Jeff Hecht interviews for his book "City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics",
1993-1996
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Hecht, Jeff
Size of collection
0.75 linear feet
1 half manuscript box
2 tape/card boxes
Short description of collection
This collection consists of interviews conducted by author and historian Jeff Hecht for his book City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR2004587
Freelance science and technology writer. Science Writing Fellowship, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 1992. Author of Understanding Lasers (1991); Laser Pioneers (1991); The Laser Guidebook (1986); Optics: Light for a New Age (1988).
This collection consists of interviews conducted by author and historian Jeff Hecht for his book City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics. The collection includes audio cassette tapes as well as transcripts and notes of interviews conducted by Jeff Hecht, as well as correspondence files and emails with interviewees ranging from physicists to electronics engineers. Interview subjects include: Elias Snitzer, George Hockham, Charles Sandbank, Bob Tkach and Andy Chraplyvy, Linn Mollenauer and Ivan Kaminow, Peter Runge, John Midwinter, Paul Lazay, John Wilbur Hicks Jr., Donald Keck (printed transcript), Peter Schultz, Murray Ramsay with Martin Chown and Richard Epworth, J. Jim Hseih, Mort Panish, Kenneth Nill, Felix Kapron, Ira Jacobs, Charles K. Kao (printed transcript), Robert Maurer, Lewis Hyde, Brian O'Brien, Jr., and Willem Brouwer. Also includes reminiscences from the New England Fiberoptic Council, and interviews with engineers and scientists at British Telecommunications Research Laboratories. Tapes and/or transcripts exist for 26 interviews; for others there may only be notes on the interview, and much of this is in electronic format. Contact the library reference staff for access to electronic format items.
Researchers must have an approved access application on file in order to access archival materials. https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/item-request.
These papers have been indexed in the
International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS)
using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
Persons
Brouwer, Willem.
Chown, Martin.
Chraplyvy, Andrew R., 1950-
Epworth, Richard
Hecht, Jeff.
Hicks, John Wilbur, Jr.
Hockham, George.
Hseih, J. Jim.
Hyde, W. Lewis, 1919-
Jacobs, Ira, 1931-
Kaminow, Ivan P., 1930-
Kao, Charles K., 1933-
Kapron, Ira, 1931-
Keck, Donald B., 1941-
Lazay, Paul Duane, 1939-
Maurer, Robert Distler, 1924-
Midwinter, John E.
Mollenauer, L. F. (Linn Frederick), 1937-
Nill, Kenneth
O'Brien, Brian, Jr., 1923-
Panish, M. B.
Ramsay, Murray.
Runge, Peter K.
Sandbank, Charles.
Schultz, Peter J.
Snitzer, Elias
Tkach, Robert William, 1954-
Institutions
BT Laboratories
New England Fiberoptics Council
Subject terms
Fiber optics.
Fibers. Research.
Genre terms
Interviews.
Transcripts.
This collection is organized into two series:
- Series I: Transcripts
- Series II: Audio tape cassettes
Both series are arranged alphabetically by interviewee last name.
Gift of Jeff Hecht, 2004.
Collection is unprocessed and much of it is only available in electronic format.
Box [number], Folder [number], Jeff Hecht interviews for his book "City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics," 1993-1996. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Title
Finding Aid to the Jeff Hecht interviews for his book "City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics", 1993-1996
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2013
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Mueller in 2013. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
Other transcripts and interview notes are available in electronic format - consult reference staff for access.
| Box 1 |
Folder 1 |
Kao, Charles - transcript, 1995 |
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Keck, Donald - transcript, 1995 |
| Box 2 |
Brouwer, Willem, January 1994 |
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Bell Northern Research (BNR) (1 of 2), December 1994 |
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Bell Northern Research (BNR) (2 of 2), December 1994 |
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British Telecommunications Research Laboratories (BTRL) (1 of 2), December 1994 |
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British Telecommunications Research Laboratories (BTRL) (2 of 2), December 1994 |
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Chraplyvy, Andy - see Thack tape, box 3, July 1995 |
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Hikcs, Will (1 of 2), February 1994 |
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Hikcs, Will (2 of 2), February 1994 |
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Huckham, George, December 1994 |
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Jacobs, Ira, November 1996 |
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Jacobs, Ira, November 1996 |
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Kaminow, Ivan (Bell Labs) - see Mollenauer tape, box 3, July 1995 |
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Kao, Charles (1 of 2), April 1995 |
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Kao, Charles (2 of 2), April 1995 |
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Keck, Donald (1 of 2), March 1995 |
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Keck, Donald (2 of 2), March 1995 |
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Lazay, Paul (1 of 2), November 1996 |
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Lazay, Paul (2 of 2), November 1996 |
| Box 3 |
Maurer, Robert (1 of 2), March 1995 |
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Maurer, Robert (2 of 2), March 1995 |
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Midwinter, John, December 1984 |
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Mollenauer, Linn; Kaminow, Ivan (Bell Labs), July 1995 |
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Mseih, J. Jim, January 1996 |
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New England Fiber Council, January 1994 |
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O'Brien, Brian, February 1994 |
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Runge, Peter (Bell Labs), July 1995 |
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Sandbank, Charles, December 1994 |
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Schultz, Peter (1 of 2), May 1995 |
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Schultz, Peter (2 of 2), May 1995 |
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Siegmund, Walter; and Todd, A. O. (1 of 2), undated |
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Snitzer, Eli (1 of 2), June 1995 |
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Snitzer, Eli (2 of 2), June 1995 |
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Thack, Bob; Chraplyvy, Andy (Bell Labs), July 1995 |
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Todd, A. O. - see Siegmund tape, box 3, undated |
