John Tyndall Award

John Tyndall Award
Awarded forAn individual who has made pioneering, highly significant, or continuing technical or leadership contributions to fiber optics technology
LocationOptical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC)[1]
Presented byThe Optical Society and IEEE Photonics Society
First awarded1987
WebsiteJohn Tyndall Award

The John Tyndall Award is given to the "individual who has made pioneering, highly significant, or continuing technical or leadership contributions to fiber optics technology". The award is named after John Tyndall (1820-1893), who demonstrated for the first time internal reflection.[2]

This award is sponsored and presented by both the IEEE Photonics Society (formerly called IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society)[3] and The Optical Society (OSA).[1][4]

Recipients of this award will receive a special crystal sculpture that represents the concept of total internal reflection (endowed by Corning, Inc.), a scroll, and an honorarium.[4][2]

  1. ^ a b "OFC Awards". The Optical Society. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "John Tyndall Award". The Optical Society. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  3. ^ "2009 IEEE News Releases - IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS) Becomes IEEE Photonics Society". Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. April 9, 2009. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2010.
  4. ^ a b "John Tyndall Award". IEEE Photonics Society. Retrieved 2018-07-13.