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Profile of R. VICTOR JONES,
the Robert L. Wallace Professor of Applied Physics Emeritus in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences , Harvard University

e-mail:   jones@seas.harvard.edu

A Brief Curriculum Vitae

• Born in Oakland, California on June 8, 1929.

 
• Married Bernice Katz on October 19, 1960.  They have three sons: Jonathan, Daniel and Joshua.

 
• Received an A.B. Degree (June, 1951) and a Ph. D. Degree (February, 1956) in Physics from the University of California at Berkeley. While there, he carried out his thesis research under Professor Carson D. Jeffries: the thesis deals with two rather distinct subjects involving magnetic resonance -- viz.


• Plasma physics: The theory and observation of cyclotron resonance in molecular afterglows.


• Nuclear physics: The measurement of the nuclear spin and magnetic moment of radioactive Co⁵⁶ by paramagnetic resonance techniques.

 
• Worked on semiconductor materials and device development as a Senior Engineer at the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory of Beckman Instruments, Inc. from 1955 to 1957.

 
• Assistant Professor of Applied Physics at Harvard University (1957-61).

 
• Guggenheim Fellow (1960-61).  Studied thermal neutron diffraction at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, England.

 
• Associate Professor of Applied Physics, Harvard University (1961-64).

 
• Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics, Harvard University (1964-82).

 
• MacKay Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley (1967-68).

 
• Associate Dean, Division of Engineering and Applied Physics, Harvard University (1969-71).

 
• Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University (1971-72).

 
• Robert L. Wallace Professor of Applied Physics, Harvard University (1982-2003).

 
• Robert L. Wallace Research Professor of Applied Physics, Harvard University (2003-   ).

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Teaching Activities and Experience

• Optical Physics and Quantum Electronics, Applied Physics 216
• Electromagnetic Communication, Engineering Sciences 151
• Communication Systems and Technologies, Computer Science/Engineering Sciences E-129 (HUES)
• Electronic Devices and Circuits, Engineering Sciences 154
• Engineering Design Seminar, Engineering Sciences 96

Other Teaching Experiences: 1957 - 2003

• Computer Architecture and Organization, Computer Science 146
• Communication Systems, CAS 130 (HUES)
• Digital Systems Architecture, Computer Science 142
• Introduction to the Digital Computer, Computer Science 141
• Photonics, Engineering Sciences 152
• Communication Processes and Systems, Engineering Sciences 158
• Wave Phenomena, Physics 112
• Computer Architecture and Organization (aka The Anatomy and Physiology of Computers), CAS 112 (HUES)
• Digital Electronics in Scientific Experimentation, Applied Sciences 100
• Sound and Hearing - Light and Seeing, Core Science A-27 and B-21
• Electrodynamics, Physics 232a and 232b
• Intermediate Electrodynamics, Physics 153
• Laboratory Electronics, Physics 123
• Communication and Observation: The Science and Technology of Information Transmission, Applied Sciences E-130ab (HUES)
• Applications of Electromagnetic Theory,  Applied Physics 235a and 235b
• Laboratory Course in Applied Physics, Applied Physics 210
• Introduction to Communication Systems, Engineering Sciences 130
• Introductory Physics: Electricity and Magnetism, Physics 12b
• Projects in Physics, Applied Physics 14
• Crystals, Quanta and Electrons, Natural Sciences 113
• Introduction to Mathematical Methods, Applied Mathematics 105a
• Solid State Physics: Theory of Magnetism, Physics 296
• Solid State Electronics: Semiconductor Physics and Devices, Applied Physics 243a
• Solid State Electronics: Magnetic and Dielectric Devices, Applied Physics 241 and 243b
• Ferrites and Ferroelectrics, Applied Physics 244
• Introduction to Modern Electric Engineering: Circuit Theory, Active and Passive Devices, Engineering Sciences 133a and 133b
• Electricity and Magnetism: Electromagnetic Radiation, Engineering Sciences 132
• Electromagnetic Theory, Applied Physics 233b

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Research and Development Activities

Optical imaging through biological materials and turbid media; theory of wave propagation in random media.

