Rajiah Simon

{{Short description|Indian physicist}}

Rajiah Simon is a professor of physics at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India.

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Simon received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in 1993Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize winners ( 1958 - 1998 ){{better source needed|date=June 2023}} 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.R. Jagannathan, R. Simon, E. C. G. Sudarshan and N. Mukunda, [https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(89)90685-3 Quantum theory of magnetic electron lenses based on the Dirac equation], Physics Letters A, 134, 457-464 (1989).