Hyatt M. Gibbs

Professor of Optical Sciences

 

Contact Information

 Photo: Professor Hyatt Gibbs

Education

  • PhD, University of California, 1965

  • BS, North Carolina State University, 1960

  • AA, Mars Hill College, 1958

Employment

  • The University of Arizona: Professor, Optical Sciences, 1980-date; Director, Optical Circuitry Cooperative, 1984-1991

  • Bell Telephone Labs: Technical Staff, 1967-1980

  • Princeton University: Visiting Lecturer, 1978-1979

  • Philips Research Labs: Exchange Scientist, 1975-1976

  • University of California, Berkeley: Acting Assistant Professor, 1965-1967

Awards and Honors

  • Humboldt Research Award, 1998

  • Franklin Institute, Michelson Medal, 1984

  • American Physical Society, Fellow

  • Optical Society of America, Fellow

  • Franklin Institute, Fellow

  • IEEE, Senior Member

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow

Research

  • Fundamental physics of semiconductor quantum-confined structures; nonlinear optical phenomena; molecular-beam-epitaxial growth of Ga,Al,ln,As heterostructures; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; optical instabilities; nonlinear etalons and waveguides; optical nonlinearities.