Optical switching; soliton propagation;  optoelectronic pre-processors;  board- and chip-level optical interconnections; fiber optics bus structures; optical memory mechanisms, structures, and devices.

Development and application of CAD/CAE methodologies in the study and design of integrated optoelectronic devices, computer architectures, and communication systems.

Physics of heterojunction devices;  optoelectronic devices structures - viz. lasers, detectors, and switches; 3D integrated electronics/optoelectronics.

Theory of neural networks; architectures in sensory perception; photoneural devices and architectures; 2D and 3D integrated sensory processors.

Growth of high quality silicon crystals;  planar microfabrication techniques; VLSI processes and tools; bipolar device theory.

Light propagation and scattering in random media;  solid state optical spectroscopy;  light scattering experimentation;  electro-optic, acousto-optic, and magneto-optic interactions and applications;  holography and optical information processing;  integrated and fiber optics.

Mechanisms of magnetic relaxation;  the dynamics of interstellar dust grains;  models of spin-lattice interaction; crystal field theory; magneto-crystalline anisotropy mechanisms;  magnetoelastic interactions;  spin-wave relaxation mechanisms and nonlinear spin-wave interactions;  magnetic domain theory.

High-speed magnetic switching;  theory of high frequency/microwave devices;  engineering the frequency response of magnetic materials; magnetostrictive devices and materials;  magneto-optical applications and materials.

Nuclear magnetic, paramagnetic, cyclotron, and ferromagnetic resonance; nonlinear magnetic phenomena -- spin-wave instabilities.

Theory of lattice instabilities; mechanisms of dielectric relaxation in ferroelectrics;  ferroelectric domain theory;  ferroelectric memory elements;  high frequency/microwave devices;  electro-optical interactions and applications;  synthesis of ferroelectric materials.

Magnetic Bragg scattering - magnetic structures;  inelastic scattering - magnetic spin-wave dynamics and ferroelectric soft mode instabilities.

Magnetochemistry of crystalline and ceramic materials; growth of oxide (i.e.refractory) crystals; growth of metallic crystals, films and whiskers;  conventional ceramic processing;  sintering of ceramics at high and ultra-high pressures; development of ultra-fine grained ceramic materials.

Molecular afterglows; microwave excitation of gaseous discharges; microwave plasma diagnostics .

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Web Pages Authored by RVJ

• Architectural studies prepared as a part of planning process for the new physical sciences building (NPSB) at Harvard.  This building is now known as the Laboratory for Integrated Science and Engineering or LISE.

Laboratory Architecture -- Exemplars

A Compendium of Academic Nanofabrication and Microfabrication Facilities
 
The Rafael Moneo Gallery - A web review of some the works of the LISE design architect

• Electromagnetic Communication: Lecture notes for Engineering Sciences 151

• Optical Physics and Quantum Electronics : Lecture notes for Applied Physics 216 

• Communication Systems and Technology : Lecture notes for Engineering Sciences E-129

• Works in progress:
  

A Chronology of Communication Related Events

RVJ's Soliton Page: An evolving review of web reported research on solitons.

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Bibliography

CARRIER-ACTIVATED LIGHT MODULATION,
(with N.F. Johnson and H. Ehrenreich) Appl. Phys. Lett. 53, 180 (1988).

PHOTONEURAL SYSTEMS: AN INTRODUCTION,
Appl. Opt. 26, 1948 (1987)

LIGHT SCATTERING IN CERAMICS,
Proc. of SPIE 362, 1 (1982).

THE POTENTIALITIES OF FINE GRAINED CERAMICS FOR OPTICAL AND ACOUSTICAL APPLICATIONS,
(with H. M. Kahan and D. P. Stubbs) in Optical and Acoustical Micro-electronics, ed. J. Fox (Polytechnic Press, Brooklyn, NY, 1975), pp 185-204.

