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• Education
• Position
• Research Fields
• Selected Publications
• Self Interests
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Education

1. BSc, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1967
2. PhD, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA, 1971

Position

1. 2008-present, Adjunct Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2. 1974-2007, Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
3. 1992-1998, Chairman, Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
4. 1990-1992, Dean of Students, Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
5. 1979-1980, Visiting Assoc Professor and Research Physicist, Physics Department, UCLA, USA (on sabbatical from CUHK)
6. 1972-1974, Visiting Assoc Professor, Electrophysics Department, ChiaoTung U, Taiwan
7. 1971-1972, Visiting Assist Professor, Department of Physics, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA

Research Fields

1. Electrodynamics and plasma physics
2. Micron-scaled optical physics

Selected Publications

1. H. M. Lai, W. Y. Wong and W. H. Wong
   "Extinction paradox and actual power scattered in light beam scattering : a two-dimensional study", Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Vol. 21, 2324-2333 (2004).
   
   
2. H. M. Lai
   "Comment on 'Laser-induced hydrodynamic instability of fluid interfaces'" Physical Review Letters, Vol. 92, 049401 (2004).
   
   
3. H. M. Lai and S. W. Chan
   "Large and negative Goos-Hanchen shift near the Brewster dip on reflection from weakly absorbing media", Optics Letters, Vol. 27, 680-682 (2002).
   
   
4. H.M. Lai, Y.P. Lau and W.H. Wong
   "Understanding wave characteristics via retarded solutions and linear superposition",
   American Journal of Physics, Vol. 70, 173-199 (2002).
   
   
5. Kaifeng Zhao, Z Wu and HM Lai
   "Optical determination of alkali metal vapor number density in the vicinity (10^-5 cm) of cell surfaces", Journal of Optical Society of America B, Vol. 18 , 1904-1910 (2001).
   
   
6. H.M. Lai, B.Y. Xu and C.S. Ng
   "Unusual 1/r - dependent radiation intensity in any biaxial crystal", Physical Review E, Vol. 64, 016606 (2001).
   
   
7. H.M. Lai, C.W. Kwok, Y.W. Loo and B.Y. Xu
   "Energy Flux Pattern in the Goos-Hanchen Effect", Physical Review E, Vol. 62, pp. 7330-7339 (2000).
   
   
8. B.Y. Xu and H.M. Lai
   "Electromagnetic Missiles and Radial Dependence of Pulses Transmitted by Transient Sources", Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 86, pp.5817-5828 (1999).
   
   

Self Interests

1. Playing Weiqi.
2. Exercising Tai-Chi Chuen.
3. Singing, reading, and listening to classical music.

	Department of Physics, Science Centre North Block, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
	Fax: (852) 2603 5204
E-mail: hmlai@phy.cuhk.edu.hk