Prof. Reuben Shuker
Born: 1937, Iraq
Academic Qualifications:
    Ph.D. 1971, The Catholic University of America
    Professor 2001.
Academic Positions:
Department of Physics - Professor

Research Interests:
Quantum Optics. Optical magnetometer. Photon Statistics. Squeezed States Lasers. Theory Laser Without Inversion, . Nonlinear Optics and Four Wave Mixing. Laser Dynamics. Atomic Spectroscopy. Autoionizing States. Optogalvanic effect and Spectroscopy. Raman Spectroscopy of High Temperature Superconductors. Soft Xray spectroscopy of High Temperature Superconductors. Short Pulse Laser Photoemission. Free Electron Laser.
Research Projects:
Experiments in Optical magnetometer. Theoretical sudy of reduction of quantum noise in three level lasers is performed using full density matrix and other methods of Quantum Optics.
Use of full quantum calculation and Dressed States techniques reveals new features of the Laser Without Inversion. Nonlinear Optics and Four Wave Mixing. Laser Dynamics. Fano factors.
Raman Spectra under high pressure of disordered oxides and Insulator to metal transition and of High Temperature Superconductors. Transition of the YBCO from Superconducting to Antiferromeagntic phase on hydrogenation. Sonoluminescence: pressure and temperature that exist in thermonuclear physics. Short pulse Laser photoemitted electron bunches for the Free Electron Laser.
Abstracts of Current Research:
  • Absorption with inversion and amplification without inversion in a coherently prepared V - system: a dressed state approach: Light induced absorption with population inversion and amplification without population inversion (LWI) in a coherently prepared closed three level V - type system are investigated.This study is performed from the point of view of a two color dressed state basis. Both of these processes are possible due to atomic coherence and quantum interference contrary to simple intuitive predictions.Merely on physical basis, one would expect a complementary process to the amplification without inversion. We believe that absorption in the presence of population inversion found in the dressed state picture utilized in this study, constitutes such a process. Novel approximate analytic time dependent solutions, for coherences and populations are obtained, and are compared with full numerical solutions exhibiting excellent agreement.Steady state quantities are also calculated, and the conditions under which the system exhibits absorption and gain with and without inversion, in the dressed state representation are derived. It is found that for a weak probe laser field absorption with inversion andamplification without inversion may occur, for a range of system parameters.
  • Atomic and Molecular Autoionization Resonances of Ne, Ar, and Ar2: A simple spectroscopic technique to search, identify and detect atomic and molecular autoionization transitions in Ar and Ne is introduced. This technique is based on the optogalvanic effect. and it can be applied to study autoionization atomic and molecular autoionization Rydberg series of atoms and molecules.
  • Cooper Pairs Breakup upon Hydrogenation of YBCO: Two Magnon Raman Scattering: Raman spectra of Hydrogenated YBa2Cu3O7 + Hy y=0.45 atoms per units cell exhibit important change in the electronic excitation scattering. Upon progressive doping with Hydrogen two magnon scattering features emerge. This coincides with the transition of YBa2Cu3O7 from superconducting to antiferromagnetic phase. Exchange energy values were obtained from two magnon Raman scattering of two doped material.
