Herwig Kogelnik
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| Born | June 2, 1932 Graz, Austria |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Notable awards | IEEE Medal of Honor, Marconi Prize, National Medal of Technology Laureate, Frederic Ives Medal, IEEE David Sarnoff Award, Joseph Johann Ritter von Prechtl Medal, IEEE Lasers and Electro Optics Society Quantum Electronics Award. |
Herwig Kogelnik (born June 2, 1932) is an electrical engineer working in optical communications.
He was born in Graz, Austria on June 2, 1932. He received an engineering degree from the Technische Hochschule in Vienna, Austria in 1955, and a Ph.D. in 1958. In 1960 he received a second Ph.D. from Oxford University. In 1961 he joined Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, New Jersey. He worked on the distributed-feedback (DFB) laser in 1971. He then worked on the development of wavelength-division multiplexing. He was the president of the Optical Society of America in 1989.[1]
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- ^ "Past Presidents of the Optical Society of America". Optic Society of America. http://www.osa.org/aboutosa/leadership/pastpresidents/default.aspx.
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- 1932 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Austrian electrical engineers
- Laser researchers
- IEEE Medal of Honor recipients
- Fellow Members of the IEEE
- National Medal of Technology recipients
- Presidents of the Optical Society of America
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
