Ruvin FERBER

Ruvin FERBER

Professor Ruvin FERBER

Department of Physics,
University of Latvia
Raina bulvaris 19
Riga, LV 1586
Latvia

Phone: +371 7033754
Fax: +371 7033751
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]

Born: December 13, 1946, Riga, Latvia

Interests:

Experimental and theoretical studies of diatomic molecules by optical methods;
Molecules in external electric and magnetic field: basic properties and applications;
Foundations of physics.

Languages: Russian, Latvian, English

Education:

University of Latvia (Faculty of Physics and Mathematics) 1971
Postgraduate, University of Latvia, 1975-1978
Dr.phys. (Candidate of Science in former USSR, Ph.D. in Western countries), University of Latvia, 1979
Dr.habil. phys. (Doctor of Science in former USSR), St-Petersburg (Leningrad) State University, 1988
In service training, Department of Atomic Physics, Utrecht University (the Netherlands), 1997.

Experience:

Senior technician, Engineer, Division of Experimental Physics, Department of Physics, University of Latvia, 1971-1977;
Assistant professor (1978-1984), Associate professor (1984-1989) and Professor (1989 -) Division of Experimental Physics, Department of Physics, University of Latvia
Head of the Laboratory of Optical Polarizatoin of Molecules at the Institute of Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy, University of Latvia, 1994 -

Honors and Awards:

Corresponding Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2000

Full Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2006

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Hanle prize, 1992

Professional Activities and Memberships:

Member, Latvian Scientist Union, 1992
Member, Latvian Physical Society, 1999
Member, American Physical Society, 1993
Chairman, The Habilitation and Promotion Council in Physics, University of Latvia, 1997-1999

Courses:

University of Latvia:

Optics (Basic Physics course)
Atomic Physics (Basic Physics course)
Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules
Evolution of Physics

Research Projects:

R.Ferber (Principal Investigator). Separation of First and Second Order Zeeman and Stark Effects in Electronically Excited Diatomic Molecules. International Science Foundation (New York) Long-Term Research Grants Program (1994-1995).
R.Ferber (Project Coordinator). Lasers, Atoms and Molecules: Dynamical Interactions. European Community PECO Collaboration grant at EU HCM (Networks) program (1995-1997).
R.Ferber (Project Coordinator). Laser-Molecule Interaction in Strong Fields. Collaborative Project with Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1997.
R.Ferber (Project Coordinator). Perturbation Studies in Diatomic Alkali Molecules by Optical Multiple Resonance Spectroscopy. USA National Research Council Twinning Program with Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, (1997 - 1999).
R.Ferber (Co-ordinator of Latvian Part of Project) Photodisociation Dynamics of Alkali Halide Molecules by Sub-Doppler Spectroscopy of Polarized Atomic Photofragments. NATO Collaborative Linkage Grant (2001-2002)
R.Ferber (Head of Project). Studies of Radiative, Magnetic and Electric Properties of Diatomic Molecules Using Laser Spectroscopy Methods in External Fields. Latvian Council of Science (1997-2000).
R.Ferber (Head of Project). Structure and Dynamics of Diatomic Molecules: Experiment and Theory. Latvian Council of Science (2001 - 2004).
R.Ferber (Head of Project). Laser Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules and Atoms in External Fields. Latvian Council of Science (2005 - ).

Recent/Representative Publications:

Monograph:

M.Auzinsh, R.Ferber, Optical Polarization of Molecules. 1995, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 306 pp.; second ed. 2005, 306 pp.

