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Nicolaas Bloembergen

Professor of Optical Sciences
Mailing Address:
College of Optical Sciences
The University of Arizona
1630 E. University Blvd.
P.O. Box 210094
Tucson, AZ 85721-0094
Education:
- Ph.D., University of Leiden (Netherlands), 1948
- Phil. Drs., University of Utrecht (Netherlands), 1943
- Phil. Cand., University of Utrecht (Netherlands), 1941
Employment:
- Professor: The University of Arizona, Optical Sciences Center/College of Optical Sciences, 2001-present
- 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.
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