Nicolaas Bloembergen | Wyant College of Optical Sciences

Nicolaas Bloembergen | Wyant College of Optical Sciences
Nicolaas Bloembergen
Professor Emeritus of Optical Sciences
Named Professor Emeritus 2013
Employment:
Professor: The University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center/College of Optical Sciences, 2001-2017
Visiting Scientist: The University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center, 1996-1997
Visiting Scientist: University of Central Florida, CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, 1995
Professor Emeritus: Harvard University, 1990-present
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior Distinguished U.S. Scientist: Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (Germany), 1980 and 1987
Gerhard Gade University Professor: Harvard University, 1980-1990
Visiting Professor: College de France, 1980
Raman Visiting Professor: Indian Academy of Sciences (India), 1979
Director: Enrico Fermi Course on Nonlinear Spectroscopy, 1975
Rumford Professor of Physics: Harvard University, 1974-1980
Lorentz Guest Professor: University of Leiden (Netherlands), 1973
Visiting Professor: University of California, Berkeley, 1965.
Lecturer: International Summer Schools, 1962-1964, 1966, 1968-1969, 1978, 1992, 1995
Gordon McKay Professor: Harvard University, Division of Applied Science, Department of Applied Physics, 1957-1974
Visiting Professor: École Normale Supérieure (France), 1957
Associate Professor: Harvard University, Division of Applied Science, Department of Applied Physics,1951-1957
Junior Fellow: Harvard University, Society of Fellows, 1949-1951
Research Associate: University of Leiden (Netherlands), 1947-1948
Research Assistant: Harvard University, 1946-1947
Teaching Fellow: University of Utrecht (Netherlands), 1942-1945
Professional Affiliations and Activities:
American Physical Society: President, 1991
Awards and Honors:
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: Humboldt Prize, 1989
American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Member
American Philosophical Society: Member
American Physical Society: Member
American Physical Society: Oliver E. Buckley Prize for Solid State Physics, 1958
California Institute of Technology: Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, 1984
Franklin Institute: Stuart Ballantine Medal, 1961
French Academy of Sciences: Foreign Associate
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina: Foreign Member
Harvard University: A.M. Hon., 1951
Harvard University: S.D. Hon., 2000
IEEE: Lifetime Fellow
IEEE: Medal of Honor, 1983
IEEE: Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award, 1959
Indian Academy of Sciences (India): Honorary Fellow
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation: Fellow, 1957
Laval University (Canada): Dr. Sc. Hon., 1988
Moscow State University (Russia): Dr. Sc. Hon., 1997
National Academy of Engineering: Member Emeritus
National Academy of Sciences: Member
Netherlands Club of New York: Half-Moon Trophy, 1972
North Carolina State University: Dr. Sc. Hon., 1998
The Optical Society (OSA): Honorary Member
The Optical Society (OSA): Frederic Ives Medal, 1979
Order of Orange-Nassau: Commander, 1983
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences: Correspondent
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences: Lorentz Medal, 1978
Royal Norweigian Scientific Society: Foreign Member
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: Nobel Prize in Physics, 1981
United States of America: National Medal of Science, 1974
The University of Arizona: Dr. Sc. Hon, 2008
University of California, Berkeley: Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lecturer
University of Central Florida: Dr. Sc. Hon., 1996
University of Connecticut: Dr. Sc. Hon., 1989
University of Massachusetts, Lowell: L.H.D. Hon., 1994
University of New South Wales (Australia): Dirac Medal, 1983
Specific Research Interests:
Nuclear and electronic magnetic resonance, solid state masers and lasers, nonlinear optics and spectroscopy.
Nonlinear polarizability and the extension of Maxwell's equations to include nonlinear source terms and the interaction of multiple waves in the bulk and at the boundaries of nonlinear media.
Extension of the laws of reflection and refraction.
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Degrees
Phil. Cand., University of Utrecht (Netherlands), 1941
Phil. Drs., University of Utrecht (Netherlands), 1943
Ph.D., University of Leiden (Netherlands), 1948