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2007 OSA Fellows

	Albert J. Ahumada, Jr. , NASA Ames Research Center, Calif., USA For fundamental contributions to our understanding of human visual detection and discrimination through influential models of receptor sampling, motion perception, and spatial vision and, most notably, through the pioneering paradigm of “classification images” for studying visual coding.
	Ilya Sh. Averbukh, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel For the discovery of the universal scenario of quantum fractional revivals and seminal contributions to ultrafast optics of atomic and molecular wave packets, including applications.
	Nicholas P. Bigelow, University of Rochester, New York, USA For pioneering experimental leadership in both spin squeezing and two-species trapping of ultra-cold atoms and for service through meeting organization and journal editing.
	Rolf Binder, University of Arizona, USA For contributions to the theoretical understanding of many-particle effects and optical nonlinearities in semiconductors, especially for elucidating the analogies and differences between excitonic and atomic systems.
	Alan C. Bovik, University of Texas at Austin, USA For fundamental research contributions to and technical leadership in digital image and video processing.
	Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi, Aalborg University, Denmark For pioneering contributions to near-field optics and plasmonics, including nonlinear phenomena and surface plasmon localization and guiding in nanostructures.
	Igal Brener, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico, USA For contributions to the fundamental understanding of terahertz generation, coherent phenomena, and terahertz near-field imaging.
	Christian Brosseau, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France For numerous contributions to polarization optics.
	Juan Campos, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain For specific achievements in optical image processing, modeling of liquid crystal panels, development of optical deflectrometry metrology, and service to the international optics community.
	Hui Cao, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA For groundbreaking experimental studies of coherent light generation and transport in disordered media, including the invention of microlasers.
	Henry N. Chapman, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Calif., USA For contributions to x-ray microscopy, coherent x-ray imaging, x-ray optics, and EUV lithography.
	Zhongping Chen, University of California at Irvine, USA For pioneering contributions to the development of functional optical coherence tomography (F-OCT), including Doppler, polarization-sensitive, phase-resolved, and second-harmonic OCT.
	Wood-Hi Cheng, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan For contributions to the development of high-speed semiconductor lasers with semi-insulating blocking layers and to the investigation of fiber alignment shift in laser module packaging.
	Fow-Sen Paul Choa, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA For outstanding contributions to the design and fabrication of semiconductor laser and detector based integrated photonic devices.
	Michael J. Damzen, Imperial College London, United Kingdom For contributions to optics and laser physics over more than 25 years through research into nonlinear optics and development of laser technology and through his inspired teaching.
	Martin David Dawson, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom For wide-ranging contributions to III-V semiconductor material science and to optically-pumped and ultrafast laser technology.
	Richard De La Rue, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom For contributions to integrated optical device technology, from electro-optic switches through semiconductor lasers to photonic crystals.
	John M. Dudley, Université de Franche-Comté, France For contributions to the fields of ultrafast optics, nonlinear fiber optics, and supercontinuum generation.
	James Dunn, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Calif., USA For important contributions to the development of soft x-ray lasers and optical diagnostics of dense plasmas.
	René-Jean Essiambre, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, New Jersey, USA For discoveries and seminal contributions to the field of nonlinear propagation in fibers.
	John T. Fourkas, University of Maryland, USA For experimental and theoretical contributions in ultrafast nonlinear optics as applied in chemical physics, microscopy, and microfabrication.
	Azriel Z. Genack, Queens College of CUNY, USA For seminal contributions to the statistics of propagation and localization of optical and microwave radiation and the photonics of chiral structures.
	James R. Gord, Air Force Research Laboratory, Ohio, USA For outstanding service to OSA and key contributions to the development of optical measurement techniques for combustion and propulsion applications.
	Angela M. Guzman H., National University of Colombia, Colombia For contributions to the theory of quantum and atom optics and for the promotion of optics in developing countries.
	David J. Hagan, University of Central Florida, USA For major contributions to the fields of nonlinear materials characterization and optical limiting and for leadership in undergraduate research in optics.
	John D. Harvey, University of Auckland, New Zealand For pioneering contributions in biophotonics, nonlinear fiber optics and optical communications research.
	Richard D. Juday, NASA Johnson Space Flight Center (retired), Colorado, USA For pioneering contributions to the development of the theory and practical implementation of optical correlators for pattern recognition applications.
	Brian L. Justus, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., USA For experimental discoveries leading to the development of new optical materials and optical methods for the detection of ionizing radiation.