Publications:
  • Alexander Gusarov, David Levron, Andrei Ben-Amar Baranga, Eugene Paperno, and Reuben Shuker.. An all-optical scalar and vector SERF magnetometer employing on-off pump modulation J. Appl. Phys : (2011)
  • G. A.Koganov and R. Shuker . “Two-photon gain without inversion vs linear absorption in a three-level scheme” Laser Phys : (2011)
  • D. Braunstein, E. Smolik, G.A. Koganov, Y. Biton, and R. Shuker. ”Counterintuitive versus regular inversionless gain in a coherently prepared ladder scheme”, Laser Phys : (2011)
  • R. Shuker, A. Har-Tal and G. A. Koganov, . "Counterintuuitive gain without inversion enhancement in pulsed fields sequence", Laser Phys. 20: 954-959 (2010)
  • D. Braunstein and R. Shuker, . Dressed states analysis of lasing without inversion in a three-level ladder system: the steady-state regime J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 42: 125401 (2009)
  • Alexander Gusarov, David Levron, Eugene Paperno, Reuben Shuker, and Andrei Ben-Amar Baranga . 3-D Magnetic Field Measurements in a Single SERF Atomic-Magnetometer Cell IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MAGNETICS 45: 4478-4482 (2009)
  • D. Braunstein and R. Shuker, . “Dressed States Analysis of Lasing Without Population Inversion in a Three-Level Ladder Scheme:Approximate Analytic Time Dependent Solutions.” Laser Physics 19: 290–304 (2009)
  • G. A. Koganov, and R. Shuker, . “Coherent Control of ac Stark Allowed Transition in  System” Laser Physics 19: 730-735 (2009)
  • Reuben SHUKER, Yevgeni Shabayev, Leila Zeiri . " Optical Nonlinear and Amplification Effects in CdS Nano-Rods" World J. Engineering 6: 941 (2009)
  • D. Braunstein and R. Shuker, . "Time Dependent Dressed states Analysis of Lasing Without Population Inversion in a Three-level Ladder Scheme.” Laser Physics 18: 237 (2008)
  • Ben-Yehuda, O; Shuker, R.; Gelbstein, Y.; Dashevsky, Z.; Dariel, M. P. . "Highly textured Bi2Te3-based materials for thermoelectric energy conversion" J. Appl. Phys. 101: 113707 (2007)
  • A.Pesach, R. Shuker and E. Sterer . "Pressure-induced insulator to metal transition in amourphous SiO" Phys. Rev. B 76 Rapid Comm.: RC 161102 (2007)
  • D. Braunstein and R. Shuker, . “A scheme for ultrashort X-ray lasing without inversion” Laser Physics 16: 317-321 (2006)
  • A. Ben-Arie, G. A. Koganov, and R. Shuker, . Quantum-fluctuation properties of the ladder scheme of a three-level laser incoherent pumping Phys. Rev. A 74: 053811 (2006)
  • V.Ahufinger , R. Shukerand and R. Corbalan . Frequency up-conversion He-Ne laser without inversion Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 80: 67-72 (2005)
  • Gennady A. Koganov, Reuben Shuker and Evgueni P. Gordov, . “Multi-mirror autodyne lidar for local detection of hostile gases” Appl. Optics 44: 3105-3109 (2005)
  • D. Braunstein and R. Shuker. . X-ray laser without inversion in a three-level ladder system Phys. Rev. A 68: 013812 (2003)
  • G.A. Koganov, and R. Shuker . Autodyne lidar modeling: analytical and numerical calculations Appl. Optics 41: 7087 (2002)
  • D. Braunstein and R. Shuker. . “Absorption with inversion and amplification without inversion in a coherently prepared V-system : a dressed state approach .” “Absorption with inversion and amplification without inversion in a coherently prepared V-system : 64: 053812 (2001)
  • M. V. Landau, A. Gutman, M. Hershkowitz, R. Shuker, Y. Bitton, and D. Mogilansky . The role and stability of Li2O2 phase in supported LiCl catalyst in oxidation of n-Buthane J. Molecular Catalysis :A 176: 127 (2001)
  • W. Gawlik, R. Shuker, and A.Gallagher. . Temporal Character of Pulsed - Laser Cone Emission Phys. Rev. A Rapid Communications 64: 021801 (2001)
  • G. Koganov and R. Shuker . "Photon Statistics of a Ground-State-Pumped Laser." Phys. Rev. A 63: 015802 – 015805 (2001)
  • Koganov, G.A. & Shuker, R.. Threshold and non-linear behavior of lasers of L and V - configurations. Phys. Rev. A. 58: 1559-1562 (1998)
  • Braunstein, D., Khazanov, A.M., Koganov, G.A. & Shuker, R.. Lowering of threshold conditions for nonlinear effects in a microspheres. Phys. Rev. A. 53: 3565-3572 (1997)
  • Nahum, N.K. & Shuker, R.. Phase Conjugation of a Q-Switched Nd:YAG Laser Radiation at the Semiconductor Metal Phase Transition in VO2. LASERS?95, Ed. V.J. Corcoran & T.A. Goldman, STS PRESS, McLEAN, VA (1996). : 267-274 (1997)
  • Koganov, G.A. & Shuker, R.. Monte Carlo Simulations of Laser and Maser Operation. Laser Physics 7: 257-262 (1997)
  • Shuker, R. & Biton, Y.. Manifestation of the Electronic Correlation in Hi Tc Superconductors by Raman Scattering. Laser Physics 7: 339-342 (1997)
Keywords:Optical/atomic Magnetometer, Lasers Without Inversion, Nonlinear Optics, Atomic Specorscopy, Raman Spectroscopy , Superconductivity, Sonoluminescence, High pressure and Insulator to metal transition.
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Email:shuker@bgu.ac.il