Faculty

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Kerry J. Vahala

Ted and Ginger Jenkins Professor of Information Science and Technology and Professor of Applied Physics

Degrees and Appointments

B.S., Caltech, 1980; M.S., 1981; Ph.D., 1985. Research Fellow in Applied Physics, 1985; Assistant Professor, 1986-90; Associate Professor, 1990-96; Professor, 1996-; Jenkins Professor, 2002-.

Research Overview

Professor Vahala focuses on lightwave communications, and ultrafast physics and application to high-speed information processing.

List of Research Areas

lightwave communications, ultrafast physics and application to high-speed information processing

Research Centers

The Kavli Nanoscience Institute, Lee Center for Advanced Networking, Information Science and Technology, Center for the Physics of Information, Center for the Physics of Information


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