	Zakya H. Kafafi, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., USA For pioneering work in organic optoelectronic materials and devices.
	William L. Kath, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA For contributions to the statistical analysis of optical communication systems and to the theory of linear and nonlinear fiber propagation.
	Peter G. Kazansky, University of Southampton, United Kingdom For many outstanding and imaginative contributions in the fields of light and electric-field-induced phenomena in optical materials.
	Galina Khitrova, University of Arizona, USA For leadership in research in fundamental optical phenomena in semiconductor nanostructures.
	Bernard Kippelen, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA For contributions to organic nonlinear optical materials and optoelectronic devices.
	Wieslaw Z. Krolikowski, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia For important contributions to the physics of optical spatial solitons.
	Cheng-Chung Lee, National Central University, Taiwan For achievements in the areas of optical coatings ranging over pure research, industrial development, and university education.
	Alfred Leipertz, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany For the development and application of linear and nonlinear light scattering techniques for studying fluids and flow and for combustion diagnostics.
	Charles Lin, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts, USA For development of innovative biomedical imaging instruments for studying living animals and their use in answering significant questions in biology.
	Martin McCall, Imperial College London, United Kingdom For contributions to optics through dedicated and innovative teaching and through research, particularly with respect to electromagnetic theory and complex media.
	Colin J. McKinstrie, Lucent Technologies, New Jersey, USA For pioneering research on optical pulse propagation in plasmas and fibers, and optical signal processing by parametric devices.
	Alan Miller, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom For research and teaching in lasers and semiconductors with an emphasis on ultrashort pulse laser sources and their application to ultrafast dynamics in advanced semiconductor materials and photonic devices.
	Shu Namiki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan For contributions to the development of key pumping technologies of EDFA and Raman amplifiers for WDM transmission systems.
	Robert A. Norwood, University of Arizona, USA For leadership in university and industrial research in organic and polymeric materials for photonics and electronics.
	Lukas Novotny, University of Rochester, New York, USA For pioneering contributions to the field of nanoscale spectroscopy and for leadership in the community of near-field optics.
	Stojan Radic, University of California at San Diego, USA For seminal contributions to the fields of fiber parametric amplifiers and bi-directional lightwave transmission systems.
	Jinendra K. Ranka, Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA For outstanding contributions to ultrafast nonlinear optics, including his discovery of supercontinuum generation in photonic crystal fibers.
	Erling Riis, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom For contributions to laser cooling, atom trapping, and high-resolution laser spectroscopy.
	Wolfgang Rudolph, University of New Mexico, USA For pioneering contributions to ultrashort pulse physics and ground-breaking research in femtosecond pulse microscopy and spectroscopy.
	Michael Scalora, Army Aviation and Missile Command, Alabama, USA For seminal contributions to our understanding of linear and nonlinear effects during pulse propagation in periodic materials and metamaterials.
	Richard P. Schneider, Jr., Infinera, California, USA For prolific contributions to the development and commercialization of optoelectronic devices, including red and IR-emitting VCSELs and InP large-scale photonic integrated circuits.
	Han-Ping D. Shieh, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan For leadership in flat panel display/optical storage education and technologies.
	Irina T. Sorokina, Technische Universität Wien, Austria For pioneering contributions to tunable and ultrashort-pulse solid-state lasers and their applications in spectroscopy, particularly based on novel laser crystals in the near- and mid-infrared spectral regions.
	Mitsuo Takeda, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan For outstanding contributions to the advancement of optical metrology especially through the invention of the Fourier transform method for fringe analysis.
	Rodney S. Tucker, The University of Melbourne, Australia For contributions to optoelectronics and optical networks.
	Yurii A. Vlasov, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, New York, USA For outstanding contributions to photonic bandgap materials and silicon integrated nanophotonic circuits.
	Paul F. Wysocki, LGS Innovations, LLC, New Jersey, USA For seminal and continuing contributions to the invention and improvement of rare-earth-doped optical amplifiers and fiber-optic gyroscopes.
	Shizhuo (Stuart) Yin, The Pennsylvania State University, USA For developing innovative photonic materials and devices to optics communications, sensors, and biophotonics.
	S. J. Ben Yoo, University of California at Davis, USA For contributions to optical networking and technologies, in particular, wavelength conversion, optical label switching networks, optical routers, and integrated photonics.
	Paul Kit Lai Yu, University of California at San Diego, USA For pioneering contributions to the understanding of semiconductor waveguide modulators and photodiodes for analog optical communication.