| John Love | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1942-10-02)2 October 1942 England |
| Died | 19 June 2016(2016-06-19) (aged 73) Canberra, Australia |
| Known for | Fibre optics, Optical waveguide theory |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Photonics |
| Institutions | Australian National University |
John Love (2 October 1942 – 19 June 2016) was a pioneer in the field of fibre optics, who co-authoring the widely used textbook Optical Waveguide Theory and was Emeritus Professor of guided wave photonics at Australian National University (ANU).
Biography
Born in England, Love received a masters and DPhil in applied mathematics from the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford. He was a postdoc in San Diego and Toronto, before moving to Australia in 1973, where he became a postdoc fellow in ANU's applied mathematics department. He was a Life Member of the Australian Optical Society (AOS) and in 2009 received the most prestigious award of the AOS, the Beattie Steel medal.
As an Emeritus Professor at ANU he helped create the Wanda Henry Scholarship in Photonics. and later the Love Scholarship.
In 2015 Love cofounded the Australian company Modular Photonics.
Publications
- 1983 Snyder, A.W.; Love, John (30 November 1983). Optical Waveguide Theory. ISBN 978-0412099502.
References
- ^ "Australian Optical Society - Vale Professor John Love". Australian Optical Society. 19 June 2016. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ Macdonald, Emma (14 November 2014). "$1 million gift of Love to ANU from fibre optics pioneer Emeritus Professor John Love". Canberra Times.
- ^ "The philanthropist scholar". Nature Photonics. 10 (561): 561. 2016. Bibcode:2016NaPho..10..561.. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2016.175.
- ^ "In Memoriam: Optics educator John Love, emeritus professor in guided-wave photonics at Australian National University and author of the widely used textbook, Optical Waveguide Theory". SPIE. 12 July 2016.
- Marcuse, Dieter (2012). A Dream Come True: Growing up in Germany, Growing old in the USA. Bloomington, IN: Author House. p. 294. ISBN 978-1-4772-3238-5.
- "Australian Optical Society - W.H. (Beattie) Steel Medal". Australian Optical Society.
- "Wanda Henry Scholarship in Photonics". Australian National University. 25 October 2014.
- "About Us - Modular Photonics". Modular Photonics.