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Elsa Garmire

Elsa Garmire

Sydney E. Junkins 1887 Professor of Engineering
603/646-3154
Elsa.Garmire@Dartmouth.edu

Education

  • A.B., Physics, Harvard University 1961
  • Ph.D., Physics, M.I.T. 1965

Research Interests

Non-linear optics; integrated optics and semiconductor photonic devices; lasers; electro-optics; fiber optics.

Current Research Projects

Teaching, 2007-2009

Selected Publications

  • "Optical vibration detection with a photoconductance monitoring array," (P. Heinz and E. Garmire) Applied Physics Letters 84 (16): 3196-3198 APR 19 2004

  • "Speed enhancement in a photorefractive multiple quantum well modulator by pulsed illumination," (A. K. Abeeluck, P. Heinz and E. Garmire) Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, (3), pp. 311-313 (2001).

  • "Resonant optical nonlinearities in semiconductors," (E. Garmire) IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron 6 (#6), pp. 1094-1110 (2000). INVITED REVIEW PAPER, in the "Millennium Issue"

  • "Wavelength dependence of combined local and carrier transport optical nonlinearities in a hetero n-i-p-i structure" (A. R. Kost, M. H. Jupina, T. C. Hasenberg and E. M. Garmire) J. of Appl. Phys. 99 (2): Art. No. 023501 Jan. 15, 2006

  • "Design and measurement of a multiple quantum well nipi wavguide modulator for optoelectronic integrated circuits" S.D. Koehler, E.M. Garmire, A.R. Kost, D. Yap, E.P. Docter, T.C. Hasenberg, IEEE J. Quantum Electron 32, 1029-1038 (1996).

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Awards

  • National Associate of the National Academies (2004)
  • Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1996)
  • Fellow, American Physical Society (1994)
  • Life Member, National Academy of Engineering (1989)
  • Fellow and Life Member, Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (1980)
  • Fellow. Optical Society of America (1981)
  • Achievement Award and Fellow, Society of Women Engineers (1994)

Selected Patents

  • 4,068,920: Flexible wave guide for laser light transmission (1978) Michael Bass, Elsa Garmire, Thomas McMahon

  • 4,788,688: Heterostructure Laser (1988); Tom Hasenberg and Elsa Garmire

  • 5,130,849: Method and apparatus for energy transfers between optical beams using near-bandgap electrorefractive effect (1992); George C. Valley; Marvin B. Klein; Afshin Partovi; Alan Kost; Elsa Garmire

  • 5,313,073: Light detector using intersub-valence band transitions with strained barriers (1994); Roger T. Kuroda, Elsa Garmire

  • 5,643,476: Laser system for removal of graffiti (1997); Elsa Garmire, Katherine X. Liu, Robert Russell

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Professional Activities

  • President, Optical Society of America 1995
  • Presidential Medal of Science Selection Committee 1996-1998
  • Councillor, National Academy of Engineering 2002-2008
  • Chair, National Academy Committee to Assess Technological Literacy 2002-2006
  • Councilor at Large, American Physical Society 1995-1997
  • Councillor, IEEE Lasers and Electro-optics Society 1984-1987
  • Director-at-Large, Optical Society of America 1983-1986
  • Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, U. C. Berkeley 1999-2000
  • Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, 1985-1989
  • Harvard University Division of Engineering and Applied Physics Visiting Committee 1989-1995

Professional Experience

  • Thayer School faculty since 1995
  • Dean, Thayer School of Engineering 1995-1997
  • William Hogue Professor of Electrical Engineering; Professor of Physics; and Director, Center for Laser Studies: University of Southern California 1975-1995
  • Consultant, The Aerospace Corporation 1975-1992
  • Visiting Scientist, Thomson CSF, France 1974
  • Visiting Scientist, ITT Standard Telecom Labs 1973-1974
  • Senior Research Fellow, Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology 1966-1973

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