Photonics Pioneer John Bjorkholm's Early Laser Work

Dr. John Bjorkholm speaks about his early research career as the first Applied Physics PhD student at Stanford University under Prof. Tony Siegman, and subsequent work at Bell Labs.

This small group seminar/luncheon was hosted by the Stanford Student OSA/SPIE Chapter and the Stanford Photonics Research Center as the first part of a new "Photonics Pioneers" series with priority for dues-paying OSA/SPIE student members. To become a member, visit our website for links to the online forms!

About the speaker: John Bjorkholm was a Principal Scientist at Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, CA from 1996 through 2002; his work there was concerned with the development of EUV lithography. Previously, he worked at Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, NJ for 28 years, retiring in 1994 as a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff. During his Bell Labs tenure he carried out research in a number of areas, including lasers, nonlinear optics, and nonlinear spectroscopy; he was a co-author with Art Ashkin and Steve Chu on the first demonstrations of optical molasses and of the optical trapping of atoms; he was also instrumental in the development of the concept of EUV lithography. He received a BSE with highest honors in EE-Physics from Princeton University in 1961 and in 1966 he received a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University. His thesis advisor was Tony Siegman. John is a Fellow of the OSA and the APS. He served as an OSA Director-at-Large (1988-90) and as the OSA Treasurer (1992-96). He also served as a Trustee of Princeton University (1991-95).

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