Title:

Martin and Eileen Summerfield Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Electrical Engineering

Affiliation:

California Institute of Technology

1200 East California Blvd.

Pasadena,California 91125 USA

Gender:

Male

Award Discipline:

Engineering

Award Year:

2009

Citation:

"For foundational contributions to photonics and quantum electronics, including his demonstration of the semiconductor distributed feedback laser that underpins todays high-speed optical fiber communications."

Presented by President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on November 17, 2010.