Nationality Japan Role Scientist | Name Yasuharu Suematsu Fields optical communications | |
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Notable awards 2014 Japan Prize
2003 IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal
1996 Medal of Honour with Purple Ribbon
1994 C&C Prize
1994 John Tyndall Award
1986 IEEE David Sarnoff Award Alma mater Tokyo Institute of Technology Books Introduction to optical fiber communications Awards Japan Prize, John Tyndall Award People also search for Kenichi Iga, Hiroaki Yanagida, William Alexander Gambling | ||
Notable students Yoshihisa Yamamoto | ||
2014 japan prize laureate dr yasuharu suematsu
Yasuharu Suematsu (末松 安晴, Suematsu Yasuharu) is a scientist, who received the Japan Prize and several other notable awards.
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- 2014 japan prize laureate dr yasuharu suematsu
- 2014 japan prize commemorative lecture dr yasuharu suematsu
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2014 japan prize commemorative lecture dr yasuharu suematsu
Biography
Yasuharu Suematsu was born on September 22, 1932, in Gifu, Japan. He received both his B.S. (1955) and Ph.D. (1960) from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Afterwards, he joined the faculty of the Tokyo Institute of Technology as a professor, and became its president in 1989. Later he also held the positions as first President of the newly founded Kochi University of Technology and later became Director General of the National Institute of Informatics. He authored at least 19 books and more than 260 scientific papers.
Research
Professor Suematsu is best known for his contributions to the development of optical fiber communication. He developed semiconductor lasers which even under high-speed modulation produce light at a stable wavelength which coincides with the wavelength region where the optical losses of fibers reach its minimum.