Physics Department
		Emeritus Professor Dr Low Kum Sang (Awarded by the University of Malaya on 9 August 2006)
		B.Sc. (Hons) Ph.D.	University of Malaya University of Texas, USA	1969 1973
lowkumsang@um.edu.my 603 – 7967 4428		Research Interests: Laser Physics and Applications, Nuclear Physics, Applied Optics Link: Laser Physics & Optoelectronics Grp Involvement in Communities / Learned Societies / Journals: Fellow, Malaysian Institute of Physics
Selected Publications:
q	Mindea Tan, Teckyong Tou, Weeong Siew, and Kumsang Low, Discharge stability and performance of a small-bore, fast-axial-flow CO2 laser using new pin anodes, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38, 5117-5120 (1999).
q	K.H. Wong, T.Y. Tou, and K.S. Low, Pulsed CO2 laser ablation of polymers and graphite, J. Appl.Phys. 83, 2286-2290 (1998).
q	B.C. Quek, B.R. Wong, and K.S. Low, Generalised Eikonal Approximation: (2) Propagation of a stationary electromagnetic wave in a linear and a nonlinear dispersion medium, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 15, 2725-2729 (1998).
q	B.C. Quek, B.R. Wong, and K.S. Low, Generalised Eikonal Approximation: (1) Propagation of a pulsed electromagnetic wave in a linear dispersion medium, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 15, 2720-2724 (1998).
q	D.S. Ong, T.Y. Tou, and K.S. Low, Kinetics modelling of a self-sustained discharge KrF laser, J. Phys. D 29, 2586-2594 (1996).
q	Y.K. Yap, T.Y. Tou, and K.S. Low, A TE-TE N2 oscillator-amplifier laser with a two-stage cascade discharge, Optics and Laser Techn. 27, 299-301 (1995).
q	Y.A. Tan, C.L. Chong, and K.S. Low, Relationship between laser induced fluorescence intensity and crude palm oil quality, J. Sci. Food Agric. 67, 375-379 (1995).
q	H.K. Chan, K.S. Low, et al, Serum levels of hematoporphyrin derivatives in the photodynamic therapy of malignant tumours, SPIE 2371, 339-343 (1995).
q	J. Sivaganthan, A.R. Ganesan, B.C. Tan, K.S. Low, and R.S. Sirohi, Study of steel weldments using electronic speckle pattern interferometry, Journal of Testing and Evaluation 22(1), 42-44 (1994).
q	B.R. Wong and K.S. Low, An improved semiclassical method for heavy-ion-induced nuclear reactions, J. Phys G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 15, 1457-1465 (1989).
Patents:
w	Coupling of Multiple Laser Beams to a Single Optical Fiber (MALAYSIA): Patent No. MY-103636-A
w	Coupling of Multiple Laser Beams to a Single Optical Fiber (USA): Patent No. USA 5,048,911

Last update on 8 Dec 2006