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Kurt Oughstun

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Kurt Oughstun
OccupationAcademic
Known forResearch on electromagnetic and optical pulse propagation in dispersive media
Alma materUniversity of Rochester

Kurt Oughstun is a professor at the University of Vermont's College of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences. His research concerns electromagnetic and optical pulse propagation in temporally dispersive media.[1]

Education

Oughstun received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester, where he studied from 1972 to 1978.[2]

Career

Oughstun has served as a professor at the University of Vermont since 1987, based in the College of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences.[3]

Research

According to Semantic Scholar, Oughstun has authored 144 papers that have collectively received 2,381 citations, giving him an h-index of 22.[4] His work has addressed topics including voltage pulse propagation on dispersive microstrip transmission lines, Brewster and pseudo-Brewster angles at interfaces between isotropic lossy media, and the physical interpretation of dispersive pulse dynamics, including the evolution of precursor fields in temporally dispersive media.[5]

Selected publications

  • "Voltage Pulse Propagation on a Dispersive Microstrip Transmission Line" (2021), United States National Committee of URSI National Radio Science Meeting[6]
  • "Modified Brewster and pseudo-Brewster angles at the interface between isotropic lossy media" (2020), Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics, Image Science, and Vision[7]
  • "Physical Interpretations of Dispersive Pulse Dynamics" (2019), Springer Series in Optical Sciences[8]
  • "Free Fields in Temporally Dispersive Media" (2019), Springer Series in Optical Sciences[9]
  • "Evolution of the Precursor Fields" (2019), Springer Series in Optical Sciences[10]
  • "Fundamental Field Equations in Temporally Dispersive Media" (2019), Springer Series in Optical Sciences[11]
  • "Plane Wave Reflection and Refraction" (2019), Springer Series in Optical Sciences[12]
  • "Microscopic Potentials and Radiation" (2019), Springer Series in Optical Sciences[13]
  • "The Group Velocity Approximation" (2019), Springer Series in Optical Sciences[14]
  • "Electromagnetic and Optical Pulse Propagation" (2019), Springer Series in Optical Sciences[15]
  1. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Kurt Oughstun.
  2. ↑ ORCID record 0000-0002-6088-2645.
  3. ↑ ORCID record 0000-0002-6088-2645.
  4. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Kurt Oughstun.
  5. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Kurt Oughstun.
  6. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Kurt Oughstun.
  7. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Kurt Oughstun.
  8. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Kurt Oughstun.
  9. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Kurt Oughstun.
  10. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Kurt Oughstun.
  11. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Kurt Oughstun.
  12. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Kurt Oughstun.
  13. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Kurt Oughstun.
  14. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Kurt Oughstun.
  15. ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile for Kurt Oughstun.
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