DocumentCode
797329
Title
Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose: His legacy and pioneering work [Reverberations]
Author
Gupta, Ramesh K. ; Stitzer, Steven N.
Author_Institution
SkyTerra Communications
Volume
10
Issue
2
fYear
2009
fDate
4/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
113
Lastpage
115
Abstract
Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose (born on 30 November 1858) is one of the most revered and admired scientists in India, not only for his pioneering contributions but also because of inspiration he provided for modern scientific research in India. The fact that he carried out his research in British colonial India at Presidency College in Calcutta (now Kolkata) without significant facilities and often using his own funds for his experiments, makes his achievements even more remarkable. He is credited with the first demonstration of electromagnetic (EM) millimeter (mm) wave (60 GHz) propagation in free space, invention of a semiconductor (diode) detection device (known as coherer at the time), and many pioneering contributions in microwave physics, biophysics, and plant sciences.
Keywords
Educational institutions; Electromagnetic devices; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic scattering; Microwave devices; Microwave propagation; Millimeter wave devices; Physics; Reverberation; Semiconductor diodes;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Microwave Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1527-3342
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MMM.2009.932237
Filename
4906385
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