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Profil
| Derzeitige Stellung | Professor W-3 und Äquivalente |
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| Fachgebiet | Quantenoptik,Halbleiterphysik |
| Keywords | optics, photonics, microcavity, resonator, nonlinear |
| Auszeichnungen | 2020: Member, National Academy of Engineering 2020: OSA Paul Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award, `2-photon optical clock’ 2018: NASA Achievement Award, `Frequency combs for exo-planet detection’ 2012: Fellow, IEEE 2008: IEEE Sarnoff Award “Seminal contributions to quantum-well laser dynamics” 2007: Alexander Von Humboldt Research Award 1990: Fellow, Optical Society of America 1988: NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award 1988: ONR Young Investigator Award 1987: First recipient, Richard P. Feynman Hughes Fellowship |
Aktuelle Kontaktadresse
| Land | USA |
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| Ort | Pasadena |
| Universität/Institution | California Institute of Technology |
| Institut/Abteilung | Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science |
Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung
| Prof. Dr. Theodor W. Hänsch | Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Garching |
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| Beginn der ersten Förderung | 01.06.2008 |
Programm(e)
| 2007 | Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Naturwissenschaftler*innen aus den USA |
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Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden
| Professor Vahala is a pioneer in the field of optical micro-cavities. He has discovered a novel way of confining light for unprecedented times on a silicon chip. Using the developed monolithic microresonators, he has been able to perform for the first time many "lab-on chip" experiments including demonstration of a new class of nonlinear optical oscillators, chip-scale biochemical sensing and monolithic cavity QED experiments. In Germany, he will seek to establish synergies between optical micro-cavities and the field of Metrology and Laser spectroscopy. |