Murray Sargent III

Professor Emeritus of Optical Sciences

Photo:  Professor Emeritus Murray SargentContact Information

  • Telephone:
    425-706-8942
  • Email:
    murrays@microsoft.com
  • Mailing Address:
    Dr. Murray Sargent III
    Microsoft Corporation
    One Microsoft Way
    Redmond, WA 98052

Education

  • PhD, Yale University, 1967

  • MS, Yale University, 1964

  • BS, Yale University, 1963

Employment

  • The University of Arizona: Optical Sciences; 2002-date, Professor Emeritus; 1977-2002, Professor; Associate Professor, 1972-1974; Assistant Professor, 1969-1972: Department of Computer Science; Associate Professor, 1972-1974

  • Scroll Systems: President; 1980-date

  • Microsoft Corporation: Senior Software Design Engineer, 1992-date; Consultant, 1988-1992

  • Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik: Visiting Professor, 1981-1991 (summers)

  • Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory: Consultant, 1978-1982

  • DIDCO: Engineering Consultant, 1980-1982

  • White Sands Army Missile Range: Consultant, 1977-1979

  • Universitنt Stuttgart and Max Planck Institut für Festkِrperforschung: Visiting Professor, 1975-1976

  • Les Houches Summer School on Physics: Lecturer; 1975

  • Physics of quantum Electronics Summer School: Lecturer, 1971-1973

  • Bell Telephone Laboratories: Member of Technical Staff, 1967-1969

  • Yale University: Post-doctoral Fellow, 1967

  • Bell Telephone Laboratories: Research Work, Summer 1965

  • Yale University: Research Assistant, 1963-1967

  • Perkin-Elmer Corporation: Research Work, 1960-1962

Professional Affiliations, Activities and Honors

  • Cum Laude, Yale University, 1963

  • Sigma Xi

  • American Physical Society

  • Federation of American Scientists

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science

  • Optical Society of America, Fellow

  • Optics letters, Assoc. Editor, 1978 – 1981

  • Journal of Optical Society of America, Assoc. Editor, 1980

  • Physics of Quantum Electronics, Editor, 1972 – date

  • Listed in Who's Who in the West, American Men of Science

  • U.S. Senior Scientist Humboldt Award (1975 – 1976)

  • Unicode Technical Committee (1995 – date)

  • MathML W3C working group (1998 – 2003)

Research

  • Multilingual editing and technical word processing

  • Laser physics and multiwave mixing in atomic and semiconductor media.