Sudarshan's Optical Researches
E. Wolf
As is evident from the scope of this meeting, Sudarshan's scientific interests and contributions have covered a broad area of physics.Among them optics plays a very prominent role.I say optics rather than quantum optics, as is so fashionable these days, because many of Sudarshan's investigations have been particularly concerned with some striking analogies and some remarkable similarities which were found to exist between these two fields, particularly in the domain of optical coherence.In fact some of Sudarshan's contributions to this area have been largely responsible for the clarifications of several subtle questions, which in the 1960s -soon after the invention of the laser -were rather controversial.I take some pride in having been responsible -together with my colleague Leonard Mandel -for stimulating Sudarshan's interest in this field.
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A•Feb 1, 1997•0 citations