Ivan Paul Kaminow
Ivan Paul Kaminow | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 March 1930 |
| Died | 18 December 2013. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation | Researcher |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical Engineering |
| Institutions | Bell Labs |
Ivan Paul Kaminow (3 March 1930 - 18 December 2013) was an American electrical engineer and scientific researcher.
Early life and education
He was born on 3 March 1930 in Union City, New Jersey.[1] Raised in Passaic, New Jersey, he graduated in 1948 from Passaic High School.[2]
He completed his bachelor's degree from Union College[3] and earned his MS in electrical engineering, from University of California, Los Angeles in 1954.[1] He completed his PhD at Harvard University,[3] where his thesis was on ferromagnetic resonance at microwave frequencies and high pressures was supervised by C. Lester Hogan and later R. Victor Jones.[1]
Career
He retired from Bell Labs in 1996 after a 42-year long career lasting from 1954 to 1996, mostly in lightwave research.[3]
At Bell Labs, he did seminal research on electrooptic modulators and materials, Raman scattering in ferroelectrics, integrated optics (including titanium-diffused lithium niobate modulators) and semiconductor lasers.[3]
Death
He died in San Francisco on 18 December 2013.[1]
Awards and honors
He received many awards for his contributions to photonics, including:[1]
- 1995 Charles Hard Townes Award
- 2010 Photonics Award
- 2011 Frederic Ives Medal from the Optical Society (OSA)
- 2013 Edison Medal from the IEEE
- 1997 John Tyndall Award from IEEE/OSA.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Chang-Hasnain, Connie. "Ivan Paul Kaminow", Physics Today, November 1, 2014. Accessed March 9, 2026. "Born on 3 March 1930 in Union City, New Jersey, Ivan received his BS in electrical engineering from Union College in 1952. After earning his MS, also in engineering, from UCLA in 1954, he began a 42-year career at Bell Labs. He earned a PhD from Harvard University in 1960; his thesis, under C. Lester Hogan and later R. Victor Jones, was on ferromagnetic resonance at microwave frequencies and high pressures."
- ^ "Campus Corner", Herald News, March 24, 1950. Accessed March 9, 2026, via Newspapers.com. "Ivan P. Kaminow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kaminow, 42 Pleasant Avenue, Passaic, is on the dean's list at Union College, Schenectady, N. Y. A sophomore, he is majoring in electrical engineering. He was graduated from Passaic High School in 1948."
- ^ a b c d "Ivan P. Kaminow | EECS at UC Berkeley". www2.eecs.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
External links
- "Ivan P. Kaminow". ETHW. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- "Ivan P. Kaminow | Optica". www.optica.org. Retrieved 10 March 2026.