Greg Gbur (born June 29, 1971) is an American author and physicist who specializes in the study of classical coherence theory in optical physics.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".Nonradiating Sources and the Inverse Source Problem by Greg Gbur, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of RochesterCurriculum Vitae Greg Gbur, Full Professor, UNC Charlotte
Gbur does research on the merging of singular optics with optical coherence theory.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.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 elected Gbur a Fellow, in recognition of "contributions to coherence theory, singular optics, and the intersection of these disciplines".
History of science Gbur founded and co-moderated a blog carnival, The Giant's Shoulders, which focused on the history of science and ran from 2008 to 2014.Chopping down the Beanstalk The Renaissance Mathematicus, May 26, 2014Alea 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.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.Review of Science Blogging: The Essential Guide by Sarah Boon in Medium, December 1, 2018
He has written popular articles for magazines including La Recherche, American Scientist, and Optics and Photonics News.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,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.Books with introduction by Greg Gbur Amazon.com He also wrote an introduction to Archie Roy's Devil in the Darkness.Devil in the Darkness by Archie Roy with an all new introduction by Greg Gbur, April 13, 2017
Selected publications Books (2011) Mathematical Methods for Optical Physics and Engineering, (2016) Singular Optics (Series in Optics and Optoelectronics), (2019) Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics, (2023) Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen,
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).
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External links Greg Gbur's homepage Google Scholar Citations