C. Randy Giles

Adjunct Research Professor (MSE)

Honors and Awards

– Elected to US National Academy of Engineering, 2010
– Optical Society of America and the IEEE Photonics Society, John Tyndall 2010
– Technology Academy Finland Millennium Technology Prize Laureate, 2008
– Optical Society of America Fraunhofer Award / Burley Prize, 2004
– Bell Labs Fellow, 2001
– Bell Labs President’s Gold Award, 2001
– Fellow of Optical Society of America, 2000
– Inventor of Year Award-Communications, Christopher Columbus Foundation, 2000

Research Areas

Professional achievements include pioneering of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFA) by the first demonstrations of EDFAs in optical transmission systems (1988) and developing the industry-adopted amplifier model (1991) utilizing “Giles parameters”. These experiments and models were significant to the global deployment of wavelength-multiplexed optical systems, the core network of the Internet.

Department or Division: Materials Science & Engineering

Affiliation: Adjunct Faculty

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