Stephen E. Harris
Stephen E. Harris (born November 29, 1936, Brooklyn, New York) is an American physicist known for his contributions to electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT),[1][2] modulation of single photons, and x-ray emission. In a diverse career, he has collaborated with others to produce results in many areas, including the 1999 paper titled “Light speed reduction to 17 metres per second in an ultracold gas,” [3] in which Lene Hau and Harris, Cyrus Behroozi and Zachary Dutton describe how they used EIT to slow optical pulses to the speed of a bicycle. He has also contributed to developments in the use of the laser, generating paired photons with single driving lasers [4] He has also shown the development of such pairs of photons using waveforms [5] His more recent work has sought to address restraints imposed on the types of waveforms that can be produced by the single-cycle barrier [6] Harris and colleagues succeeded in this endeavour in 2005 during a series of experiments aimed at obtaining full control of waveforms, noting "we were able to vary the shape of the pulse to generate different prescribed waveforms." [7] It is hoped that these results will lead to coherent control of chemical reactions, as a probe for ever-shorter physical processes, and for highly efficient generation of far infra-red and vacuum ultra-violet radiation.
Education
- 1959 B.S., Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- 1961 M.S., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
- 1963 Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Awards
- 1973 Curtis W. McGraw Research Award (American Society for Engineering Education)
- 1978 David Sarnoff Award (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
- 1984 Davies Medal for Engineering Achievement (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
- 1985 Charles Hard Townes Award (Optical Society of America)
- 1991 Einstein Prize for Laser Science (International Conference on Lasers and Applications)
- 1992 Optical Society of America (Stanford Chapter) Teaching Award
- 1994 Quantum Electronics Award (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
- 1999 Frederic Ives Medal (highest award of the Optical Society of America)
- 2002 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science (American Physical Society)
- 2007 Harvey Prize (Awarded by the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology)
Honours
- 1968 Fellow of the Optical Society of America
- 1972 Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- 1975 Fellow of American Physical Society
- 1976 Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1977 Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
- 1981 Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
- 1988 Kenneth and Barbara Oshman Professor of Engineering Endowed Chair (Stanford University)
- 1994 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1995 Elected to Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2005 Stephen E. Harris Endowed Professorship in Quantum Optics (Texas A&M University)
References
- ↑ S. E. Harris, Lasers without inversion: interference of lifetime-broadened resonances, Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 1033-1036 (1989).
- ↑ K. J. Boller, A. Imamoglu, S. E. Harris, Observation of electromagnetically induced transparency, Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 2593-2596 (1991).
- ↑ Light speed reduction to 17 metres per second in an ultracold atomic gas Lene Vestergaard Hau, S. E. Harris, Zachary Dutton & Cyrus H. Behroozi Nature 397, 594-598 (18 February 1999)
- ↑ "Generation of Narrow Bandwidth Paired Photons: Use of a Single Driving Laser," P. Kolchin, S. Du, C. Belthangady, G. Y. Yin, and S. E. Harris, "Phys. Rev. Lett. 97", 113602-1/113602-4 (September 2006).
- ↑ V. Balic, D. A. Braje, P. Kolchin, G. Y. Yin, and S. E. Harris, "Generation of Paired Photons with Controllable Waveforms," Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 183601-1/183601-4 (May 2005).
- ↑ M. Y. Shverdin, D. R. Walker, S. Goda, G. Y. Yin, and S. E. Harris, "Breaking the Single-Cycle Barrier," Photonics Spectra 39, 92-105 (February 2005).
- ↑ Breaking the Single-Cycle Barrier