Raman’s Optics – Historical Overview

Journal of the Optical Society of America is coming up with a special issue on Optics in South Asia. I was invited to write a historical overview of Raman’s work on optics. Below is the snapshot of the pre-print. It should also appear in the axriv in the coming week. Meanwhile, you can access the preprint PDF below.

Also, look out for a research article from my group on multipolar optical binding submitted to the same issue. I will post a link when it appears as a pre-print.

Acknowledgements:

  1. Professor Anurag Sharma, IIT, Delhi, for inviting me to write about Raman;
  2. Other editors of this issue for taking the initiative.
  3. Digital Archive Depository of Raman Research Institute
arxiv – 2026 Main JOSA RDownload

arXiv link here.

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Author: G.V. Pavan Kumar

Namaste, Hola & Welcome from G.V. Pavan Kumar. I am a Professor of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India. My research interests are : (1) Optics & Soft Matter: Optically Induced Forces – Assembly, Dynamics & Function; (2) History and Philosophy of Science – Ideas in Physical Sciences. I am interested in the historical and philosophical evolution of ideas and tools in the physical sciences and technology. I research the intellectual history of past scientists, innovators, and people driven by curiosity, and I write about them from an Indian and Asian perspective. My motivation is to humanize science. In the same spirit, I write and host my podcast Pratidhvani – Humanizing Science.

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