Victor Veselago
Victor Georgievich Veselago | |
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Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
Victor Georgievich Veselago (Russian: Виктор Гиоргиевич Веселаго; 13 June 1929 – 15 September 2018)[1][2] was a Soviet Russian physicist, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences, and a university professor. In 1967, he was the first to publish a theoretical analysis of materials with negative permittivity, ε, and permeability, μ.[3]
He published his seminal work in a paper entitled "The Electrodynamics of Substances with Simultaneously Negative Values of ε and μ".[3] It was first published in Russian (1967), and was later translated into English (1968). His published paper was key to the advancement of physics research in
He received awards and continued to contribute to electrodynamics throughout his career.
Background
In the senior years of his high school he was an avid
Professor Mark Yefremovich Zhabotinsky supervised Veselago's project for his graduation diploma. This same professor also helped him to build a foundation in radio electronics and
It appears that the most significant event of his career, and the most important moment in his life was when he realized that materials with both negative permittivity and permeability are possible.[6]
He was also on the advisory board of the peer reviewed journal Metamaterials, along with a number of other notable board members who have significantly contributed to metamaterial research. The journal was first published in March, 2007.[7]
In 2009, Victor Vesalgo won the
Results and importance of first published work
His first paper was "The Electrodynamics of Substances with Simultaneously Negative Values of ε and μ". Up to this point, the
After Smith's and Pendry's accomplishments with metamaterials, Veselago realized that the most important contribution of his original paper is not that a composite material can be designed to produce a negative refraction, but that a composite material can be designed to produce any value for permittivity and permeability. At least a part of his research goals was then to critically reconsider all formulas of classical electrodynamics that involve permittivity, permeability or refractive index. The fact that prior research is based on positive values for these parameters leads to erroneous solutions when negative values are considered or researched. He stated that many of these formulas need to be corrected.[6]
Veselago perceived that the next big breakthrough with
Education
Victor Veselago attended
Career
After graduating Moscow University in 1952, he went to work with the P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He was there from 1952 to 1983. In 1983 he became Head of Laboratory of Magnetic Materials in the Lebedev Physical Institute.
In 1980 he became a
Besides notable work establishing and publishing the theory of
V. Veselago was married and had three daughters along with one son. His favorite animal was a female cat named Fifa. His notable hobby was real
See also
- Metamaterials
- Negative index metamaterials
- Photonic crystal
- 2009 recipient of the OSA
- Kenneth Mees Medal
References
- ^ a b c Slyusar V.I. (2009). "Metamaterials on antenna solutions" (PDF). 7th International Conference on Antenna Theory and Techniques, ICATT'09; Lviv, Ukraine.: 19–24.
- ^ Некролог Виктора Георгиевича Веселаго (in Russian)
- ^ a b c V. G. Veselago (1967). "The electrodynamics of substances with simultaneously negative values of ε and μ". Sov. Phys. Usp. 10 (4): 509–514. .
- ^ "The Electrodynamics of Substances with Simultaneously Negative Values of ε and μ". Google Scholar. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk (2010). "60 seconds with authors"(Index page for interviews with notable IOP authors who have published papers). Retrieved 2011-08-16.
- ^ a b c d e IOP Electronic Journals. "Viktor Veselago, Professor Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology…" (Interview with Viktor Veselago by IOP Electronic Journals - 60 seconds with ... Authors Edition). Retrieved 2010-02-11.
- ^
Lapine, Mikhail, Coordinating Editor (2010). "Coordinating Editor, Editing board, and Advisory board". Metamaterials (journal). p. 01. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
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has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Optical Society of America (OSA) (2010). "C. E. K. Mees Medal Winners" (2009 - Victor G. Veselago). Optical Society of America (OSA). Retrieved 2005-10-20.
- ^ a b Staff (September 22, 2018). "Obituary of Victor Georgievich Veselago". Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Retrieved March 18, 2020. This is a Russian language page. Translate to English with Google Translate
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Fiorini, Phillip; Victor G. Veselago (June 13, 2007). "Victor Veselago Interview on Nanotechnology and Photonics" (Biographical background of Veselago. Nanotechnology and photonics interview with Phillip Fiorini. Veselago is listed as co-author for this interview.). West Lafayette, Indiana, USA: Nanohub - Network for Computational Nanotechnology - a multi-university project, funded by the NSF. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
- ^ Profile of V.G. Veselago
Further reading
- Veselago, Victor (2006). "Negative Refractive Index Materials" (PDF). Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience. 3 (2): 1–30. doi:10.1166/jctn.2006.3000. Archived from the original(PDF) on 30 March 2012.
- Boardman, Allan (2011). "Pioneers in metamaterials: John Pendry and Victor Veselago". Journal of Optics. 13 (2): 020401. S2CID 122755557.
- Veselago, Viktor G (2002). "Formulating Fermat's principle for light traveling in negative refraction materials". Physics-Uspekhi. 45 (10): 1097. S2CID 250800883.
- "Electrodynamics of materials with negative index of refraction" by V.G. Veselago. 2003.
- Lim, Hock (2003-06-15). "Proceedings of the Symposium F: Electromagnetic materials : SUNTEC, Singapore, 7–12 December 2003". Physics-Uspekhi. 46 (7): 764. S2CID 250862458.
- Lim, Hock (2003-06-15). "Proceedings of the Symposium F: Electromagnetic materials : SUNTEC, Singapore, 7–12 December 2003". Physics-Uspekhi. 46 (7): 764.