Siu Au Lee

Siu Au Lee is an American physicist known for her use of visible and ultraviolet light lasers,[1][2] including using them to perform atomic-scale interferometry based on Bragg scattering, test special relativity and other fundamental theories, perform photolithography, and supply cooled heavy nuclei[2] for quantum computing applications.[3]

Education and career

Lee is a 1970 graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and completed her Ph.D. in 1976 at Stanford University.[4] She was a professor of physics at Colorado State University for over 30 years, with time on leave as a program manager at the National Science Foundation,[5] until retiring to become a professor emerita.[4]

Recognition

Lee was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1998, after a nomination from the APS Topical Group on Precision Measurement & Fundamental Constants, "for contributions to the field of high resolution laser spectroscopy, and for precision experiments in hydrogen and in tests of special relativity".[6] She is also aan OSA Fellow, elected in 1992.[7]

She was named a distinguished alumna of the University of Wisconsin–Madison physics program for 2015–2016.[8]

References

  1. ^ Bergquist, Jim (March 2006), "To the laser maestro", Proceedings of the John Hall Symposium, World Scientific, pp. 108–109, doi:10.1142/9789812773845_0020, ISBN 978-981-256-745-1, I had moved up one floor and from the invisible infrared spectral region into the visible. I decided immediately that this was a superior place to play, but it was also the territorial domain of Siu Au Lee
  2. ^ a b "A history of discovery: 2000" (PDF), Elements, Colorado State University College of Natural Sciences, p. 11, retrieved 2021-09-22
  3. ^ "W.M. Keck Foundation gives Colorado State University $1.1m for quantum computer research", Nanowerk, 31 January 2008, retrieved 2021-09-22
  4. ^ a b "Siu Au Lee", Faculty & Staff, Colorado State University Department of Physics, retrieved 2021-09-22
  5. ^ CSU Physics Prof. Siu Au Lee serving as NSF program manager, Colorado State University Department of Physics, retrieved 2021-09-22
  6. ^ "Fellows nominated in 1998 by the Topical Group on Precision Measurement & Fundamental Constants", APS Fellows archive, retrieved 2021-09-22
  7. ^ Elected fellows, Optical Society of America, retrieved 2021-09-22
  8. ^ History of Distinguished Alumni Awards, University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Physics, retrieved 2021-09-22