Louis Georges Gouy (February 19, 1854 – January 27, 1926)[1] was a French physicist. He is the namesake of the Gouy balance, the Gouy–Chapman electric double layer model (which is a relatively successful albeit limited model that describes the electrical double-layer which finds applications in vast areas of studies from physical chemistry to biophysics) and the Gouy phase.
Gouy was born at Vals-les-Bains, Ardèche in 1854. He became a correspondent of the Académie des sciences in 1901, and a member in 1913.
Topics investigated
[edit]His principal scientific work was related to the following subjects:
- The propagation velocity of light waves in dispersive media
- Propagation of spherical waves of small radius
- Distant diffraction (angles of dispersion reaching 150°)
- Electrostatics: Inductive capacity of dielectrics
- Surface charge
- Effect of the magnetic field on the discharge in rarefied gases
- Electrocapillarity
- Emission capacity of absorbent of the coloured flames
- Brownian motion[2]
- Measurement of magnetic susceptibility of transition metal complexes with Gouy balance
- The gouy phase shift, a feature of Gaussian beams
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Georges Louis Gouy (1854-1926)".
- ^ Gouy (1888). "Note sur le mouvement brownien". Journal de Physique Théorique et Appliquée. 7 (1): 561–564. doi:10.1051/jphystap:018880070056101. ISSN 0368-3893.
