Nicolaas Bloembergen

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.