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<html> <head> <title>Optical Society of America</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Optical Society of America PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION Present membership about 14,000. "Founded in 1916, OSA brings together optics and photonics scientists, engineers, educators, technicians and business leaders. OSA is dedicated to providing its members and the scientific community with educational resources that support technical and professional development. OSA publications, events and services help to advance the science of light by addressing the ongoing need for shared knowledge and innovation. The Society's commitment to excellence and long-term learning is the driving force behind all its initiatives." Official Website: <a href="http://www.osa.org/">http://www.osa.org/</a> Location: <a href="/geo/761/000069554/" class=proflink>Washington, DC</a> Founding Date: 1916<table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/725/000170215/">Ilesanmi Adesida</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dean, College of Engineering, UIUC</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/039/000027955/">Zhores I. Alferov</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Developed solar cells for the Sputnik program</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/850/000099553/">Nikolay G. Basov</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Dec-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-2001</tt></td> <td>Invention of the maser and laser</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/951/000099654/">Nicolaas Bloembergen</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Mar-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Nonlinear optics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/269/000172750/">Wallace R. Brode</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jun-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1974</tt></td> <td>Absorption spectra of dyes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/064/000099764/">Claude Cohen-Tannoudji</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Trapped atoms with laser light</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/013/000168506/">Karl T. Compton</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jun-1954</tt></td> <td>Bikini Island atomic tests</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/035/000027951/">Eric A. Cornell</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1961</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Atomic physicist, Nobel laureate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/798/000100498/">Robert F. Curl, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Aug-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Discovered fullerines</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/738/000138324/">Roy J. Glauber</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Quantum optics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/771/000138357/">John L. Hall</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Quantum optics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/795/000138381/">Theodor W. Hänsch</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Quantum optics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/077/000169567/">George Russell Harrison</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jul-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-1979</tt></td> <td>Echelle spectrograph</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/315/000129925/">Haldan K. Hartline</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Dec-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1983</tt></td> <td>Physiology of the retina</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/594/000100294/">Gerhard Herzberg</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1999</tt></td> <td>Molecular spectroscopy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/404/000169894/">Nick Holonyak</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Nov-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Light-emitting diodes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/456/000169946/">Herbert E. Ives</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jul-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-1953</tt></td> <td>Facsimile machine</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/741/000168237/">Kristina M. Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1958</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Provost of Johns Hopkins University</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/798/000099501/">Alfred Kastler</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-1984</tt></td> <td>Optical pumping</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/036/000027952/">Wolfgang Ketterle</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Oct-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Bose-Einstein condensates</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/054/000099754/">David M. Lee</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Superfluidity of helium-3</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/523/000241797/">Theodore Maiman</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-May-2007</tt></td> <td>Built the first working laser</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/915/000137504/">John C. Mather</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Aug-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Big Bang</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/501/000099204/">Albert A. Michelson</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1852</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1931</tt></td> <td>Measured the speed of light</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/810/000173291/">Charlotte E. Moore</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1990</tt></td> <td>Technetium in the Sun</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/067/000099767/">William D. Phillips</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Trapped atoms with laser light</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/851/000099554/">Aleksandr M. Prokhorov</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-1916</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-2002</tt></td> <td>Invention of the maser and laser</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/901/000099604/">James Rainwater</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-May-1986</tt></td> <td>Determined shapes of nuclei</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/954/000099657/">Arthur L. Schawlow</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-May-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1999</tt></td> <td>Laser spectroscopy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/849/000099552/">Charles H. Townes</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1915</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jan-2015</tt></td> <td>Invention of the maser and laser</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/208/000103896/">George Wald</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Apr-1997</tt></td> <td>Physiology of the retina</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/037/000027953/">Carl E. Wieman</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Bose-Einstein Condensates</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/777/000099480/">Frits Zernike</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-1888</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-1966</tt></td> <td>Phase-contrast microscope</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=116765" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/924/000001921/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/924/1921/s1921.jpg" width=128> Hugh Jackman</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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