Greg Gbur
{{short description|American physicist}}
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age | June 29, 1971}}
| birth_place = Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
| birth_name = Gregory John Gbur
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| nationality = American
| fields = Physics, Singular optics, Astronomy
| workplaces = University of North Carolina at Charlotte
| alma_mater = University of Rochester
| doctoral_advisor = Emil Wolf
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| website = [https://pages.uncc.edu/greg-gbur/ UNC Charlotte: Greg Gbur]
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Greg Gbur (born June 29, 1971) is an American author and physicist who specializes in the study of classical coherence theory in optical physics.[https://uncc.academia.edu/GregGbur Academia] Greg Gbur He is a full professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the Department of Physics and Optical Science.
Education and career
Gbur got his B.A. in physics from the University of Chicago (1993), his M.A. in physics from the University of Rochester (1996), and his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester (2001) under Emil Wolf for the thesis "Nonradiating sources and the inverse source problem".[https://pages.uncc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/158/2012/11/thesis.pdf Nonradiating Sources and the Inverse Source Problem] by Greg Gbur, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester[https://pages.uncc.edu/greg-gbur/wp-content/uploads/sites/158/2018/08/GburCV.pdf Curriculum Vitae] Greg Gbur, Full Professor, UNC Charlotte
Gbur does research on the merging of singular optics with optical coherence theory.[https://www.osa-opn.org/home/book_reviews/2017/0517/singular_optics/ Singular Optics by * Greg Gbur] Review by Christian Brosseau, The Optical Society, May 18, 2017. This work is aimed at improving free-space optical communications. He has also been very active in the study of optical invisibility and invisibility cloaks.[https://spie.org/membership/student-services/visiting-lecturers-program/lecturer-directory/gbur-greg?SSO=1 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.{{Cite journal |doi=10.1364/ol.41.004979 |title=Construction of arbitrary vortex and superoscillatory fields |year=2016 |last1=Smith |first1=Matt K. |last2=Gbur |first2=Gregory J. |journal=Optics Letters |volume=41 |issue=21 |pages=4979–4982 |pmid=27805664 |bibcode=2016OptL...41.4979S |doi-access=free }}{{Cite journal |doi=10.1515/nanoph-2018-0112 |title=Using superoscillations for superresolved imaging and subwavelength focusing |year=2019 |last1=Gbur |first1=Greg |journal=Nanophotonics |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=205–225 |s2cid=125247006 |doi-access=free }}
In September 2020, The Optical Society elected Gbur a Fellow, in recognition of "contributions to coherence theory, singular optics, and the intersection of these disciplines".{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2021 OSA Fellows|url=https://www.osa.org/en-us/awards_and_grants/fellow_members/recent_fellows/2021_fellows/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=October 9, 2020|website=The Optical Society}}
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.[https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2014/05/26/chopping-down-the-beanstalk/ Chopping down the Beanstalk] The Renaissance Mathematicus, May 26, 2014[https://ontheshouldersofgiants.wordpress.com/ Alea Iacta Est!] The Giant's Shoulders: A monthly blog carnival about classic science papers He maintains a popular science weblog, Skulls in the Stars, that seeks to elucidate science and its history for the public.[https://skullsinthestars.com/ Skulls in the Stars] The intersection of physics, optics, history and pulp fiction Two of his blog posts have been included in "best of online science" books.G. Gbur, “Invisibility physics: Kerker’s ‘invisible bodies'”, in B. Zivkovic, J. Goldman (Eds.), The Open Laboratory 2010 (Coturnix, Chapel Hill, 2010), p. 179. (original online post)G. Gbur, “Mpemba’s baffling discovery,” in Best Science Writing Online 2012, J. Ouellette and B. Zivkovic, eds. (Scientific American, New York, 2012), 108. He has contributed to Science Blogging: The Essential Guide.[https://medium.com/@snowhydro/science-blogging-the-essential-guide-173f77f64705 Review of Science Blogging: The Essential Guide] by Sarah Boon in Medium, December 1, 2018
