Emmanuel Desurvir ( French Emmanuel Benoit Desurvire ; born June 5, 1955 , Boulogne-Billancourt , France ) is a French physicist known for his pioneering work in the field of optoelectronics and photonics.
| Emmanuel Desurvir | |
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| Emmanuel benoit desurvire | |
| Date of Birth | June 5, 1955 ( 64) |
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| Scientific field | optoelectronics , photonics |
| Alma mater | University of Pierre and Marie Curie University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis |
| Known as | EDFA |
| Awards and prizes | Benjamin Franklin Medal (1998) Millennium Technology Award (2008) |
Career
He received a bachelor's degree in 1974, a master's degree in 1981. He received his Ph.D. in 1983 from the University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis . After defending his dissertation, he worked in the USA, where in 1986 he developed an early version of EDFA at Bella Lab . Since 1994 he worked at Alcatel [1] . Best known as one of the developers of EDFA [2] .
Rewards
- Benjamin Franklin Medal (1998)
- (2007)
- Millennium Technology Award (2008)