OPTICAL SPECTRA OF FERROELECTRIC-ANTIFERROMAGNETIC RARE EARTH MANGANATES,
(with K. Kritayakirana and P. J. Berger), Opt. Comm. 1, 95 (1969).

THE MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF Ga_2-xFe_xO_3,
(with B. F. Levine and C. H. Nowlin), Phys. Rev. 174, 571 (1968).

DIELECTRIC RELAXATION IN ROCHELLE SALT,
(with F. Sandy), Phys. Rev. 168, 481 (1968).

MAGNETOSTRICTION IN Yb-DOPED YIG,
(with A. B. Smith), J. Appl. Phys. 38, 2700 (1967).

MAGNETOELASTIC INTERACTIONS IN EuIG,
(with H. N. Bertram), J. Appl. Phys. 38, 1224 (1967).

RELAXATION OF GALLIUM NUCLEI IN Ga⁺³-DOPED YIG,
(with R. H. Tancrell), J. Appl. Phys. 38, 1283 (1967).

MAGNETIC ALIGNMENT OF INTERSTELLAR GRAINS,
(with Lyman Spitzer), Ap. J. 147, 943 (1967).

MAGNETOELASTIC INTERACTIONS IN FERRITES,
IEEE Trans. SU-13 , 86 (1966).

MAGNETOSTRICTION IN NICKEL FERRITE AND COBALT-NICKEL FERRITE,
(with A. B. Smith), J. Appl. Phys. 37, 1001 (1966).

ELECTRO-OPTICAL ACTIVITY OF LOCALIZED PERPENDICULARLY SWITCHED DOMAINS IN FERROELECTRIC CRYSTALS,
(with M. M. Shabana), Proc. of IEEE 54, 85 (1966).

LONGITUDINAL RELAXATION OF Yb⁺³-DOPED YIG,
(with T. Penney), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Series II 11, 187 (1966).

ULTRABROAD FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE IN DYSPROSIUM METAL,
(with F. C. Rossol), J. Appl. Phys. 37, 1227 (1966).

PARALLEL-PUMPED INSTABILITIES IN MAGNETIC METAL FILMS,
(with J. B. Comly), J. Appl. Phys. 36, 1201 (1965).

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN DYSPROSIUM METAL FILMS,
(with F. C. Rossol and B. R. Cooper), J. Appl. Phys. 36, 1209 (1965).

CHARACTERISTICS OF LOCALIZED FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS IN BARIUM TITANATE SINGLE CRYSTALS,
(with M. M. Shabana), Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Series II 9, 742 (1964).

PARALLEL PUMPING IN RARE EARTH DOPED GARNETS,
(with T. Penney), Proc. of 1964 International Congress on Magnetism, Nottingham, UK.

MAGNETOSTRICTION CONSTANTS FROM FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE,
(with A. B. Smith), J. Appl. Phys. 34, 1283 (1963).

MAGNETISM OF PIEZOELECTRIC GALLIUM IRON OXIDE,
(with C. H. Nowlin), J. Appl. Phys. 34, 1262 (1963).

SPIN-WAVE INSTABILITIES IN MAGNETIC METAL FILMS,
(with J. B. Comly and T. Penney), J. Appl. Phys. 34, 1145 (1963).

ON THE MAGNETIC MOMENTS AND THE DEGREE OF ORDER IN IRON-NICKEL ALLOYS,
(with M. F. Collins and R. D. Lowde), J. Phys. Soc. Japan 17, Suppl. B-III, 19 (1962).

PRESSURE DEPENDENCE OF THE MICROWAVE RESONANCE PROPERTIES OF SOME SPINEL AND GARNET FERRITES,
(with I. P. Kaminow), Phys. Rev. 123, 1122 (1961).

RESONANCE MEASUREMENTS IN MAGNETIC GARNETS,
(with G. P. Rodrigue and H. Meyer), J. Appl. Phys. 31, 376S (1960).

