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'''Rodney Loudon''' (25 July 1934 - 25 December 2022) was a British physicist.<ref name=" | '''Rodney Loudon''' (25 July 1934 - 25 December 2022) was a British physicist.<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web |title=Rodney Loudon |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Loudon |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref> | ||
== Career and work == | |||
Loudon worked in theoretical physics and quantum optics and is known for contributions to the quantum theory of light.<ref name="wiki" /><ref name="obit">{{Cite web |title=Rodney Loudon obituary |url=https://www.optica-opn.org/home/newsroom/2023/january/rodney_loudon_1934_2022/ |website=Optica |access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref> | |||
His book ''The Quantum Theory of Light'' became a standard reference for quantized radiation fields, photon statistics, and optical coherence.<ref name="book">{{Cite web |title=The Quantum Theory of Light |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-quantum-theory-of-light-9780198501770 |website=Oxford University Press |access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref> | |||
He appears in the QFT further-reading list because quantum optics gives a concrete and experimentally rich setting for field quantization.<ref name="book" /><ref name="obit" /> | |||
== Selected works == | == Selected works == | ||
* ''The Quantum Theory of Light'' | * ''The Quantum Theory of Light''. | ||
* Research on quantum optics and light-matter interaction. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Loudon Rodney Loudon] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Loudon Rodney Loudon] | ||
* [https://www.optica-opn.org/home/newsroom/2023/january/rodney_loudon_1934_2022/ Rodney Loudon obituary] | |||
* [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-quantum-theory-of-light-9780198501770 The Quantum Theory of Light] | |||
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| Known for | The Quantum Theory of Light |
Rodney Loudon (25 July 1934 - 25 December 2022) was a British physicist.[1]
Career and work
Loudon worked in theoretical physics and quantum optics and is known for contributions to the quantum theory of light.[1][2]
His book The Quantum Theory of Light became a standard reference for quantized radiation fields, photon statistics, and optical coherence.[3]
He appears in the QFT further-reading list because quantum optics gives a concrete and experimentally rich setting for field quantization.[3][2]
Selected works
- The Quantum Theory of Light.
- Research on quantum optics and light-matter interaction.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rodney Loudon". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Loudon.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Rodney Loudon obituary". https://www.optica-opn.org/home/newsroom/2023/january/rodney_loudon_1934_2022/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The Quantum Theory of Light". https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-quantum-theory-of-light-9780198501770.
External links
Author: Harold Foppele