoffrey F.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Clarke, John, 1942-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Clauser, John F. (John Francis), 1942-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Cohen, Marvin L.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Commins, Eugene D.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Davidson, Ronald C.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Davis, J. C. Séamus

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Dynes, Robert C.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Emery, V. J. (Victor J.)

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Falcone, Roger W.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Falicov, L. M. (Leopoldo Maximo), 1933-1995

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Fetter, Alexander L., 1937-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Freedman, Daniel Z.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Freedman, Stuart J.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Gaillard, Mary K.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Glashow, Sheldon L.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Goldhaber, Gerson

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Hahn, E. L. (Erwin Louis), 1921-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Haxton, Wick C.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Hellman, Frances

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Helmholz, August Carl, 1915-2003

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Holdren, John P.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Hopfield, John J.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Jackson, John David, 1925-2016

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Jeffries, C. D., 1922-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Kahn, Steven Michael

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Kittel, Charles

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Loeb, Leonard B. (Leonard Benedict), 1891-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Louie, Steven G., 1949-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Mandelstam, Stanley

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

McKee, Christopher, 1942-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

McMillan, Edwin M. (Edwin Mattison), 1907-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Moyer, Burton J., 1912-1973

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Murnane, Margaret

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Nierenberg, William Aaron, 1919-2000

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Perlmutter, Saul

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Price, Paul Buford

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Reynolds, John Hamilton, 1923-2000

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Richards, Paul L. (Paul Linford)

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Riess, Adam, 1969-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Ruderman, Malvin A.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Shank, C. V. (Charles V.)

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Shapiro, Marjorie

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Steiner, Herbert M.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Stubbs, Christopher

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Teller, Edward, 1908-2003

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Thomas, Gareth, 1932-2014

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Tinkham, Michael

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Townes, Charles H.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Trilling, George H.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Van Harlingen, Dale J.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Watson, Kenneth M.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Weinberg, Steven, 1933-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Zumino, B. (Bruno), 1923-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Additional

Boyd, Gary T.

Garmire, Elsa M., 1939-

Institutions

Major Positions

University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics

Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Physics, and Professor of Physics.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

American Physical Society

Received 1992 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science and 1998 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids.

Guo li Taiwan da xue

Obtained BS (1956).

Harvard University. Department of Physics

Obtained PhD in Solid State Physics (1963).

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Member.

Stanford University. Department of Physics

Obtained MS (1959).

Resources

Archival Resources

Subject

Oral history interview with Elsa Meints Garmire, 1985 February 4.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Institute of Physics

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Oral history interview with Gary T. Boyd, 2008 December 2.

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