Tingye Li
Tingye Li ( * 1931 in Nanjing, † December 27, 2012 in Snowbird, Utah ) was a Chinese- American physicist who deals with optics.
Li was the son of a Chinese diplomat and Li moved from the age of 12 years with this to Canada. He then moved to the U.S. and studied physics at the University of the Witwatersrand ( bachelor's degree ) and received his doctorate at Northwestern University. From 1957 until his retirement in 1998 he was at Bell Laboratories of AT & T, where he remained consultant thereafter. 1967 to 1976 he was director of the research department there repeater system from 1976 by Lightwave Media and 1984-1996 of Lightwave Systems. Most recently he was Head of Department ( Division Manager) in the Communications Infrastructure Research Laboratory. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Li was one of the first, the laser modes theoretically examined ( with A. Gardner Fox) From the 1960s he was a pioneer in research on optical communications. In the late 1980s he demonstrated Wavelength Division Multiplexing ( WDM ) and the use of optical amplifiers in communication over optical fiber.
In 1995 he was president of the Optical Society of America ( OSA). He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the Academia Sinica in Taiwan and the Chinese Engineering Academy. In 1975 he received the WRG Baker Award of the IEEE and Frederic Ives Medal 1997, the OSA. In 2004 he received the IEEE Photonics Award and 2009 Edison Medal of the IEEE. In 1995 he received the John Tyndall Award from OSA and IEEE. He received the ATT Science and Technology Medal. His father- KC Wu was governor of Taiwan Province.
Writings
- Publisher Optical Fiber Communications: Fiber Fabrication, Academic Press 1985
- Topics in Lightwave Transmission Systems, Academic Press 1991
- Ivan P. Kaminow (Editor): Optical Fiber Telecommunications, Volume IV -A, B, Academic Press 2002, Volume V - A, B ( also with Alan E. Willner ), 2008