Herwig Kogelnik

Herwig Kogelnik ( born June 2, 1932 in Graz) is an Austrian- American physicist who deals with laser physics, optoelectronics and optical communication technology.

Kogelnik made ​​in 1955 with a degree in engineering from the Technical University of Vienna and received his doctorate there in 1958 and again in 1960 at Oxford University ( Ph.D.). From 1961 he was at Bell Laboratories, where he eventually director of the Electronics Research Laboratory and the Photonics Research Laboratory was ( Alcatel- Lucent in Crawford Hill ).

Kogelnik is known for fundamental work on laser resonators and optics of Gaussian -shaped wave packets ( as in lasers ). In 1971, he was with Charles Shank, a pioneer in the development of the distributed feedback laser ( DFB) and was a pioneer in WDM ( Wavelength Division Multiplexing). He also dealt with holography and developed the theory of extended holograms with applications in integrated optics.

In 1989 he was president of the Optical Society of America. In 2006 he received the National Medal of Technology. He received the IEEE Medal of Honor, the Quantum Electronics Award of the IEEE ( 1991) and the Frederic Ives Medal. In 2001 he received the Marconi Prize. He holds (2001) 35 patents.

Writings

  • With Tingye Li: Laser Beams and resonator. In: Applied Optics. 5, 1966, ISSN 0003-6935, pp. 1550-1567.
  • CV Shank: Coupled - wave theory of distributed feedback lasers. In: Journal of applied physics. 43, 5, 1972, ISSN 0021-8979, pp. 2327-2335.
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