Articles in Scientific Journals:

A.V.Stolyarov, I.P.Klincare, M.P.Auzinsh, M.Ya.Tamanis, R.S.Ferber. Rotational magnetic moment of the Na₂ molecule in A¹S⁺_u state: Perturbation effects. - J.Chem. Phys.,1992, vol.96, pp.3510-3522.
M.P.Auzinsh, R.S.Ferber. J-selective Stark orientation of molecular rotation in a beam. - Phys.Rev.Lett., 1992, vol.69, pp.3463-3466.
R.S.Ferber, Ya.A.Harya, A.V.Stolyarov. Intensities and electronic transition strengths of seven Te₂ visible and IR band systems. - J.Quant.Spectrosc.Radiat.Trans., 1992, vol.47, pp.143-158.
A.V.Stolyarov, I.P.Klincare, M.Tamanis, R.S.Ferber. Observation of A¹S⁺_u~b³P_u interaction in g factors of weakly coupled Na₂ A¹S⁺_u state levels. - J.Chem. Phys., 1993, vol.98, pp.826-835.
M.P.Auzinsh, R.S.Ferber, Emergence of circularity at linear polarized excitation of molecules. - J.Chem.Phys., 1993, vol.99, pp.5742-5747.
I.P.Klincare, A.V.Stolyarov, M.P.Auzinsh, M.Ya.Tamanis, R.S.Ferber. Alignment-orientation conversion by quadratic Zeeman effect: Analysis and observation for Te₂. - J.Chem. Phys., 1993, vol.99, pp.5748-5753.
E.A.Pazyuk, A.V.Stolyarov, M.Ya.Tamanis, R.S.Ferber. Global deperturbation analysis from energetic, magnetic and radiative measurements: Application to Te₂. - J.Chem. Phys., 1993, vol.99, pp.7873-7887.
M.Auzinsh, R.Ferber, A.V.Stolyarov. Separation of quadratic and linear external field effects in high J quantum beats. - J.Chem.Phys., 1994, vol.101, pp.5559-5565.
E.A.Pazyuk, A.V.Stolyarov, I.V.Ushakov, R.S.Ferber. Propagation of molecular constant variations into Franck-Condon type integrals. - J.Quant.Spectrosc.Radiat.Trans., 1995, vol.53, pp.565-579.
M.Auzinsh, A.V.Stolyarov, M.Tamanis, R.S.Ferber. Magnetic field induced alignement-orientation conversion: Non-linear energy shift and predissociation in Te₂ B1_u state. - J.Chem.Phys., 1994, vol.105, pp.37-49.
I.Jackowska, W.Jastrzæbski, R.Ferber, O.Nikolayeva, P.Kowalczyk. Reanalysis of the A¹S⁺_u state of Na₂ by polarization labelling spectroscopy. - Mol.Phys., 1996, vol. 89, pp.1719-1724.
R.Ferber. A missing link: What lies behind de Broglie’s "periodic phenomenon"? - Foundation of Physics Letters, 1996, vol.9, pp. 575-586
M.Tamanis, M.Auzinsh, I.Klincare, O.Nikolayeva, A.V.Stolyarov, R.Ferber. NaK D¹P electric dipole moment measurement by Stark level crossing and e-f mixing spectroscopy. - J.Chem.Phys., 1997, vol.106, pp.2195-2204.
R.Ferber, P.Kowalczyk, W.Jastrzæbski. Line intensities in V-type polarization labelling spectroscopy of diatomic molecules. - J.Quant.Spectrosc.Radiat.Trans., 1997, vol.58, pp.53-60.
M.Tamanis, M.Auzinsh, I.Klincare, O.Nikolayeva, R.Ferber, E.A.Pazyuk, A.V.Stolyarov and A.Zaitsevskii. NaK L -doubling and Permanent Electric Dipoles in Low Lying ^1PStates: experiment and theory. - Physical Review A, 1998, vol. 58, No 3, pp. 1932 - 1943.,
M. Tamanis, M. Auzinsh, I. Klincare, O. Nikolayeva, R. Ferber, A. Zaitsevskii, E.A. Pazyuk, and A.V. Stolyarov, Lifetimes and Transition Dipole Moment Functions of NaK Low Lying Singlet States: empirical and ab initio approach. - J. Chem. Phys., 1998, vol. 109, p. 6725

