Infinera's David Welch Recipient of 2011 John Tyndall Award
February 10 2011 - 12:00PM
Marketwired
Dr. David F. Welch, co-founder, executive vice president, and chief
strategy officer at Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN), has been awarded the
2011 John Tyndall Award by The Optical Society (OSA) and IEEE
Photonics Society. Welch is being recognized for "seminal
contributions to photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and
semiconductor lasers deployed in fiber optic communication systems
around the world."
The Tyndall Award recognizes Dr. Welch's many contributions to
the optical communication systems field, including his key role in
the development and manufacture of photonic integrated circuits,
the development and commercialization of high-power semiconductor
lasers, high efficiency Nd:YAG lasers, fiber lasers and amplifiers,
and devices associated with non-linear optical materials. In
addition, Welch was also heavily involved in the development of
materials and fabrication techniques used in semiconductor laser
systems.
Dr. Welch co-founded Infinera in 2001. Infinera's goal was the
development of large-scale PICs integrating multiple DWDM channels
on a single chip, a vision that was viewed as impossible or
impractical by many others in the industry at that time. In 2004,
Infinera brought out its first product, the Infinera DTN, a
long-haul and metro DWDM optical system based on 100 Gigabit/second
(Gbps) PICs. By 2006, Infinera was number one in the long-haul DWDM
market in North America according to independent analyst reports.
Infinera plans to begin shipping its next generation of PICs, with
data capacity of 500 Gbps per chip, in 2012.
Dr. Welch received his BSEE from the University of Delaware and
a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Cornell University. He then
went onto Spectra Diode Labs (SDL) where he worked as a research
scientist and eventually vice president of research. As chief
technology officer and vice president for corporate development at
SDL, he was responsible for the development of laser and optical
technologies, as well as the successful execution of six corporate
acquisitions. In 2001, SDL and JDS Uniphase merged in what was then
the largest technology acquisition ever. Dr. Welch has more than
250 published articles and 125 patents to his name. He received the
Adolph Lomb Award from OSA in 1992, the Engineering Achievement
Award from LEOS in 1998, and the OSA Joseph Fraunhofer/Robert M.
Burley Award in 1999. He is also a fellow of OSA and IEEE, serves
on the board of directors of OSA and the board of directors of
Infinera.
The Tyndall Award is the highest recognition in the optical
telecommunications community and is co-sponsored by OSA and the
IEEE Photonics Society. First presented in 1987, the Tyndall Award
recognizes an individual who has made pioneering, highly
significant, or continuing technical or leadership contributions to
fiber optics technology. Corning, Inc. endows the award, a glass
sculpture that represents the concept of total internal reflection.
The award is named for the 19th century scientist who was the first
to demonstrate the phenomenon of internal reflection.
"I'm honored to win the Tyndall award," said Dr. Welch. "This is
a recognition of the achievement of the entire Infinera team, who
have developed and commercialized a technology that will have a
lasting effect on our industry and communications worldwide."
Dr. Welch will be presented the award next month during the
plenary session of the 2011 Optical Fiber Communication Conference
and Exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
(OFC/NFOEC) held at the Los Angeles Convention Center March 6 -
10.
About Infinera
Infinera provides Digital Optical Networking systems to
telecommunications carriers worldwide. Infinera's systems are
unique in their use of a breakthrough semiconductor technology: the
photonic integrated circuit (PIC). Infinera's systems and PIC
technology are designed to provide customers with simpler and more
flexible engineering and operations, faster time-to-service, and
the ability to rapidly deliver differentiated services without
reengineering their optical infrastructure. For more information,
please visit http://www.infinera.com/.
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