Donna Strickland
University of Waterloo
Donna Strickland
University of Waterloo
The laser increased the intensity of light that can be generated by orders of magnitude and thus brought about nonlinear optical interactions with matter. Chirped pulse amplification, also known as CPA, changed the intensity level by a few more orders of magnitude and helped usher in a new type of laser-matter interaction that is referred to as high-intensity laser physics. In this talk, I will discuss the differences between nonlinear optics and high-intensity laser physics. The development of CPA and why short, intense laser pulses can cut transparent material will also be included. I will also discuss future applications.
Donna Strickland Biography
Dr. Donna Strickland is one of the recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 for co-inventing Chirped Pulse Amplification with Dr. Gérard Mourou, her PhD supervisor at the time of the discovery. She earned her PhD in optics from the University of Rochester and her B. Eng. from McMaster University. Dr. Strickland was a research associate at the National Research Council Canada, a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a member of technical staff at Princeton University. In 1997, she joined the University of Waterloo, where her ultrafast laser group develops high-intensity laser systems for nonlinear optics investigations. She is a recipient of a Sloan Research Fellowship, a Premier’s Research Excellence Award and a Cottrell Scholar Award. She served as the president of the Optical Society (OSA) in 2013 and is an OSA Fellow.
Peter Winzer
Nokia Bell Labs
Peter Winzer
Nokia Bell Labs
Peter J. Winzer heads Nokia Bell Labs’ Optical Transmission Research in New Jersey. At Bell Labs since 2000, he has contributed to many high-speed optical transmission records and pioneered spatial multiplexing to scale optical communication systems. He has widely published and patented and is actively involved in the community, as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (2013-2018), Program Chair of ECOC (2009) and Program/General Chair of OFC (2015/2017). He is a Highly Cited Researcher, Bell Labs Fellow, Fellow of IEEE and OSA, and elected member of the US National Academy of Engineering. He has received multiple awards for his work, including the 2018 John Tyndall Award.
