Amnon Yariv
Amnon Yariv | |
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 Professor Amnon Yariv at Caltech in 2010 | |
| Born | April 13, 1930 |
| Known for | Optoelectronics |
| Awards | Harold Pender Award(1985) National Medal of Science(2009) IEEE Photonics Award(2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied physics,electrical engineering |
| Institutions | Caltech |
| Notable students | Kerry Vahala,Joyce Poon,Avraham Gover |
Amnon Yariv(born April 13, 1930) is anIsraeli-Americanprofessor ofapplied physicsandelectrical engineeringatCaltech,known for innovations inoptoelectronics.Yariv obtained his B.S., M.S. and PhD. in electrical engineering fromUniversity of California, Berkeleyin 1954, 1956 and 1958, respectively.[1]
In 2010, Yariv was selected as a winner of theNational Medal of Sciencefor "scientific and engineering contributions to photonics and quantum electronics that have profoundly impacted lightwave communications and the field of optics as a whole".[2]He has also been selected to receive theIEEE Photonics Awardfor 2011.[3]
Yariv has been a member of theNational Academy of Sciencessince 1991. In 1985 he was awarded theHarold Pender Awardby theUniversity of Pennsylvania. In 1992 he was awarded theHarvey Prizeby theTechnionin Haifa, Israel, for "pioneering contributions to opto-electronics, wave propagation in crystals and nonlinear and phase-conjugate optics, and his demonstration of semiconductor-based integrated optics technology leading to the development of high-speed and stable solid-state lasers".
Yariv has authored several texts onoptical electronicsandphotonics.[4][5] He has said that the highlight of his group's work was the invention of the semiconductordistributed feedback laser,a device widely used in theInternet'sfiber-optic communications.[2]
Amnon Yariv currently resides in Pasadena, California. He is married to Frances Yariv. He has three daughters: Danielle Yariv, Dana Yariv and Gabriela (Gavi) Yariv.
References[edit]
- ^"Amnon Yariv".American Institute of Physics.RetrievedJune 26,2020.
- ^ab "Yariv Awarded National Medal of Science".photonics. Nov 2, 2010.
- ^ "IEEE Photonics Award Recipients".Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(IEEE).RetrievedNov 7,2010.
- ^ Amnon Yariv (1995).Optical Electronics(4th ed.). Oxford University Press.ISBN978-0-19-510736-4.
- ^ Amnon Yariv and Pochi Yeh (2007).Photonics: optical electronics in modern communications(6th ed.). Oxford University Press.ISBN978-0-19-517946-0.
External links[edit]
- Optical and Quantum Electronics Laboratory,Yariv's Caltech group
- Laureate PhotosArchived2016-05-31 at theWayback Machinewith President Obama
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