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Larry Coldren
Professor Emeritus Research Professor
Contact
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Member of :
National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Inventors
Fellow of:
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Optical Society of America (OSA), National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Heinrich Welker Award, International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors (ISCS); David Sarnoff Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Aron Kressel Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; John Tyndall Award, Optical Society of America; Nick Holonyak Jr. Award, Optical Society of America
Research
Research currently focuses on components and fabrication techniques for III-V semiconductor photonic integrated circuits, including vertical-cavity lasers, widely tunable lasers and wavelength converters for applications in optical communication, switching, and sensing.
Institute for Energy Efficiency; Optoelectronics Research Group; Optoelectronics Technology Center
PhD Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
BS Electrical Engineering, Bucknell University
BA Physics, Bucknell University