He has written popular articles for a number of magazines, including La Recherche, American Scientist, and Optics and Photonics News.[https://pages.uncc.edu/greg-gbur/publications/ 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,[http://www.valancourtbooks.com/broken-boy-1959.html Broken Boy] by John Blackburn With a new introduction by Greg Gbur 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.[https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AGreg+Gbur&s=relevancerank&text=Greg+Gbur&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_2 Books with introduction by Greg Gbur] Amazon.com He also wrote an introduction to Archie Roy's Devil in the Darkness.[http://www.horrorafterdark.com/2017/04/review-devil-darkness-archie-roy/ Devil in the Darkness] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228163126/http://www.horrorafterdark.com/2017/04/review-devil-darkness-archie-roy/ |date=2019-12-28 }} by Archie Roy with an all new introduction by Greg Gbur, April 13, 2017
Selected publications
=Books=
- (2011) [https://books.google.com/books?id=9GRwqCua8zgC&q=Greg+singular+optics Mathematical Methods for Optical Physics and Engineering], {{ISBN|0-521516-10-2}}
- (2016) [https://books.google.com/books?id=F4TZswEACAAJ Singular Optics] (Series in Optics and Optoelectronics), {{ISBN|1-466580-77-1}}
- (2019) [https://books.google.com/books?id=AT3-wgEACAAJ&q=Greg+Falling+Felines+and+Fundamental+Physics Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics], {{ISBN|0-300231-29-6}}
- (2023) [https://books.google.com/books?id=vBBUzwEACAAJ Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen], {{Isbn|9780300250428}}
=Papers=
- G. Gbur, T.D. Visser and E. Wolf, “[https://pages.uncc.edu/greg-gbur/wp-content/uploads/sites/158/2012/11/015gbur.pdf Anomalous behavior of spectra near phase singularities of focused waves]”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002), 013901.
- G. Gbur and E. Wolf, "[https://pages.uncc.edu/greg-gbur/wp-content/uploads/sites/158/2012/11/016gbur.pdf 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, “[https://pages.uncc.edu/greg-gbur/wp-content/uploads/sites/158/2012/11/039gbur.pdf Plasmon-assisted two-slit transmission: Young's experiment revisited]”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94 (2005), 053901.
- C.H. Gan, G. Gbur and T.D. Visser, “[https://pages.uncc.edu/greg-gbur/wp-content/uploads/sites/158/2012/11/047gbur.pdf Surface plasmons modulate the spatial coherence in Young's interference experiment]”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 (2007), 043908.
- G. Gbur and R.K. Tyson, “[https://pages.uncc.edu/greg-gbur/wp-content/uploads/sites/158/2012/11/055gbur.pdf 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).{{cite book | url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079663803800070 | doi=10.1016/S0079-6638(03)80007-0 | title=Nonradiating sources and other "invisible" objects | series=Progress in Optics | year=2003 | last1=Gbur | first1=Greg | volume=45 | pages=273–315 | isbn=9780444513342 }}
- G. Gbur and T.D. Visser, "The structure of partially coherent fields", in E. Wolf (Ed.), Prog. in Optics (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2010).{{cite book | url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444537058000059 | doi=10.1016/B978-0-444-53705-8.00005-9 | title=The Structure of Partially Coherent Fields | series=Progress in Optics | year=2010 | last1=Gbur | first1=G. | last2=Visser | first2=T.D. | volume=55 | pages=285–341 | isbn=9780444537058 }}
- G. Gbur, “Invisibility Physics: Past, Present, and Future”, in E. Wolf (Ed.), Prog. in Optics (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2013).{{cite book | url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444626448000029 | doi=10.1016/B978-0-444-62644-8.00002-9 | title=Invisibility Physics: Past, Present, and Future | series=Progress in Optics | year=2013 | last1=Gbur | first1=Greg | volume=58 | pages=65–114 | isbn=9780444626448 }}
References
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External links
- [https://pages.uncc.edu/greg-gbur/ Greg Gbur's homepage]
- [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aLDxx9UAAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar Citations]
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