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Special issue in honor of Professor J. Gary Eden on the occasion of his 60th birthday
Progress in Quantum Electronics 36 (2012) 1–3 www.elsevier.com/locate/pquantelec
Guest Editorial
Special issue in honor of Professor J. Gary Eden on the occasion of his 60th birthday Professor Eden has devoted his career to quantum electronics and the generation and application of light in the visible and ultraviolet, in particular. Over the past four decades, he has pioneered new lasers and lamps, novel approaches to pumping lasers, and applications of lasers to molecular spectroscopy, chemical physics, and materials science and technology. He has discovered or co-discovered numerous lasers and amplifiers which are widely used in industry and by the research community. Diode laser spectroscopy was pioneered by Prof. Eden and his colleagues to probe molecular species and atom–atom interactions and this technique is now recognized as a powerful tool for examining molecular structure. During his 32 year tenure at Illinois, Prof. Eden has supervised the research and dissertations of 43 Ph.D. students, all of whom he is quite proud. Prof. Eden has generously given his time to the profession by serving as President of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics and currently serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Progress in Quantum Electronics. This special issue brought out in his honor on the occasion of his 60th birthday is fitting tribute to his contribution to the field of Quantum Electronics. This special issue features invited review papers from experts in the field. We thank all the authors for their contributions and reviewers for reviewing these articles. Our special thanks are due to Ms. Charon Duermeijer of Elsevier for her enthusiastic support to this special issue.
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Guest Editorial / Progress in Quantum Electronics 36 (2012) 1–3
Special Issue Dedication J. Gary Eden
In honor of Professor of J. Gary Eden of University of Illinois on the occasion of his 60th Birthday J. Gary Eden (S’75, M’76, SM’82, F’88) received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana, in 1976 and was appointed a National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate at the US Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, DC). As a research physicist in the Laser Physics Branch (Optical Sciences Division) of NRL from 1976 to 1979, he made several contributions to the area of visible and ultraviolet lasers and laser spectroscopy, including the co-discovery of the KrCl rare gashalide excimer laser, and received a Research Publication Award (1979) for his work at NRL in which he co-discovered the proton beam pumped laser (Ar–N2, XeF). Since joining the faculty of the University of Illinois in 1979, he has been engaged in research in atomic, molecular and ultrafast laser spectroscopy, the discovery and development of visible and ultraviolet lasers, and the science and technology of microcavity plasma devices. He has served as Assistant Dean in the College of Engineering, Associate Dean of the Graduate College, and Associate Vice-Chancellor for Research. Currently, he is the Gilmore Family Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the Laboratory for Optical Physics and Engineering, as well as Research Professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, and the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory. Dr. Eden has authored more than 260 refereed publications and 38 awarded patents, is a member of four honorary organizations, and is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the SPIE. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics and is currently Editor-in-Chief of Progress in Quantum Electronics. In 1998,
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he served as President of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS), following earlier service as a member of the LEOS Board of Governors, and as the Vice-President for Technical Affairs. Dr. Eden received the LEOS Distinguished Service Award, was awarded the IEEE Third Millennium medal in 2000 and was named a LEOS Distinguished Lecturer for 2003–2005. From 1996 through 1999, he was the James F. Towey University Scholar at the University of Illinois. In 2005, he received the IEEE/LEOS Aron Kressel Award. He was awarded the C.E.K. Mees Medal of the Optical Society of America in 2007, and was the recipient of the Fulbright-Israel Distinguished Chair in the Natural Sciences and Engineering for 2007–2008. He is a co-founder of Eden Park Illumination (2007) and EP Purification (2010), and was recently named the recipient of the Harold E. Edgerton Award of SPIE for 2010.
Guest Editor
Chennupati Jagadish Australian National University, Australia E-mail address: [email protected]
Guest Editorial
Special issue in honor of Professor J. Gary Eden on the occasion of his 60th birthday Professor Eden has devoted his career to quantum electronics and the generation and application of light in the visible and ultraviolet, in particular. Over the past four decades, he has pioneered new lasers and lamps, novel approaches to pumping lasers, and applications of lasers to molecular spectroscopy, chemical physics, and materials science and technology. He has discovered or co-discovered numerous lasers and amplifiers which are widely used in industry and by the research community. Diode laser spectroscopy was pioneered by Prof. Eden and his colleagues to probe molecular species and atom–atom interactions and this technique is now recognized as a powerful tool for examining molecular structure. During his 32 year tenure at Illinois, Prof. Eden has supervised the research and dissertations of 43 Ph.D. students, all of whom he is quite proud. Prof. Eden has generously given his time to the profession by serving as President of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics and currently serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Progress in Quantum Electronics. This special issue brought out in his honor on the occasion of his 60th birthday is fitting tribute to his contribution to the field of Quantum Electronics. This special issue features invited review papers from experts in the field. We thank all the authors for their contributions and reviewers for reviewing these articles. Our special thanks are due to Ms. Charon Duermeijer of Elsevier for her enthusiastic support to this special issue.
0079-6727/$ - see front matter & 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.pquantelec.2012.03.001
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Guest Editorial / Progress in Quantum Electronics 36 (2012) 1–3
Special Issue Dedication J. Gary Eden
In honor of Professor of J. Gary Eden of University of Illinois on the occasion of his 60th Birthday J. Gary Eden (S’75, M’76, SM’82, F’88) received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana, in 1976 and was appointed a National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate at the US Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, DC). As a research physicist in the Laser Physics Branch (Optical Sciences Division) of NRL from 1976 to 1979, he made several contributions to the area of visible and ultraviolet lasers and laser spectroscopy, including the co-discovery of the KrCl rare gashalide excimer laser, and received a Research Publication Award (1979) for his work at NRL in which he co-discovered the proton beam pumped laser (Ar–N2, XeF). Since joining the faculty of the University of Illinois in 1979, he has been engaged in research in atomic, molecular and ultrafast laser spectroscopy, the discovery and development of visible and ultraviolet lasers, and the science and technology of microcavity plasma devices. He has served as Assistant Dean in the College of Engineering, Associate Dean of the Graduate College, and Associate Vice-Chancellor for Research. Currently, he is the Gilmore Family Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the Laboratory for Optical Physics and Engineering, as well as Research Professor in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, and the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory. Dr. Eden has authored more than 260 refereed publications and 38 awarded patents, is a member of four honorary organizations, and is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the SPIE. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics and is currently Editor-in-Chief of Progress in Quantum Electronics. In 1998,
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he served as President of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS), following earlier service as a member of the LEOS Board of Governors, and as the Vice-President for Technical Affairs. Dr. Eden received the LEOS Distinguished Service Award, was awarded the IEEE Third Millennium medal in 2000 and was named a LEOS Distinguished Lecturer for 2003–2005. From 1996 through 1999, he was the James F. Towey University Scholar at the University of Illinois. In 2005, he received the IEEE/LEOS Aron Kressel Award. He was awarded the C.E.K. Mees Medal of the Optical Society of America in 2007, and was the recipient of the Fulbright-Israel Distinguished Chair in the Natural Sciences and Engineering for 2007–2008. He is a co-founder of Eden Park Illumination (2007) and EP Purification (2010), and was recently named the recipient of the Harold E. Edgerton Award of SPIE for 2010.
Guest Editor
Chennupati Jagadish Australian National University, Australia E-mail address: [email protected]