Giok Djan Khoe

Djan (Giok Djan) Khoe (born 22 July 1946) is a photonic scientist and Professor Emeritus at the Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. ^[1]

Career

Khoe was born in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. He received a master's degree in electrical engineering, cum laude, from the Eindhoven University of Technology in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, in 1971. His graduation thesis described a novel method for measuring the properties of turbulent air and was published in the Proceedings of the IEEE. ^[2] He started research at the Dutch Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM) Laboratory on Plasma Physics, Rijnhuizen. In 1973, he moved to Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven working in the area of optical fiber communication systems and components. In 1983 he became part time professor at Eindhoven University of Technology. He became a full professor at the same university in 1994 and served as chairman of the Department of Telecommunication Technology and Electromagnetics (TTE) until 2008. ^[3]

His publications and patents describe photonic communication systems and photonic devices. ^[4] Together with Philips, his group achieved a record bit rate of 10 Gbit/s over 420 km single mode silica fiber using 1300 nm wavelength. ^[5] Together with Yasuhiro Koike, a polymer scientist at Keio University, he pioneered in high transmission speed over graded index polymer optical fibers (GIPOF), a form of Plastic Optical Fiber. They demonstrated that Gigabit transmission is possible as well as transmission with multiple wavelenghts ^[6] and achieved a record bit rate of 2.5 Gbit/s in 1999. ^[7]

He is Life Fellow of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), Fellow of the Optica Society (formerly Optical Society of America) and Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau, a Dutch Royal Honour. He was President of the IEEE Photonics Society in 2003, a recipient of the IEEE Photonic Society Distinguished Services Award in 2009, and the 1997 MOC/GRIN award. ^[8]

Awards and recognition

• 1991: Fellow of the IEEE (Institute of the Electrical and Electronics Engineers) ^[9] for contributions in Single Mode Fibre Systems and Devices.
• 1997: MOC/GRIN ^[10] Award for contributions in micro-optics and gradient index optical systems.
• 2000: Invited author, Millennium Issue, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol.6, pp.1265–1272. ^[11]
• 2003: President, IEEE Photonics Society. ^[12]
• 2006: Fellow of the OSA (Optical Society of America) for sustained contributions in Photonic Systems and Academic Leadership. ^[13]
• 2009: IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Services Award for exemplary vision and leadership enabling sustained growth and broadened involvement of Photonics Society, particularly student members and international activities. ^[14]
• 2011: Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau, a Dutch Royal Honour for outstanding service of national and international importance. ^[15]
• 2012: IEEE Life Fellow. ^[16]

Books

• R. Van Santen, G.D. (Djan) Khoe, and B Vermeer. 2030: Technology that will change the World. Oxford University Press, 2010. ^[17] Translated into Arabic, ^[18] Chinese, ^[19] Indonesian, ^[20] and Korean. ^[21]

References

1. "G.D. (Djan) Khoe". Research portal Eindhoven University of Technology. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
2. Benda, O.; Khoe, G.D.; Nieuwvelt, C. "A method for measuring the spatial spectral density of refractive index in turbulent air flow using laser correlation technique" . Proceedings of the IEEE. 65 (5): 684–685. doi:10.1109/PROC.1973.9142 . Retrieved 31 January 2026.
3. Khoe, G.D. "Album Academicum". Prof. G.D. (Djan) Khoe. TU Eindhoven.
4. "G.D.(Giok Djan) Khoe". Google scholar. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
5. "10 Gbit/s RZ transmission at 1309 nm over 420 km using a chain of multiple quantum well semiconductor optical amplifier modules at 38 km intervals". Proceedings of European Conference on Optical Communication. IEEE Xplore. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
6. High-capacity transmission over polymer optical fiber, HPA Van den Boom, W Li, PK Van Bennekom, IT Monroy, GD Khoe IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 7 (3), 2001, pp. 461–470
7. W Li, GD Khoe, HPA van den Boom, GS Yabre, H de Waardt, Y Koike, M Naritomi, N Yoshihara, Record 2.5 Gbit/s 550 m GIPOF Transmission experiments at 840 and 1310 nm wavelength, 8th International Conference on Plastic Optical Fibres & Applications (POF 1999), pp. 60–63, ICPOF
8. "Award List of Microoptics Conference (MOC)".
9. "IEEE - The world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity". www.ieee.org. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
10. "Award List of Microoptics Conference (MOC)". www.comemoc.com. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
11. Khoe, G. -D (November 2000). "Lightwave technology: expectations, problems, and achievements". IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 6 (6): 1265–1272. Bibcode:2000IJSTQ...6.1265K. doi:10.1109/2944.902177.
12. "IEEE Photonics Society Presidents". The IEEE Photonics Society. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
13. "Fellows Search | Optica". www.optica.org. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
14. "IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Service Award". The IEEE Photonics Society. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
15. Affairs, Ministry of General (14 April 2015). "Personal decorations - Decorations and honours - Royal House of the Netherlands". www.royal-house.nl. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
16. "(Directory search on) IEEE Fellows Directory". IEEE.
17. "Technology that will change the World". Oxford University Press..
18. "Technology that will change the World (in Arabic)". Alistiqlal University.,
19. "Technology that will change the World (in Chinese)". Booka.com.tw.
20. "Technology that will change the World (in Indonesian)". Inlislite.com.
21. "Technology that will change the World (in Korean)". Coupang.com.