{"id":3086,"date":"2025-11-05T09:46:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/physics-astronomy\/?page_id=3086"},"modified":"2025-11-05T09:46:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:46:59","slug":"lin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/physics-astronomy\/faculty-emeriti\/lin\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Lin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-bates-directory-search-bates-profile bates-directory-profile _with-image\"><div class=\"_data-wrap\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/physics-astronomy\/files\/2010\/05\/linh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/physics-astronomy\/files\/2010\/05\/linh-333x500.jpg\" alt=\"Hong Lin Portrait\" class=\"wp-image-1353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/physics-astronomy\/files\/2010\/05\/linh-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/physics-astronomy\/files\/2010\/05\/linh-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bates-directory-single-listing bates-directory-card\"><p class='directory-result-name'>Hong Lin<\/p><div class='directory-result-contact-wrap'><p class='directory-result-email'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='mailto:hlin@bates.edu'>hlin@bates.edu<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p><p class='directory-result-departmentWithTitle'><span class='directory-result-title'>Charles A. Dana Professor Emerita of Physics<\/span><br><span class='directory-result-department'>Physics and Astronomy<\/span><br><a class='directory-result-phone' href='tel:'><\/a><br><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ph. D. Physics, Bryn Mawr College (1991).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M.S. Physics, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (1986).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.S. Physics, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (1982).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>My research interests are the dynamics in lasers and nonlinear optical systems. In recent years I have focused on nonlinear dynamics and their applications in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My teaching at Bates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Classical Physics (107), Modern Physics (Phys 108), First-Year Seminar (FYS 274), Laboratory of Introductory Physics (Phys 107L &amp; 108L), Alternative Introduction to Physics (s25), Newtonian Mechanics (Phys 211), Electricity, Magnetism, and Waves (Phys 222), Laboratory Physics I and II (Phys 231-232), Mathematical Methods of Physics (Phys 301), Quantum Mechanics (Phys 308), Classical and Contemporary Optics (Phys 373), Quantum Theory (Phys 409), Seminar in Theoretical Physics: Fourier Optics and Holography (s45), Advanced Mechanics (Phys 412), Independent study, Seniors theses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220519142307\/https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/physics-astronomy\/lin-research-group\/\">Lin Research Group<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220519142307\/https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/physics-astronomy\/hong-lin-external-grants\/\">External Grants<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220519142307\/https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/physics-astronomy\/hong-lin-publications\/\">Publications in Refereed Scholarly Journals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ph. D. Physics, Bryn Mawr College (1991). M.S. 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