David AB Miller
David AB Miller (born February 19, 1954 in Hamilton (South Lanarkshire) ) is a British-American applied physicist who deals with optoelectronics , non-linear semiconductor optics, optical properties of quantum wells , optical communication and data processing (optical switches) .
Miller graduated from St. Andrews University with a bachelor's degree in 1976 and received his PhD from Heriot-Watt University in 1979 . From 1981 he was at Bell Laboratories , from 1987 as head of the optical switches department. From 1992 to 1996 he headed the Advanced Photonics division . In 1996 he became a professor at Stanford University (Keck Foundation Professor of Electrical Engineering) and was director of the EL Ginzton Laboratory from 1997 to 2006. He is co-director of the Stanford Photonics Research Center.
In 1988 he received the RW Wood Prize and in 1986 the Adolph Lomb Medal . He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society , the IEEE and Optical Society of America , the Royal Society , the Royal Society of Edinburgh , the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering . He holds honorary doctorates from the Free University of Brussels and Heriot-Watt University . He was the Traveling Lecturer of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society in 1986/87 , received the IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000 and was Carnegie Centenary Professor in 2013.
Fonts
- Quantum mechanics or scientists and engineers, Cambridge University Press 2008
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Miller, David AB |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th February 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamilton , Lanarkshire , Scotland , United Kingdom |