D. S. Chemla

Biography

Abstract

Daniel Chemla was a Professor of Physics at University of California, Berkeley (1991-2008). Some of Chemla's research interests included optoelectronics, nonlinear optics, and compound semiconductors. His other institutional affiliations included Centre National d’études des Télécommunications (France), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Bell Laboratories.

Important Dates

July 21, 1940Birth, Tunis (Tunisia).

1967Obtained Diploma, l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (now Télécom ParisTech), Paris (France).

1967 – 1981Physicist (1967-1974); Leader, Nonlinear Optics Group (1974-1976); Leader, Electronics Optics Group (1976-1979); and Head, Optics of Materials Phase Transistions Department (1979-1981), National Center for Study in Telecommunications (Centre national d'études des télécommunications), Paris (France).

1969 – 1981Professor of Statistical Thermodynamics and Solid State Physics, Institute of Electronics, University of Paris, Paris (France).

1972Obtained Doctorat es Sciences in Solid State Physics, University of Paris, Paris (France).

1973Visiting Research Associate, Stanford University.

1977 – 1981Lecturer, University of Paris, Orsay.

1981 – 1990Member, Technical Staff, Electronic Research Laboratory (1981-1983) and Head, Quantum Physics and Electronics Research Department (1983-1990), Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).

1988Awarded R.W. Wood Prize, Optical Society of America.

1991 – 2005Director, Materials Sciences Division (1991-2003) and Director, Advanced Light Source (1998-2005), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley (Calif.).

1991 – 2008Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).

1997Member, National Academy of Sciences.

March 20, 2008Death, Kensington (Calif.).

Occupation

Solid state physicist.

Places

Birth

Tunis (Tunisia)

Undergraduate Education

Paris (France)

Graduate Education

Paris (France)

Employment

Paris (France)

Murray Hill (N.J.)

Berkeley (Calif.)

Death

Kensington (Calif.)

Subjects

Nanoscience.

Nonlinear optics.

Optoelectronics.

Semiconductors.

Solid state physics.

Telecommunication.

Relationships

People

Colleagues

Aeppli, Gabriel

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Appelbaum, J. A. (Joel A.)

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Ashkin, Arthur, 1922-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Aspnes, D. E.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Bialek, William S.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Bishop, David John, 1951-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Brinkman, William F. (William Frank), 1938-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Buchsbaum, Solomon J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Bucksbaum, Philip H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Cava, Robert J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chabal, Yves Jean, 1952-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chew, Geoffrey F.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Chu, Steven

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Chynoweth, A. G.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Clarke, John, 1942-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Clauser, John F. (John Francis), 1942-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Clogston, Albert McCavour

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Cohen, Marvin L.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Commins, Eugene D.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Coppersmith, Susan Nan

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Davis, J. C. Séamus

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

DiSalvo, Francis

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Dolan, Gerald

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Dynes, Robert C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Eigler, Donald

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Eisenstein, James P. (James Philip)

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Falcone, Roger W.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Falicov, L. M. (Leopoldo Maximo), 1933-1995

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Fleury, Paul A.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Freedman, Stuart J.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Fulton, Theodore Alan

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Gaillard, Mary K.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Glaser, D. A.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Goldhaber, Gerson

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Gossard, A. C.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Greene, Laura H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Hagstrum, Homer D.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Hahn, E. L. (Erwin Louis), 1921-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Haldane, F. Duncan M.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Hamann, Donald, 1939-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Hellman, Frances

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley and AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Helmholz, August Carl, 1915-2003

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Hohenberg, Pierre C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Holdren, John P.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Hopfield, John J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Isaacs, Eric D.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Jackson, John David, 1925-2016

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Jackson, Shirley Ann, 1946-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Jeffries, C. D., 1922-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Johnson, Peter D., 1952-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Kahn, Steven Michael

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Kittel, Charles

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Lange, Andrew

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Laughlin, Robert B.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Lee, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1946-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Louie, Steven G., 1949-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Mandelstam, Stanley

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

McKee, Christopher, 1942-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Millis, Andrew J.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Murray, Cherry Ann

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Narath, Albert, 1933-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Osheroff, Douglas D.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Patel, C. Kumar N.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Penzias, Arno A.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Pfann, William G.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Phillips, J. C.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Phillips, Julia M.

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Pinczuk, Aron

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Price, Paul Buford

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Raghavachari, Krishnan

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Reynolds, John Hamilton, 1923-2000

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Rice, Thomas Maurice, 1939-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Richards, Paul L. (Paul Linford)

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Riess, Adam, 1969-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Rowell, John Martin, 1935-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Shank, C. V. (Charles V.)

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley and Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Shapiro, Marjorie

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Shen, Y. R.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Smith, George E., 1930-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Smith, Neville, 1942-2006

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Smoot, George

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Steiner, Herbert M.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Stillinger, F. H.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Störmer, Horst

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Stubbs, Christopher

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Tank, David William, 1953-

Both employed at Bell Laboratories.

Tersoff, J.

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Thomas, D. G. (David Gilbert), 1928-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Thomas, Gareth, 1932-2014

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Townes, Charles H.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Trilling, George H.

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Weeks, John David

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Willett, Robert L.

Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.

Wilson, Robert Woodrow, 1936-

Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Zumino, B. (Bruno), 1923-

Both employed at University of California, Berkeley.

Institutions

Major Positions

AT & T Bell Laboratories

Head, Quantum Physics and Electronics Research Department.

Bell Telephone Laboratories

Member, Technical Staff, Electronic Research Laboratory and Head, Quantum Physics and Electronics Research Department.

Centre national d'études des télécommunications (France)

Physicist; Leader, Nonlinear Optics Group; Leader, Electronics Optics Group; and Head, Optics of Materials Phase Transistions Department.

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Director, Materials Sciences Division and Director, Advanced Light Source.

Université de Paris

Obtained (Solid State Physics) Doctorat es Sciences in 1972. Lecturer and Professor of Statistical Thermodynamics and Solid State Physics, Institute of Electronics.

University of California, Berkeley. Department of Physics

Professor of Physics.

Professional Activities & Affiliations

American Physical Society

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Member.

Optical Society of America

Received 1988 R. W. Wood Prize.

Stanford University. Department of Physics

Visiting Research Associate.

Télécom ParisTech

Obtained Diploma in 1967.

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