Andrew M. Weiner Explained

Honorific Prefix:OSA NAE NAI
Andrew Marc Weiner
Birth Date:25 July 1958
Birth Place:Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality:American
Fields:Ultrafast optics and optical signal processing
Workplaces:Purdue University
Alma Mater:Massachusetts Institute of Technology,,
Thesis Title:Femtosecond Optical Pulse Generation and Dephasing Measurements in Condensed Matter
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Thesis Year:1984
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Known For:Pioneering work on programmable femtosecond pulse shaping using liquid crystal modulator arrays
Awards:Hertz Foundation Doctoral Thesis Prize [1]
Bellcore Award of Excellence
Adolph Lomb Medal
Curtis McGraw Research Award
International Commission for Optics Prize [2]
IEEE Photonics Society William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists
Research Excellence Award from the Schools of Engineering
Optical Society of America R. W. Wood Prize
Provost's Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award
IEEE Photonics Society Quantum Electronics Award [3]
Herbert Newby Mccoy Award [4]
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Andrew Marc Weiner OSA NAE NAI (Born July 25, 1958-2024) was an American electrical engineer, educator and researcher known for contributions to the fields of ultrafast optics and optical signal processing. He was the Scifres Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University.

Career

Weiner received a Sc.D. in electrical engineering in 1984 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[5] Following graduation he joined Bellcore, then a premier telecommunications research and development company, eventually serving as Manager of Ultrafast Optics and Optical Signal Processing Research. In 1992, Weiner was appointed at professor rank at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University.

Weiner’s research in ultrafast optics focuses on the processing of extremely high-speed lightwave signals as well as their application to the generation and manipulation of ultrabroadband radio-frequency signals. He is most well-known for research on the development of Fourier synthesis methods for controlling the shape of femtosecond light pulses.[6] [7] [8] These methods extend femtosecond pulse generation technology by providing the ability to engineer these pulses into complex phase- and amplitude-modulated ultrafast optical waveforms according to specification. Findings from Weiner’s research have been applied in fiber optic networks and in ultrafast optical science laboratories around the world. Specific studies in recent years address quantum photonics,[9] [10] [11] Kerr comb generation in on-chip microresonators,[12] [13] [14] and microwave and millimeter wave photonics.[15] [16] [17] Weiner authored the textbook Ultrafast Optics (Wiley, 2009), and served as editor in chief of Optics Express, the largest journal broadly covering optics and photonics, from 2013 to 2018.[18]

Awards and honors

In 2008, Weiner was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, “for contributions to the development of femtosecond optical-pulse shaping technology.”[19] He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2016),[20] the Optical Society of America (1990)[21] and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (1995).[22] He received a National Security Science and Engineering Fellowship, now called the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship,[23] from the U.S. Department of Defense in 2009.[24] He has received the Optical Society of America’s Adolph Lomb Medal (1990) in recognition of his early career achievements,[25] the International Commission for Optics Prize (1997),[26] the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists (2000),[27] the IEEE Photonics Society’s Quantum Electronics Award (2011),[28] and Optica's Charles Hard Townes Medal (2023).[29] Weiner is the co-recipient (with Jonathan Heritage) of both the Optical Society of America’s R. W. Wood Prize (2008)[30] and the IEEE Photonics Society’s William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award (1999).[31] He was also recognized by Popular Science Magazine for one of the "Top 100 Inventions of 1988" for the 100-femtosecond all-optical switch.[32]

Weiner has received numerous awards from Purdue University. He was awarded the Herbert Newby McCoy Award (2013),[33] which is the most prestigious award given by the university in natural sciences.[34] He is also the inaugural recipient of the College of Engineering’s Research Award (2003).[35] In recognition of his mentorship, Weiner received the Purdue University Provost’s Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentor (2008)[36] and the College of Engineering Mentorship Award (2014).

Weiner was a Hertz Fellow at MIT[37] and a recipient of the Hertz Foundation Doctoral Thesis Prize.[38]

In addition to his technical interests, Weiner has had a lifelong interest in martial arts, and holds black belt rank in Aikido and Judo.

