control in atomic and photonic
quantum states.
Grangier has authored
more than 180 publica-
tions, including 40 letters
published in Physical
Review Letters, Nature
and Science ; and his
achievements have been
recognized by national
and international awards.
Grangier has been the coordi-
nator of several large European
projects related to quantum
optics and quantum informa-
tion processing, including the
Scalable Quantum Computing
with Light and Atoms Integrat-
ed Project.
John Tyndall Award
In recognition of contributions
to fiber optic technology
(co-sponsored with IEEE
Photonics Society)
To John Bowers, University of
California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.
For pioneering research in
hybrid-silicon lasers and photonic
integrated circuits
John Bowers holds the Fred
Kavli Chair in Nanotechnology.
He is director of the Institute
for Energy Efficiency and a
professor in the departments
of electrical and computer
engineering and materials at the
University of California, Santa
Barbara (UCSB). His research
centers on silicon photonic
integrated circuits for the next
generation of coherent optical systems. Before joining the
faculty at UCSB, he worked at
AT&T Bell Laboratories and
Honeywell.
Bowers is a member of the
U.S. National Academy of
Engineering; an OSA,
APS and IEEE Fellow;
and a recipient of
the OSA Holonyak
Award, IEEE
Photonics Society William
Streifer Award and South Coast
Business & Technology Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He
and his coworkers received the
ACE Award for Most Promising Technology for the hybrid
silicon laser in 2007. Bowers has
published eight book chapters,
450 journal papers and 700
conference papers. He has
received 52 patents. He received
his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from
Stanford University.
Herbert Walther Award
In recognition of distinguished
contributions in quantum optics
and atomic physics as well as
leadership in the international
scientific community (co-sponsored
by OSA and Deutsche Physikalische
Gesellschaft)
To Alain Aspect, Institut
d’Optique, France
For pioneering experimental
contributions to the fields of
quantum entanglement and
cold atom physics
Alain Aspect is a Centre National
de la Recherche Scientifique
(CNRS) distinguished scientist
and head of the Atom Optics
Group at the Laboratoire Charles
Fabry, Institut d’Optique.
Among his noteworthy accomplishments is his work with Bell
Labs test experiments: Aspect
demonstrated the ability of a
quantum event at one location to randomly influence an
event at a separate location. His
fundamental experiments on the
wave-particle duality of light
have contributed to the emergence of the field of quantum
information. He has also worked
with laser cooling of neutral
atoms and experiments related
to Bose-Einstein condensates.
Aspect is a member of the
French Academy of Sciences, the
French Academy of Technologies,
and the U.S.
National Academy
of Sciences. He is an OSA, APS
and European Optical Society
Fellow. He has received several
major awards, including the
OSA Max Born Award, CNRS
Gold Medal, European Physi-
cal Society Quantum Electron-
ics and Optics Senior Prize and
the Wolf Prize in Physics.
R. W. Wood Prize
In recognition of an outstanding
discovery, scientific or
technological achievement
or invention
To Eric Van Stryland, University
of Central Florida, U.S.A.;
and Mansoor Sheik-Bahae,
University of New Mexico, U.S.A.
For the invention, implementation
and development of Z-scan: A
simple and effective method to
measure cubic and higher order
optical nonlinearities
Eric Van Stryland’s current
research involves the characterization of nonlinear optical
properties and nonlinear
optics (NLO) applications.
Besides Z-scan, he also established the methodology for
applying Kramers-Kronig
relations to ultrafast nonlinearities and helped develop the
field of cascaded second-order
effects. His early work focused
on optical coherent transients and photon statistics,
femtosecond pulse production,
multiphoton absorption and
laser-induced damage.
After receiving a Ph.D. in
physics from the University
of Arizona College of Optical
Sciences, Van Stryland did
research at the University of
Southern California and the
University of North Texas. He
then joined the newly formed
Center for Research and
Education in Optics and Lasers
(CREOL) at the University
of Central Florida (UCF). He
became director of CREOL and
the first dean of The College
of Optics and Photonics. Van
Stryland is a past OSA Presi-
dent; an OSA, APS, IEEE and
SPIE Fellow; and a past board
member of the Laser Institute
of America. He has supervised
31 Ph.D. students, is on ISI’s
“highly cited” list, and is a UCF
Pegasus Professor.
