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Emeritus Professor of Claude
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LPCML - Laboratoire de Physico
Chimie des
Matériaux Luminescents
Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon1 UMR CNRS n°5620 Domaine Scientifique de la Doua, Bât. A.Kastler 69622 Villeurbanne France Phone (33) 4 72 44 82 71 Secretary (33) 4 72 44 83 21 e-mail: georges.boulon@univ-lyon1.fr last updated: february 2011 |
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Chemistry and Physics of Inorganic
Luminescent Materials.
Laser materials
Nature of Materials
Luminescent materials (powders, crystals, glasses,
vitro-ceramics and ceramics) of oxides and fluorides doped with rare
earth ions, transition metal ions or mercury-like ions, mainly laser
materials.
Undoped and doped-nonlinear crystals for Second
Harmonic Generation (SHG), Frequency summation (FS), Frequency
doubling (FD) or Raman shifters.
Type of research
Crystal growth techniques: Czochralski,(CZ),Laser Heated
Pedestal Growth (LHPG),Floating crystal.
Structural
characterizations: X-ray Diffractometry, Optical and Electronic
Microscopy, AFM, Raman spectroscopy.
Transient and steady-state
spectroscopic characterizations :absorption, excitation,
emission, decays of fluorescence in UV, visible, IR, by using CW and
pulsed tunable laser spectroscopy techniques as Time-Resolved
Spectroscopy, Site-selective Spectroscopy, Fluorescence Line
Narrowing Spectroscopy, Excites-State Absorption, Two-Photon
Absorption.
Processes involved in excited state dynamics, energy
transfers, up and down conversions.
Relations between structures
and optical properties: luminescence centers as structural probes
(isolated centers, dimers and pairs).
Models for processes and interactions.
Laser tests and nonlinear generations into pumping
with lasers, laser- diodes and flash-lamps
March 1st, 1968: Awarded
"Doctor 3rd Cycle es Sciences Physiques", Eq.PhD, Passed with
distinction "Tr? Honorable avec f?icitations" Supervisor: Madame
Fran?ise Gaume, DR CNRS and Prof. Joseph Janin
"Bi3+ Photoluminescence Properties in (Ca,Sr) Antimonates"
Thesis Committee: J.Janin, J.D'Incan, F.Gaume, Mrs F.Gaume
June 1st, 1970 (UCB Lyon1): Awarded "Doctor
d'Etat es Sciences Physiques", eq. Habilitation, passed with
distinction "Tr? Honorable, avec f?icitations". Supervisors: Madame
Fran?ise Gaume, DR CNRS and Prof. Daniel Curie (Paris 6 University).
"Photoluminescence Processes and Excited State Dynamics of
Bi3+ ions in (Y,Sc,Gd )Oxydes and (Y,Sc,Gd )Orthovanadates"
Thesis Committee: J.Janin, P.Hagenmuller, D.Curie, F.Gaume, Mrs F.Gaume
Assistant (1st March 1966),
Ma?re-Assistant (1971),
Professor 2nd class (1981), Professor lst class (1986), Professor
exceptional class (1991), Emeritus Professor (1st
September 2009).
Lectures on: General Physics, Atomic Physics,
Optics, Laser, Solid-State Laser, Nonlinear Optics, Luminescent
Materials.
Duties: 128 hours each year
Associated Researcher at the Wisconsin University, Department of Physics with Professor W.Yen. (6 months on July-December 1978)
Invited Professor at the Oklahoma State University, Department of Physics with Professor Powell (3 months on June-September 1982)
Invited Professor at Tohoku University in Sendai (Japan), one or two months each year since 1997. Invited 5.5 months in 2009-2010
Director of the Physical Chemistry of Luminescent Materials Laboratory at the UCBLyon1, associated to CNRS (UMR 5620 CNRS): 1983-1994: (3 periods of 4 years)-70 members
Director of the National Research Group of CNRS on Laser Materials - (GDR 1148): (1994-2001)The Research Group was composed of French Research Laboratories from Universities and Industries involved on Solid - State Laser -Type Materials.
Director of the Laser Materials Team at the Laboratory
Chairman of the Department of Industrial Relationships at the Lyon1 University during the (1993-1998)
Elected Member of the National Committee of the French Universities (CNU): Committee nﾰ30 in Optics, Atomic Physics, Molecular Physics and Laser 1991-1999. The main goals are to register Professors and Associated-Professors in the Habilitation List to head research and also to choose national promotions.
Chairman of the Expert Committee n° 30 at the UCB Lyon1 University since 1997, for local promotions and nominations of new Professors and Associated-Professors.
Several
scientific co-operations between Canada, European countries, Israel,
Japan, Russia, USA and my research Group.
