IEEE Photonics Award Recipients

IEEE Photonics Award

2009 - ROBERT L. BYER
Professor, Department of Applied Physics
Stanford University
Stanford, CA, USA

“For seminal contributions to nonlinear optics and solid-state lasers for commercial applications from precision measurement to manufacturing.”

2008 - JOE C. CAMPBELL
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA, USA

“For seminal and sustained contributions to the development of high-speed, low-noise long wavelength avalanche photodiodes”

2007 - DAVID NEIL PAYNE
Director, Optoelectronics Research Centre
University of Southampton
Highfield, Southampton, UK

“For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of optical fiber-based technologies for communications, sensors, and high power applications”

2006 - FREDERICK J. LEONBERGER
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (Retired)
JDS Uniphase Corporation
Bloomfield, CT

"For technical leadership, commercialization and practical deployment of photonic component technologies for optical communications." 

2005 - ROD C. ALFERNESS
Optical Networking Research Senior Vice President
Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies
Holmdel, NJ

"For seminal contributions to enabling photonics technologies and for visionary leadership in their application to networks and systems".

2004 - TINGYE LI
Head of Lightwave Networks Research Department
AT&T Bell Labs Research (Retired)
Holmdel, NJ

'For leadership, vision, and pioneering contributions in the field of optical fiber communications and laser science.'