Alan E. Willner

Alan E. Willner
Alma materYeshiva University (BA)
Columbia University (PhD)
AwardsPaul F. Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award (2010)
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of Southern California

Alan E. Willner is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California. He was also president of the Optical Society in 2016.

Willner is known for his research on optical fiber communications[1] and free-space communications.[2] Willner's doctoral advisor was Richard M. Osgood Jr.

He is a recipient of the Paul F. Forman Engineering Excellence Award and several other distinctions.

  1. ^ Kaminov, I. P.; Li, T.; Willner, A. E. (2008). Optical Fiber Telecommunications: Systems and Networks. New York: Academic Press.
  2. ^ Wang, J.; Yang, J-Y.; Fazal, I. M.; Ahmed, N.; Yan, Y.; Huang, H.; Ren, Y.; Yue, Y.; Dolinar, S.; Tur, M.; Willner, A. E (2012). "Terabit free-space data transmission employing orbital angular momentum multiplexing". Nature Photonics. 6 (7): 488–496. Bibcode:2012NaPho...6..488W. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.138.