MAGNETIC GARNETS,
Landolt-Bornstein Zahlenwerte und Funktionen,
6 Auglage, II Band, 9 Teil, pp 2-150,
Springer-Verlag (Berlin, 1962).

VOLUME DEPENDENCE OF THE NMR IN FERROMAGNETIC COBALT,
(with I. P. Kaminow ) , Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Series II  5, 175 (1960).

OBSERVATION OF FERRIMAGNETIC RESONANCE IN YIG AS A FUNCTION OF LARGE HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE,
(with I. P. Kaminow and W. Paul) , Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Series II 4, 177 (1959).

RECENT ADVANCES IN MATERIALS FOR MICROWAVE FERRITE DEVICES ,
Proc. of 1959 PGMTT National Symposium (Invited Paper) .

FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE IN  POLYCRYSTALLINE FERRITES WITH HEXAGONAL CRYSTAL STRUCTURES,
(with E. Schlomann),  J. Appl. Phys. 30, 177S (1959).

MICROWAVE CERAMICS,
Bull. Am. Ceramics Soc., October 1958 (Invited Paper).

FERRIMAGNETIC RESONANCE IN SINGLE CRYSTALS OF RARE EARTH GARNET MATERIALS,
(with G. P. Rodrigue and W. P. Wolf), J. Appl. Phys. 29, 434 (1958).


CRYSTAL GROWING APPARATUS, (with William Shockley), United States Patent 2,979,386 (Filed August 2, 1956, Patented April 11, 1961)


PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE HYPERFINE STRUCTURE OF MANGANESE 55,
(with W. Dobrowolski and C. D. Jeffries), Phys Rev. 104, 1378 (1956).

PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE HYPERFINE STRUCTURE OF COBALT 60,
(with W. Dobrowolski and C. D. Jeffries), Phys Rev. 101, 1001 (1956).

 CYCLOTRON RESONANCE IN MOLECULAR AFTERGLOWS,
(with W. Dobrowolski, W. Kunkel, and C. D. Jeffries), Internal AEC Report, January 1956.

CYCLOTRON RESONANCE OF FREE ELECTRONS IN NITROGEN AFTERGLOWS,
(with W. Dobrowolski, W. Kunkel, and C. D. Jeffries), Phys Rev. 99, 646 (1955).

I. CYCLOTRON RESONANCE IN MOLECULAR AFTERGLOWS:  II. SPIN AND MAGNETIC MOMENT OF Co56 BY PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE,
Ph.D. Dissertation, Physics Department, University of California at Berkeley (1956)
 

Thomas M. Straus (1959)
FIELD DISPLACEMENT EFFECTS IN DIELECTRIC AND FERRITE LOADED WAVEGUIDES
(jointly supervised with C. L. Hogan).  

George P. Rodrigue (1959)
FERRIMAGNETIC RESONANCE IN MAGNETIC GARNETS
(jointly supervised with C. L. Hogan and W. P. Wolf).  

Jerome J. Green (1959)
MICROWAVE RESONANCE IN FERROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS AT HIGH SIGNAL LEVELS
(jointly supervised with C. L. Hogan).

Charles R. Buffler(1959) *
A SPIN WAVE ANALYSIS OF FERR0MAGNETIC RESONANCE RELAXATION LEVELS
(jointly supervised with C. L. Hogan).

Ivan P. Kaminow (1960)
PRESSURE DEPENDENCE OF FERRIMAGNETIC AND NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONACE PROPERTIES.

A. Brooks Harris (1961)
SPECIFIC HEAT OF RARE EARTH AND YTTRIUM IRON GARNETS BETWEEN 1.4 AND 20 DEGREES KELVIN
(jointly supervised with H, Meyer).

Harvey Rubinstein (1962) *
SWITCHING PROPERTIES OF FERRITES AND GARNETS
(jointly supervised with C. L. Hogan).   

Charles H. Nowlin (1963)
THERMAL DEPENDENCE OF THE MAGNETIC MOMENTS OF OXIDE SYSTEMS.  