Publications

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hertz Thesis Prize . The Hertz Foundation . 30 January 2022.
  2. Web site: AC1 Affiliated Commission Award – ICO Prize . International Union of Pure and Applied Physics . 30 January 2022.
  3. Web site: Quantum Electronics Award Winners . IEEE Photonics Society . 30 January 2022.
  4. Web site: 2013 McCoy Award Recipient . Purdue University . 30 January 2022.
  5. Web site: Andrew Marc Weiner. link.galegroup.com. 2019-08-05.
  6. Weiner. A. M.. Heritage. J. P.. Kirschner. E. M.. 1988-08-01. High-resolution femtosecond pulse shaping. Journal of the Optical Society of America B. 5. 8. 1563. 10.1364/JOSAB.5.001563. 1988JOSAB...5.1563W . 0740-3224.
  7. Weiner. A. M.. 2000-05-02. Femtosecond pulse shaping using spatial light modulators. Review of Scientific Instruments. 71. 5. 1929–1960. 10.1063/1.1150614. 2000RScI...71.1929W . 0034-6748.
  8. Weiner. A. M.. Leaird. D. E.. Patel. J. S.. Wullert. J. R.. 1992-04-01. Programmable shaping of femtosecond optical pulses by use of 128-element liquid crystal phase modulator. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 28. 4. 908–920. 10.1109/3.135209. 1992IJQE...28..908W . 0018-9197.
  9. Kues. Michael. Reimer. Christian. Lukens. Joseph M.. Munro. William J.. Weiner. Andrew M.. Moss. David J.. Morandotti. Roberto. Roberto Morandotti . 2019-02-21. Quantum optical microcombs. Nature Photonics. 13. 3. 170–179. 10.1038/s41566-019-0363-0 . 2001.02356 . 2019NaPho..13..170K . 116597231. 1749-4885.
  10. Imany. Poolad. Jaramillo-Villegas. Jose A.. Odele. Ogaga D.. Han. Kyunghun. Leaird. Daniel E.. Lukens. Joseph M.. Lougovski. Pavel. Qi. Minghao. Weiner. Andrew M.. 2018-01-22. 50-GHz-spaced comb of high-dimensional frequency-bin entangled photons from an on-chip silicon nitride microresonator. Optics Express. 26. 2. 1825–1840. 10.1364/OE.26.001825. 29401906. 1094-4087. 1707.02276. 2018OExpr..26.1825I . 119390189 .
  11. Lu. Hsuan-Hao. Lukens. Joseph M.. Peters. Nicholas A.. Odele. Ogaga D.. Leaird. Daniel E.. Weiner. Andrew M.. Lougovski. Pavel. 2018-01-18. Electro-Optic Frequency Beam Splitters and Tritters for High-Fidelity Photonic Quantum Information Processing. Physical Review Letters. 120. 3. 030502. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.030502. 29400520. 1712.03992 . 2018PhRvL.120c0502L . 0031-9007. free.
  12. Ferdous. Fahmida. Miao. Houxun. Leaird. Daniel E.. Srinivasan. Kartik. Wang. Jian. Chen. Lei. Varghese. Leo Tom. Weiner. Andrew M.. 2011-10-09. Spectral line-by-line pulse shaping of on-chip microresonator frequency combs. Nature Photonics. 5. 12. 770–776. 10.1038/nphoton.2011.255. 1749-4885. 1103.2330. 2011NaPho...5..770F . 6989904.
  13. Xue. Xiaoxiao. Xuan. Yi. Liu. Yang. Wang. Pei-Hsun. Chen. Steven. Wang. Jian. Leaird. Dan E.. Qi. Minghao. Weiner. Andrew M.. 2015-08-10. Mode-locked dark pulse Kerr combs in normal-dispersion microresonators. Nature Photonics. 9. 9. 594–600. 10.1038/nphoton.2015.137. 1749-4885. 1404.2865. 2015NaPho...9..594X . 120507153 .
  14. Liu. Yang. Xuan. Yi. Xue. Xiaoxiao. Wang. Pei-Hsun. Chen. Steven. Metcalf. Andrew J.. Wang. Jian. Leaird. Daniel E.. Qi. Minghao. 2014-09-20. Investigation of mode coupling in normal-dispersion silicon nitride microresonators for Kerr frequency comb generation. Optica. 1. 3. 137. 10.1364/OPTICA.1.000137. 2334-2536. 1405.6225. 2014Optic...1..137L . 119273765.
