Biography:Rodney Loudon
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| Rodney Loudon in 2004 | |
| Born | 25 July 1934 |
| Died | 25 December 2022
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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