John Tyndall Award

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John Tyndall Award
Awarded for An individual who has made pioneering, highly significant, or continuing technical or leadership contributions to fiber optics technology
Location Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC)[1]
Presented by Optical Society of America and IEEE Photonics Society
First awarded 1987
Official website http://www.osa.org/Awards_and_Grants/Awards/Award_Description/johntyndall/default.aspx

The John Tyndall Award is given to the "individual who has made pioneering, highly significant, or continuing technical or leadership contributions to fiber optics technology". The award is named after John Tyndall (1820-1893), who demonstrated for the first time internal reflection.[2]

This award is sponsored and presented by both the IEEE Photonics Society (formerly called IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society)[3] and the Optical Society of America (OSA).[1]

Recipients of this award will receive a special crystal sculpture that represents the concept of total internal reflection (from Corning, Inc.), a scroll, and an honorarium.[1][2]

Recipients

Following people received the John Tyndall Award:[4]

  • 2012: John E. Bowers
  • 2011: David F. Welch
  • 2010: C. Randy Giles
  • 2009: Joe C. Campbell
  • 2008: Robert W. Tkach
  • 2007: Emmanuel Desurvire
  • 2006: Donald R. Scifres
  • 2005: Roger Stolen
  • 2004: Larry A. Coldren
  • 2003: Andrew Chraplyvy
  • 2002: Neal S. Bergano
  • 2001: Tatsuo Izawa
  • 2000: Stewart Personick
  • 1999: John B. MacChesney
  • 1998: Kenichi Iga
  • 1997: Ivan P. Kaminow
  • 1996: Kenneth O. Hill
  • 1995: Tingye Li
  • 1994: Yasuharu Suematsu
  • 1992: Donald B. Keck
  • 1991: David N. Payne
  • 1990: Thomas G. Giallorenzi
  • 1989: S. E. Miller
  • 1988: Michael K. Barnoski
  • 1987: Robert D. Maurer

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Awards Information". IEEE Photonics Society. Retrieved December 27, 2010. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "John Tyndall Award". Optical Society of America. Retrieved December 26, 2010. 
  3. ↑ "2009 IEEE News Releases - IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Becomes IEEE Photonics Society". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. April 9, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2010. 
  4. ↑ "Award Winners - John Tyndall Award". IEEE Photonics Society. Retrieved December 27, 2010. 
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