Stephen F. Jacobs

Professor Emeritus of Optical Sciences

Contact Information

  • Telephone:
    520-621-2944
  • Email:
    stephen.jacobs@optics.arizona.edu
    Mailing Address:
    Dr. Stephen Jacobs
    University of Arizona
    Optical Sciences
    Meinel Building
    1630 East University Boulevard
    Tucson, Arizona  85721  USA

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Education

  • PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1956
  • BS, Antioch College, 1951

Employment

  • The University of Arizona: Professor Emeritus, 1996-date; Professor, Optical Sciences, 1965-1995

  • Istituto Nazionale di Ottica:  Visiting Professor, 1978

  •  Physics of Quantum Electronics Summer School:  Co-Director, 1968-1970, 1973,1975, 1977, and 1979

  •  Modern Optical Systems and Practices:  Lecturer, 1973-1975

  • TRG, Inc.: Senior Physicist, 1960-1965

  • Perkin-Elmer Corporation:  Physicist, 1956-1960

Professional Society Affiliations, Activities, and Honors

  • Optical Society of America; Fellow; President, Tucson Section 1967-1968; Publications Committee, 1975-1976; Program Committee, 1975-1976, 1981-1982; Applied Optics Editorial Board, 1973-date; Fellows Committee 1982-1983; Local Planning Committee, 1982

  • Sigma Xi

  • Gamma Alpha

  • Listed in American Men of Science

  • Conference of Laser Engineering Applications; Planning Committee, 1975; Chairman, Session on Laser Pollution Monitoring, 1975

  • Consulting Editor, Review of Scientific Instruments, 1974-1976

  • Patents Panel, Applied Optics, 1970-date

  • Co-director, The Physics of Quantum Electronics, 1968-date

  • NASA Tech Briefs Award, 1977

Fields of Major Current Interest

  • Optical communications
  • Dimensional stability