Greg Gbur (born June 29, 1971) is an American author and physicist who specializes in the study of classical
coherence theory in
optical physics
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[Academia]
Greg Gbur He is a full professor at the
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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in the Department of Physics and Optical Science.
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Education and career
Gbur got his B.A. in physics from the University of Chicago
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(1993), his M.A. in physics from the University of Rochester
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(1996), and his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester (2001) under Emil Wolf
Emil Wolf (July 30, 1922 – June 2, 2018) was a Czech-born American physicist who made advancements in physical optics, including diffraction, coherence properties of optical fields, spectroscopy of partially coherent radiation, and the theory ...
for the thesi
"Nonradiating sources and the inverse source problem"
[Nonradiating Sources and the Inverse Source Problem]
by Greg Gbur, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester[Curriculum Vitae]
Greg Gbur, Full Professor, UNC Charlotte
Gbur does research on the merging of singular optics with optical coherence theory. This work is aimed at improving free-space optical communication
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s. He has also been very active in the study of optical invisibility and invisibility cloaks.[Greg Gbur: Profile]
The International Society of Optics and Photonics He has recently applied the techniques of singular optics towards the design of superoscillatory waves for high-resolution imaging.
In September 2020, The Optical Society
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elected Gbur a Fellow
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, in recognition of "contributions to coherence theory, singular optics, and the intersection of these disciplines".
History of science
Gbur maintains an active interest in the history of science. He founded and co-moderated a blog carnival, ''The Giant's Shoulders'', which focused on the history of science and ran from 2008 to 2014. He maintains a popular science weblog
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, ''Skulls in the Stars'', that seeks to elucidate science and its history for the public.
Skulls in the Stars
' The intersection of physics, optics, history and pulp fiction[Review of Science Blogging: The Essential Guide]
by Sarah Boon in Medium
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, December 1, 2018
He has written popular articles for a number of magazines, including ''La Recherche
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'', '' American Scientist'', and ''Optics and Photonics News
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''.[Publications]
Greg Gbur, Dept of Physics & Optical Science, UNC Charlotte
Horror fiction
Gbur has written a number of scholarly introductions to classic horror fiction, including John Blackburn's ''Broken Boy,'' ''Nothing but the Night,'' ''The Flame and the Wind,'' ''Bury Him Darkly,'' ''The Face of the Lion,'' ''The Cyclops Goblet,'' and ''Our Lady of Pain.'' He also wrote an introduction to Archie Roy
Archie Edmiston Roy FRSE, Royal Astronomical Society, FRAS (24 June 1924 – 27 December 2012) was Professor Emeritus of Astronomy in the University of Glasgow.
Career
Professor Archie Edmiston Roy, was educated at Hillhead High School ...
's ''Devil in the Darkness.''
Selected publications
Books
* (2011)
Mathematical Methods for Optical Physics and Engineering
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* (2016)
(Series in Optics and Optoelectronics)'',
* (2019)
Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics
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* (2023)
Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen
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Papers
* G. Gbur, T.D. Visser and E. Wolf,
Anomalous behavior of spectra near phase singularities of focused waves
, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002), 013901.
* G. Gbur and E. Wolf,
Spreading of partially coherent beams in random media
, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 19 (2002), 1592.
* H.F. Schouten, N. Kuzmin, G. Dubois, T.D. Visser, G. Gbur, P.F.A. Alkemade, H. Blok, G.W. 't Hooft, D. Lenstra and E.R. Eliel,
Plasmon-assisted two-slit transmission: Young's experiment revisited
, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (2005), 053901.
* C.H. Gan, G. Gbur and T.D. Visser,
Surface plasmons modulate the spatial coherence in Young's interference experiment
, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 (2007), 043908.
* G. Gbur and R.K. Tyson,
Vortex beam propagation through atmospheric turbulence and topological charge conservation
, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 25 (2008), 225.
Reviews
* G. Gbur, "Nonradiating sources and other ‘invisible’ objects", in E. Wolf (Ed.), Prog. in Optics (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2003).
* G. Gbur and T.D. Visser, "The structure of partially coherent fields", in E. Wolf (Ed.), Prog. in Optics (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2010).
* G. Gbur, “Invisibility Physics: Past, Present, and Future”, in E. Wolf (Ed.), Prog. in Optics (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2013).Invisibility Physics: Past, Present, and Future
Review by G. Gbur in ''Progress in Optics'', Vol 58, 2013, pp. 65-114
References
External links
Greg Gbur's homepageGoogle Scholar Citations
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21st-century American physicists
20th-century American physicists
Optical physicists
University of Chicago alumni
University of Rochester alumni
University of North Carolina at Charlotte faculty
American bloggers
Scientists from Oak Park, Illinois
1971 births
Living people
Fellows of Optica (society)