William T. Maloney (1963)
MICROWAVE INVESTIGATION OF HIGH DENSITY, HIGH TEMPERATURE ARC PLASMAS
(jointly supervised with H. W. Emmons).
 

Kenneth J. Harte (1964)
SPIN-WAVE EFFECTS IN THE MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL OF A THIN FERROMAGNETIC FILM GARNETS
(jointly supervised with D. O. Smith, MIT).
 

Frank Sandy (1965)
DIELECTRIC DISPERSION IN FERROELECTRIC ROCHELLE SALT.
 

Mahmoud M. Shabana (1965)
CHARACTERISTICS OF LOCALIZED DOMAINS IN FERROELECTRIC CRYSTAL.
 

James B. Comly (1965)
SPIN WAVE INSTABILITIES AND RELAXATION IN FERROMAGNETIC METALS.

H. A. Mook (1965)
THE MAGNETIC SCATTERING OF NEUTRONS BY NICKEL GARNETS
(jointly supervised with C. G. Shull).
 

David M. Hannon (1966)
EPR SPECTRA OF IMPURITY IONS IN FEROELECTRIC HOSTS.
 

Thomas Penney (1966)
MAGNETIC RELAXATION IN RARE EARTH DOPED GARNETS.
 

Alan B. Smith (1966)
FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE MEASUREMENTS OF MAGNETOELASTIC CONSTANTS.
 

Fred C. Rossol (1966)
MICROWAVE ABSORPTION SPECTRUM OF MAGNETICALLY ORDER DYSPROSIUM METAL.
 

Lewis M. Holmes (1966)
MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF SOME RARE EARTH OXIDES.
 

H. Neal Bertram (1968)
MAGNETOELASTIC EFFECTS IN EUROPIUM IRON GARNETS.
 

R. H. Tancrell (1968)
NUCLEAR MAGNETIC AND QUADRUPOLE INTERATIONS IN GARNETS.
 

A. Fenner Milton (1968)
SPIN WAVE INSTABILITIES AND RELAXATION IN SINGLE CRYSTAL PERMALLOY.
 

Harry. H. Barrett (1968)
PHONON PROPAGATION IN PEROVSKITES.
 

Jay P. Sage (1969)
THE EFFECT OF TWO-MAGNON SCATTERING ON PARALLEL PUMP INSTABILITY THRESHOLDS.
 

Barry F. Levine (1969)
MAGNETIC AND ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF GALLIUM IRON OXIDE.
 

Kopr Kritayakirana (1969)
OPTICAL SPECTRA OF FEROELECTRIC-ANTIFERROMAGNETIC RARE EARTH MANGANATES.
 

Richard R. Bartkowski (1969)
RELAXATION IN SEVERAL MAGNETIC MATERIALS.
 

Hilliard M. Kahan (1969)
CRYSTAL FIELDS IN SPINELS.
 

Marden H. Seavey (1970)
SPIN WAVE RELAXATION IN LOW ANISOTROPY ANTIFERROMAGNETS.
 

Paul J. Berger (1970)
FAR INFRARED AND OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY ON HEXAGONAL RARE EARTH MANGANATES.
 

Jonathan Briggs (1973)
ELASTIC LIGHT SCATTERING FROM DENSE RANDOM MEDIA.
 

Steven E. Bernacki (1975)
THE APPLICATION OF X-RAY LITHOGRAPHY TO MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES.
(mainly supervised by H. I. Smith, MIT).
 

Daniel P. Stubbs (1976)
MAGNETO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF FINE GRAINED IRON BORATE.
 

L-H. Peng (1994)
ELECTRON INTERSUBBAND TRANSISTIONS IN n+ InGaAs QUANTUM WELLS: OPTICAL SELECTION RULES AND STRAIN EFFECTS. GARNETS
(jointly supervised with H. Ehrenreich and C. Fonstad, MIT).

*deceased

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