Amnon yariv biography sample
Yariv, Amnon (Electrical Engineer, Applied Physicist)
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Background: Caltech Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, present; Professor of Electrical Engineering,
Biographical/Historical
Description: Amnon Yariv was born in in Tel Aviv, Israel, to parents who had immigrated from Poland in the s.
Upon graduation from high school in he saw active duty in the Israeli artillery in the first Arab-Israeli war (beginning May ). Although he had intended to begin his study of electrical engineering at the Technion in Haifa, he decided to study in the US and received a tuition-free year at San Mateo Junior College, then transfered to Berkeley with a scholarship.
He received his B.S. in , his M.S. in , and his PhD under J. Whinnery in with a thesis on the maser, the forerunner of the laser.
Amnon yariv biography sample pdf Professor Amnon Yariv at Caltech in Log in. He continued to do research in semiconductor lasers and began to teach laser physics, then new to Caltech. Discusses work at Caltech: building lab for semiconductor laser research in electrical engineering department, teaching laser physics; the establishment of Caltech's applied physics program.He then took a position at Bell Labs () to help develop the optical maser, later called the laser. Through contact with R. Gould, Yariv was offered a position at Caltech in in the electrical engineering department. He continued to do research in semiconductor lasers and began to teach laser physics, then new to Caltech. A secondary research interest became nonlinear optics.
Amnon yariv biography sample From there he joined Bell Laboratories before becoming a member of the Caltech faculty in , teaching physics and electrical engineering. Contents move to sidebar hide. Printable version. Request account.Yariv also participated in the development of the applied physics program at Caltech.
Biographical/Historical
Collection Notes: Oral history, In this page interview with Shirley K. Cohen, Yariv recalls his youth and early education in Palestine/Israel; his participation in the first Arab-Israeli war (); his undergraduate and graduate study in electrical engineering at Berkeley ().
He recounts the early stages of his career in the pioneering days of the laser at Bell Labs (), then eventual move into academe at Caltech (). Discusses work at Caltech: building lab for semiconductor laser research in electrical engineering department, teaching laser physics; the establishment of Caltech's applied physics program. Discusses field of optical communcations and its applications; companies founded by his students.
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Trip the Light Fantastic,
Scope and ContentsFrom the Collection: The collection is arranged by chronological order.
This series started in , but the first recording dates back to and since it is still ongoing, the collection continues to grow, with about 9 new lectures per academic lectures feature speakers from Caltech and JPL, spotlighting a small selection of the pioneering research conducted in the fields of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Engineering and Applied Science,
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Found in: California Institute of Technology Archives and Special Collections / Earnest C.
Watson Lecture Series / Audio
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