Rajiah Simon

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Rajiah Simon, is a Professor of Physics at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India.

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Professor Rajiah Simon

Rajiah Simon received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in 1993[1] for pioneering work in Quantum optics.

Simon and collaborators initiated the "Quantum theory of charged-particle beam optics", by working out the focusing action of a magnetic quadrupole using the Dirac Equation. [2]

References

  1. HANDBOOK OF SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR PRIZE WINNERS ( 1958 - 1998 )
  2. R. Jagannathan, R. Simon, E. C. G. Sudarshan and N. Mukunda, Quantum theory of magnetic electron lenses based on the Dirac equation, Physics Letters A, 134, 457-464 (1989).