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

  • Cavity QED of semiconductors using quantum dots in photonic crystal slab nanocaviities; molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) growth of GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures on GaAs substrates and GaAlInAs/AlInAs heterostructures on InP substrates including quantum dots, quantum wells, planar microcavities (vertical cavity surface emitting lasers), samples for fabrication of photonic crystal slab nanocavities, and samples to provide gain for split ring resonator metamaterials; low-energy high-speed nonlinear optical switches; photonic crystal slab waveguides and interconnections; quantum optics, nonlinear optics, and femtosecond dynamics of quantum dots and wells.

    08-2009