# Amnon Yariv
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Amnon Yariv
## Amnon Yariv
##### Martin and Eileen Summerfield Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering
*B.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1954; M.S., 1956; Ph.D., 1958. Associate Professor, Caltech, 1964-66; Professor, 1966-79; Myers Professor, 1979-96; Summerfield Professor, 1996-.*
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#### Research Overview
Professor Amnon Yariv's research focuses on the theoretical and technological underpinning of optical communication. Present projects include: new types of semiconductor lasers, optical phase-lock systems and coherent photonics, hybrid Si/III-V devices for lasers, detectors and modulation, "Slow" light propagation in artificial periodic dielectric waveguides.
Research Summary:
theoretical and technological underpinning of optical communication
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