Person

Troup, Gordon John Fordyce (1932 - 2015)

Born
25 February 1932
Ceylon
Died
21 December 2015
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Physicist

Summary

Gordon Troup was one of the first Australian physicists to engage in maser (later laser) research. This research, begun at the Weapons Research Establishment and on secondment to the Royal Aircraft Establishment in England, was continued through his time at Monash University. In particular Troup worked on various forms of resonance, including nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electron spin resonance (ESR), studies of metal ions in natural and synthetic minerals as possible laser materials, quantum electronics and photon counting. In 1964 he succeeded in building a gas laser at Monash. Troup published over 100 research papers and seven books including on masers and lasers, quantum mechanics, optical coherence theory.

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Chronology

1939
Life event - Evacuated to Victoria
1952
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
1952 - 1955
Career position - Research scientist, Weapons Research Establishment, Salisbury, South Australia
1955 - 1961
Career position - Research scientist, Weapons Research Establishment
1956 -
Career event - Seconded to Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, England
1956?
Education - Master of Science (MSc), Chelsea College, London
1961 - 1969
Career position - Lecturer (later Senior) in Physics, Monash University
1969 - 1994
Career position - Reader in Physics, Monash University
1973
Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne
1994 - 2015
Career position - Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Monash University

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See also

  • Jackson, Stuart, 'The blinding 1960s of Australian laser research', Australian Physics, 52 (4) (2015), 117-20. Details

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