16 April 2011

OSA announces winners of awards and medals for 2011

The Washington-based Optical Society (OSA) has announced the 18 recipients of its awards and medals for 2011. “This year’s recipients have demonstrated significant contributions to the field of optics and photonics,” says president Christopher Dainty.

This year’s awards and winners include:

• The Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn Prize (the highest award conferred by OSA for overall distinction in optics) to Ivan P. Kaminow of University of California, Berkeley, USA, for pioneering research in high-speed modulators, ridge waveguide lasers, and wavelength-division-multiplexed optical networks (each of which has had a profound impact on modern communication systems).

• The Nick Holonyak, Jr. Award (for contributions to optics based on semiconductor-based devices and optical materials, including basic science and technological applications) to Yasuhiko Arakawa of University of Tokyo, Japan, for seminal contributions to quantum dot lasers and nanophotonic devices.

• The William F. Meggers Award (recognizing outstanding work in spectroscopy) to Steven T. Cundiff, a fellow of JILA (formerly the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics) — a joint institute of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado, USA — for contributions to ultrafast spectroscopy of semiconductors (including multidimensional Fourier transform techniques) and contributions to the development of femtosecond frequency comb technology.

The John Tyndall Award (recognizing contributions to fiber-optic technology, co-sponsored by the IEEE Photonics Society) to David F. Welch of Infinera Corp in Sunnyvale, CA, USA, for his seminal contributions to photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and semiconductor lasers deployed in fiber-optic communication systems around the world.

Tags: Optics Photonics

Visit: www.osa.org/awards_and_grants/awards

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