E.A.Pazyuk, A.V.Stolyarov, A.Zaitsevskii, R.Ferber, P.Kowalczyk, and C.Techteil. Spin-orbit coupling in the D^{1P ~}d^3Pcomplex of ²³Na³⁹K. - Molecular Physics, 1999, vol. 96, pp. 955-961.
O.Nikolayeva, M.Auzinsh, M.Tamanis, and R.Ferber, Electric field induced alignment-orientation conversion in diatomic molecules: analysis and observation for NaK. - Journal of Molecular Structure, 1999, 480-481, pp.283-287.
R. Ferber, E.A. Pazyuk, A.V. Stolyarov, A. Zaitsevskii, P. Kowalzcyk, Hongmin Chen, He Wang and William C. Stwalley. The c^{3S +}, b^3Pand a^{3S +} states of NaK revisited. - J. Chem. Phys., 2000, vol. 112, No 13, pp. 5740-5750.
O. Nikolayeva, I. Klincare, M. Auzinsh, M. Tamanis, R. Ferber, E.A. Pazyuk, A.V. Stolyarov, A. Zaitsevskii, and R. Cimiraglia. Permanent electric dipoles in B ^1Pand D ^1Pstates of NaRb: experiment and theory. - J. Chem. Phys., 2000, vol.113, pp.4896-4900
M.Auzinsh, L.Jayasinghe, L.Oelke, R.Ferber, N.Shafer-Ray. Strobe imaging of electric fields by depolarisation of Rydberg states of Hg. - J.of Phys. D: Applied Physics, 2001, vol.34, pp.1-6
M.Auzinsh, R.Ferber, O.Nikolayeva, N.Shafer-Ray, M.Tamanis. Influence of the Stark effect on the fluorescence polarization of X¹ S ? B¹? - state laser-excited NaRb: application to the direct imaging of electric fields. - J.of Phys. D: Applied Physics, 2001, vol.34, pp.624-630
M.Tamanis, R.Ferber, A.Zaitsevskii, E.A.Pazyuk, A.V.Stolyarov, Hongmin Chen, Jianbing Qi, Henry Wang, William C.Stwalley. High-resolution spectroscopy and channel-coupling treatment of the A^{1S +} - b^3Pcomplex of NaRb. - J. Chem. Phys., 2002, vol.117, pp.7980 – 7988.
A.Zaitsevski, R.Ferber, R.Cimiraglia. Ab initio quasirelativistic calculations on angular momentum and magnetic couplings of molecular electronic states.- Chem. Phys. Lett., 2002, vol.356, pp.277-283.
O.Docenko, M.Tamanis, R.Ferbers, A.Pashov, H.Knockel, E.Tiemann. Spectroscopic studies of NaCs for the ground state asymptote of Na+Cs pairs. – European Physical Journal D, 2004, vol.31, pp.205-211.
O.Docenko, M.Tamanis, R.Ferber, A.Pashov, H.Knöckel, E.Tiemann. The D¹? state of the NaRb molecule. – European Physical Journal D, 2005, vol.36, pp.49-55. (Highlight Paper)
A.Pashov, O.Docenko, M.Tamanis, R.Ferber, H.Knöckel, E.Tiemann. Experimental study of the long range interactions between a Na (3S) and Rb (3S)atom. - SPIE Proceedings, 2005, 5830, p.236.
W.Jastrzebski, P.Kortyka, P.Kowalczyk, O.Docenko, M.Tamanis, R.Ferber, A.Pashov, H.Knöckel, E.Tiemann. Accurate characterization of the C(3)^{1S
+} state of the NaRb molecule. - European Physical Journal D, 2005, pp.57-65.
M.Auzinsh, K.Blush, R.Ferber, F.Gahbauer, A.Jarmola, M.Tamanis. Electric field induced hyperfine level-crossings in (nD)Cs at two-step laser excitation: Experiment and theory. - Optics Communications, 2006, vol. 264, pp. 331-341.

Family: Married since 1970, two children. My son is a medical doctor, my daughter studies languages at the University of Latvia.

Avocations: History and philosophy of civilization, classics of world cinematography, jazz music, fishing.

Last update 29.12.2006