(The list can be transmitted if necessary)
Member of several Advisory Committees since 1990:
LASER M2P, Grenoble,July 1991,with F.Stoeckel and R.Bacis
American-French Workshop, Maubuisson, September 1992, with D.Vivien
Crystal 2000, Chamonix,September 1992,with P.Lecoq
Coloq in France since 1993, every 2 years, with A.Aspect
CLEO Europe , Amsterdam ,1994,with G.Huber
ISESTE 91, 94, 96 and Winter School RES2 96,99,Wroclaw,with W.Strek
Tunable Solid State Laser Conference 96, 97 ,Wroclaw, with W.Strek
Symposium on modern problems of laser physics, Novosibirsk,
September 1995, with S.Bagaev and A.Kaminskii
ICFE3 on f elements, Paris, September 1997, with P.Porcher and J.Holsa
The Jablonski centennial conference on luminescence and photophysics,
Torun,July 1998,with J.Kwiatkowski and P.Targowski
International Conference of Luminescence and ICL Prize Committee, which is awarded each three years since 1993: ICL93 Storrs, ICL-96 Prague, ICL-99 Osaka, ICL-02 Budapest, ICL-05 Beijing, ICL-08 in Lyon.
-Chairman and co-Chairman of the International Conferences:
LASER M2P - Lyon, December 1993
LASER CRYSTALS - Les Houches (Chamonix), May 1997
ISRAELI-FRENCH WORKSHOPS - (Jerusalem, 1988-Lyon, 1993-Jerusalem, 1996-Lyon, 1999-Lyon, 2002-Jerusalem, 2006) with Prof.Renata Reisfeld
SYMPOSIUM ON LASER AND NONLINEAR OPTICAL MATERIALS (JSPS-Japan) - Singapore 1997, Lyon 2000, Keystone 2003, Prague 2006 with Prof.T.Fukuda (Tohoku University)
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PHYSICS OF LASER
CRYSTALS - International workshop - Radiation Processes in Nano and Bulk Materials:Yalta (Crimea) 25-30 September 2005 and Sevastopol (Crimea) 17-21 September 2007 with Dr. Nicolay Kulagin
3rd LASER CERAMICS SYMPOSIUM: International Symposium on Transparent Ceramics for Lasers, Scintillators and Optical Components, Paris, (8-10 October 2007)
Chairman of
the International Program Committee of ICL since 2005
The Committee is organizing such conferences every 3 years since
1966.
CHAIR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
LUMINESCENCE (ICL'08) 
in Lyon on 7-11 July, 2008
650 participants
see ICL'08
Attendances
to International Schools
Regular invitations to International Schools:
in Ettore Majorana in Erice (Sicily) since 1983 organized by Prof. B.Di Bartolo.
in Wroclaw in Poland since 1987 organized by Prof. Wieslaw Strek.
h-index=32 on July 2010
Around 500 articles published in Journals with referees and review articles in books.(The list can be transmitted if necessary)
ASSOCIATE
EDITOR for Optical Materials (Elsevier)(
1991-2003)
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF for Optical Materials since September 2003
see ScienceDirect
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OPTICAL
MATERIALS: An
International Journal on the
Physics and Chemistry of Optical Materials and their Applications,
including Devices Editor-in-Chief: G. Boulon See editorial board for all editors information Description: The purpose of Optical Materials is to provide a means of communication and technology transfer between researchers who are interested in materials for potential device applications. The journal publishes original papers and review articles on the design, synthesis, characterisation and applications of optical materials. An International Journal on the Physics and Chemistry of Optical Materials and their Applications, including Devices. Most recent Impact Factor in 2009: 1.714 |
EDITOR of Special Issues
LaserM2P, Lyon
Journal de Physique 4 C4, Ed. de Physique
(France) (April 94) 1-786;
GDR CNRS 1148, Lyon
22 n°2
(April 2003) 81-175
French-Israeli Workshops in Lyon and Jerusalem
SPIE Proc. series 1182 (89) 89-11 NCRD
Washington (USA) 1-240;
"Optical Materials":
4, 1 (December 1994) 1-151
8, 1/2 (July 1997) 1-160
16, 1/2 (February-March 2001) 1-340
24,1/2 (October/November 2003) 1-444
30,11, (July 2008) 1655-1786
(2011)
after Lyon December 8-9, 2010
ISLNOM - International Symposium on Laser,
Scintillator
and Non Linear Optical Materials
"Optical Materials"
19, 1 (February-March 2002),1-239, Lyon
26, 1/2, (September 2004) 333-554, Keystone
30, 1 (Septembre 2007)1-200, Prague
32, n°10 (August 2010), 1279-1396, Pisa, Italy
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"Special
Issue based on The 15th International
Conference on Luminescence and Optical Spectroscopy of Condensed
Matter" ICL'08
Lyon, France, 07-11 July 2008 Journal of Luminescence Volume 129, Issue 12, Pages 1401-2020 (December 2009) Edited by Georges Boulon, Christophe Dujardin and Anne-Marie Jurdyc |
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Physics Procedia Copyright © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 135-636 (August 2009) The 2008 International Conference on Luminescence and Optical Spectroscopy of Condensed Matter Edited by Georges Boulon, Christophe Dujardin and Anne-Marie Jurdyc |
in USA: OSA,
ECS
in Europe: EEC
in France: SFP,
SFC,
SFO,
EPS
Nominated by the French Prime Minister, member of the National Committee for the Evaluation of the French Universities (CNE) (2003-2007) as representive of the Physics field (25 members for all academic fields in France)
Academic Medal so-called "Palmes Académiques" in France
Honorary member of the "Académie des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Lyon"
"Doctor Honoris Causa" of the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in Spain
“Doctor Honoris Causa” of the University of Wroclaw in Poland