  15. Khan. Maroof H.. Shen. Hao. Xuan. Yi. Zhao. Lin. Xiao. Shijun. Leaird. Daniel E.. Weiner. Andrew M.. Qi. Minghao. 2010-01-17. Ultrabroad-bandwidth arbitrary radiofrequency waveform generation with a silicon photonic chip-based spectral shaper. Nature Photonics. 4. 2. 117–122. 10.1038/nphoton.2009.266. 2010NaPho...4..117K . 1749-4885.
  16. Lin. I.S.. McKinney. J.D.. Weiner. A.M.. 2005-04-11. Photonic synthesis of broadband microwave arbitrary waveforms applicable to ultra-wideband communication. IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters. 15. 4. 226–228. 10.1109/LMWC.2005.845698. 26298002. 1531-1309.
  17. Supradeepa. V. R.. Long. Christopher M.. Wu. Rui. Ferdous. Fahmida. Hamidi. Ehsan. Leaird. Daniel E.. Weiner. Andrew M.. 2012-02-05. Comb-based radiofrequency photonic filters with rapid tunability and high selectivity. Nature Photonics. 6. 3. 186–194. 10.1038/nphoton.2011.350. 1749-4885. 1105.0722. 2012NaPho...6..186S . 30315096.
  18. Weiner. Andrew M.. 2017-02-06. Editorial: 20 years of Optics Express. Optics Express. 25. 3. 2994–2997. 10.1364/OE.25.002994. 29519015. 2017OExpr..25.2994W . 1094-4087. free.
  19. Web site: Dr. Andrew M. Weiner. NAE Website. 2019-08-05.
  20. Web site: Purdue professor Weiner elected fellow of National Academy of Inventors. Service. Purdue News. www.purdue.edu. 2019-08-05.
  21. Web site: Andrew Weiner The Optical Society. 2019-08-05.
  22. Web site: IEEE Fellows Directory - Member Profile. IEEE. 2019-08-05.
  23. Web site: Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship. basicresearch.defense.gov. 2019-08-05.
  24. Web site: ECE professor awarded grant for Department of Defense research. news.uns.purdue.edu. 2019-08-05.
  25. Web site: Adolph Lomb Medal - The Optical Society of America. 2019-08-05.
  26. Web site: ICO Prize International Commission for Optics. e-ico.org. 2019-08-05.
  27. Web site: Alexander von Humboldt Honors - Our People - Purdue Engineering. College of Engineering - Purdue University. 2019-08-05.
  28. Web site: Quantum Electronics Award Award Winners - IEEE Photonics Society. www.photonicssociety.org. 2019-08-05.
  29. Web site: 2023 Charles Hard Townes Medal Winner Optica . 2024-08-12 . www.optica.org.
  30. Web site: R. W. Wood Prize The Optical Society of America. 2019-08-05.
  31. Web site: William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award Winners - IEEE Photonics Society. www.photonicssociety.org. 2019-08-05.
  32. Book: Popular Science. 1988-12-01. Bonnier Corporation.
  33. Web site: Past Recipients - Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships. www.purdue.edu. 2019-08-05.
  34. Web site: The Herbert Newby McCoy Award - Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships. www.purdue.edu. 2019-08-05.
  35. Web site: Our People - Purdue Engineering. College of Engineering - Purdue University. 2019-08-05.
  36. Web site: Recipients and Nominees - The Graduate School - Purdue University. www.purdue.edu. 2019-08-05.
  37. Web site: Andrew M. Weiner. hertzfoundation.org. 2019-08-05.
  38. Web site: Thesis Prize Winners. hertzfoundation.org. 2019-08-05.

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