George I. Stegeman
George Ian Stegeman (born August 4, 1942 in Edinburgh - † May 2, 2015 ) was a Canadian physicist who was considered one of the world's leading experts in nonlinear optics .
Life
Stegeman studied at the University of Toronto with a bachelor's degree in 1965, a master's degree in 1966 and a doctorate in physics in 1969. In 1970 he became an assistant professor there, an associate professor in 1975 and a professor in 1980. From 1980 to 1990 he was Professor at the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona and then Professor ( Cobb Family Chair ) at the University of Central Florida at CREOL (College of Optics and Photonics). Since 2008 he has been Professor Emeritus.
In 1986 he was visiting professor at the University of Paris VI and in 2013 at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Abbe School of Photonics).
He dealt with nonlinear optics, including acousto-optics, light scattering , optical switches and nonlinearities of optical materials, examined the generation and interaction of spatial optical solitons in various discrete (systems of coupled optical waveguides) and continuous systems (optical semiconductor amplifiers, photonic crystals , Crystals with quasi-phase matching). In the 2010s he deals with extreme nonlinear optics in atoms and molecules with electrons released by ionization.
With his son Robert Stegeman, he wrote a textbook on non-linear optics.
In 2003 he received the RW Wood Prize and in 1980 the Herzberg Medal of the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP). He also received the Professor Bluto Prize from the Polish Photonics Society. He was a fellow of the American Physical Society , the IEEE, and the Optical Society of America . He was an honorary doctor of the Canadian Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS, 2013) and the Spanish INAOE .
He had been married since 1969 and had two sons and a daughter.
Fonts
- with Robert A. Stegeman: Nonlinear Optics: Phenomena, Materials and Devices. Wiley, 2012
- Editor with CG Someda: Anisotropic and Nonlinear Optical Waveguides. Elsevier, 1992
- Editor with others: Beam shaping and control with nonlinear optics. Springer, 2002
Web links
- Homepage
- Biography on the occasion of visiting professorship in Jena 2013
- In memoriam: George I. Stegeman. optics.arizona.edu
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dates of birth according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
- ↑ Honorary doctorate from the INRS
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stegeman, George I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stegeman, George Ian (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 2015 |