Eli Yablonovitch

American physicist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1946 · age 79

Eli Yablonovitch is an American physicist and engineer who, along with Sajeev John, founded the field of photonic crystals in 1987. He and his team were the first to create a 3-dimensional structure that exhibited a full photonic bandgap, which has been named Yablonovite.

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2019Benjamin Franklin MedalAwardFrederic Ives MedalAward2018Edison MedalAward2016Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter PrizeAward2015Isaac Newton MedalAward2013Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward2012Harvey PrizeAwardIEEE Photonics AwardAward2011Clarivate Citation LaureatesAward2010Mountbatten MedalAward1996R. W. Wood PrizeAward1993William Streifer Scientific Achievement AwardAward1978Adolph Lomb MedalAward1946Born15 December 1946

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Benjamin Franklin Medal2019

Frederic Ives Medal2019

Edison Medal2018

Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize2016

Isaac Newton Medal2015

Foreign Member of the Royal Society2013

Harvey Prize2012

IEEE Photonics Award2012

Clarivate Citation Laureates2011

Mountbatten Medal2010

R. W. Wood Prize1996

William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award1993

Adolph Lomb Medal1978

Fellow of the American Physical Society

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Clifford Paterson Lecture

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In addition to pioneering photonic crystals, he was the first to recognize that a strained quantum-well laser has a significantly reduced threshold current compared to its unstrained counterpart. This is now employed in the majority of semiconductor lasers fabricated throughout the world. His seminal paper reporting inhibited spontaneous emission in photonic crystals is among the most highly cited papers in physics and engineering.

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The same award as Eli

Jun YeBoth received Adolph Lomb Medal

Tom KibbleBoth received Isaac Newton Medal

Daniel KleppnerBoth received Frederic Ives Medal

Pablo Jarillo-HerreroBoth received Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize

John PendryBoth received Isaac Newton Medal

Rolf LandauerBoth received Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize