Chen Xingdan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences: Rong for "light", 90-year-old entrepreneurship shines again

The word "star" and "dan" will be reminiscent of "starlight" and "blessing candle". The name of Academician Chen Xingdan seems to predict his life trajectory - closely connected with "light" and also honored by "light" .

Chen Xingdan was selected to the Physics Research Office of the Northeast Institute of Science in the spring of 1950. At that time, it was the norm of many scientists to do earth-shattering and do secret names, and he is no exception.

One day in 1963, Chen Xingdan received a military order from the National Defense Science and Technology Commission: designing a measurement system to accurately measure the nuclear impulse. Time is limited, the task is top secret, there is no ready-made information, and he has to bear all the pressure alone. He creatively proposed the measurement program and the radiation sensing, simulation, calibration and recording system. After only one year, he completed the task assigned by the state.

On October 16, 1964, the first atomic bomb developed by China itself successfully exploded. The huge mushroom cloud rises and shines. The base personnel who returned from the scene of the explosion told Chen Xingdan that the equipment he developed was “useful” and he took a long sigh of relief. Since then, this measurement system has become an essential measurement instrument for previous atmospheric nuclear explosion tests.

Since the 1980s, Chen Xingdan has been working on spectroscopy and applied research. In the near-infrared band, the "three generations" spectrum analyzer has been developed for use in feed, grain, soil nutrients, ginseng, blood, tea, coal and other fields. However, he is always worried that the results will not be used after the development of the results, wasting the country's money.

In 2014, nearly 90-year-old Chen Xingdan led a student to establish Xingchuang Zhongpu Company (Guangdong Xingchuang Zhongpu Instrument Co., Ltd.) in Guangzhou, engaged in the market development of NIR spectroscopy instruments, and started the first year at the end of the second year. The product is delivered to the customer. Some people say that Chen Lao may be the oldest "entrepreneur" in China and the world.

Doing scientific research is like art creation. Chen Xingdan said that NIR should be the last work of his scientific research. His biggest wish is to let domestic NIR instruments bloom everywhere and go international.

[Character biography]

Chen Xingdan: Applied Optics Expert, born in 1927, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, professor of the Institute of Science and Technology of Jinan University, researcher of Changchun Institute of Optics and Mechanics.

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