Eli Yablonovitch
Encyclopedia
Eli Yablonovitch along with Sajeev John
, was one of the two applied physicists who invented the field of photonic crystal
s in 1987. He and his team were the first to create a 3-dimension structure that exhibited a full photonic bandgap, it is called Yablonovite
. In addition to pioneering photonic crystals, he was the first to recognize that a strained quantum well
laser has a significantly reduced threshold current compared to its unstrained counterpart. This technique is now applied to the majority of semiconductor lasers fabricated throughout the world.
He was a professor of electrical engineering
at UCLA and continues to study and develop photonic crystal
s and photonic bandgap materials. As of July 2007, he has joined the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at UC Berkeley. His other researches includes silicon photonics
, quantum computing, telecommunications, and surface plasmon
optics.
He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the OSA
, and the APS
.
He is also a member of both the National Academy of Sciences
and the National Academy of Engineering
.
He is a recipient of Adolf Lomb Medal, Emanuel R. Piore Award
, the Julius Springer Prize, the R. W. Wood Prize, and the W. Streifer Scientific Achievement Award.
Sajeev John
Sajeev John is a Professor of Physics at the University of Toronto and Canada Research Chair holder.He received his bachelors degree in physics in 1979 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. in physics at Harvard University in 1984. His Ph.D...
, was one of the two applied physicists who invented the field of photonic crystal
Photonic crystal
Photonic crystals are periodic optical nanostructures that are designed to affect the motion of photons in a similar way that periodicity of a semiconductor crystal affects the motion of electrons...
s in 1987. He and his team were the first to create a 3-dimension structure that exhibited a full photonic bandgap, it is called Yablonovite
Yablonovite
Yablonovite is a photonic crystal structure that has an inverse cylindrical holes arranged in a diamond lattice. It was the first 3D photonic crystal to be fabricated with a complete photonic bandgap...
. In addition to pioneering photonic crystals, he was the first to recognize that a strained quantum well
Quantum well
A quantum well is a potential well with only discrete energy values.One technology to create quantization is to confine particles, which were originally free to move in three dimensions, to two dimensions, forcing them to occupy a planar region...
laser has a significantly reduced threshold current compared to its unstrained counterpart. This technique is now applied to the majority of semiconductor lasers fabricated throughout the world.
He was a professor of electrical engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
at UCLA and continues to study and develop photonic crystal
Photonic crystal
Photonic crystals are periodic optical nanostructures that are designed to affect the motion of photons in a similar way that periodicity of a semiconductor crystal affects the motion of electrons...
s and photonic bandgap materials. As of July 2007, he has joined the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at UC Berkeley. His other researches includes silicon photonics
Silicon photonics
Silicon photonics is the study and application of photonic systems which use silicon as an optical medium. The silicon is usually patterned with sub-micrometre precision, into microphotonic components. These operate in the infrared, most commonly at the 1.55 micrometre wavelength used by most...
, quantum computing, telecommunications, and surface plasmon
Plasmon
In physics, a plasmon is a quantum of plasma oscillation. The plasmon is a quasiparticle resulting from the quantization of plasma oscillations just as photons and phonons are quantizations of light and mechanical vibrations, respectively...
optics.
He is a Fellow of the IEEE, the OSA
Optical Society of America
The Optical Society is a scientific society dedicated to advancing the study of light—optics and photonics—in theory and application, by means of publishing, organizing conferences and exhibitions, partnership with industry, and education. The organization has members in more than 100 countries...
, and the APS
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20...
.
He is also a member of both the National Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
and the National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering is a government-created non-profit institution in the United States, that was founded in 1964 under the same congressional act that led to the founding of the National Academy of Sciences...
.
He is a recipient of Adolf Lomb Medal, Emanuel R. Piore Award
IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award
The IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award is a Technical Field Award given each year by the IEEE to an individual or small team that has made outstanding contributions to information processing systems in relation to computer science. The award is named in honor of Emanuel R. Piore.The award was established...
, the Julius Springer Prize, the R. W. Wood Prize, and the W. Streifer Scientific Achievement Award.