Mark George Kuzyk | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Awards | Fellow of the Optical Society of America Fellow of SPIE Fellow of the American Physics Society Regents Professor Distinguished Faculty Address |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physicist |
Institutions | University of Pennsylvania Bell Laboratories Washington State University |
Thesis | Third order nonlinear optical processes in organic systems (1985) |
Doctoral advisor | Anthony F. Garito |
Mark G. Kuzyk (born May 7, 1958 in Chester, Pennsylvania) is an American physicist. He received his Ph.D. degree at the University of Pennsylvania [1] in 1985, then was a member of technical staff at Bell Labs in Princeton, New Jersey from 1985 to 1990. He has been a professor of physics and astronomy at Washington State University since 1990, where he has served as associate chair of Physics, Chair of the Materials Science Program, and Chair of Graduate Studies in Physics. [2]
He is best known for his quantum calculations of the fundamental limits of the nonlinear-optical response and the observation of what is now called the Kuzyk quantum gap. [3] Other significant work includes the first demonstration of single-mode polymer optical fiber [4] and the demonstration of Photomechanical Effects in dye-doped polymers. [5] [6]
More recent work includes studies of novel molecules that when doped into polymers recover from photodegradation when left in the dark. [7] [8] Since these same molecules, when dissolved in liquid solution, degrade irreversibly, this work offers a unique glimpse into the meaning of irreversibility and how one might be able to control The Arrow of Time.
Kuzyk's honors include the Boeing Distinguished Professorship and presentation of the Washington State University 2005 Distinguished Faculty Address. In 2009, he was named regents professor, the distinguished professor designation at Washington State University. [9] He was elected to fellowship in the Optical Society of America in 1999 and is author of the book, Polymer Fiber Optics.
Kuzyk is the son of Walter Roman Kuzyk (a mechanical engineer) and Irene Bernakiewicz (a pharmacist), who emigrated from Ukraine after World War II. He went to Stetser Elementary School in Chester, Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1968, Nether Providence Elementary School from 1968 to 1970, Nether Providence Middle School from 1970 to 1972, and Nether Providence High School from 1972 to 1976. While in high school, he excelled in Math and Science, taking college classes at Widener college. Kuzyk won the award for outstanding achievement in mathematics in 1976.
The Kuzyk quantum gap is a discrepancy between the maximum value of the nonlinear-optical susceptibility allowed by quantum mechanics and the highest values actually observed in real molecules. The highest possible value is known as the Kuzyk limit, after its discoverer Professor Mark G. Kuzyk of Washington State University.
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Chen Yung-Jui received his BS in Physics from National Tsing Hua University in 1969 and Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Pennsylvania (1976). After a brief postdoctoral period at Penn, he joined the Advanced Microelectronic Laboratory at McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co. in 1977. From 1980 to 1987, Dr. Chen conducted fiber optical communications related research at GTE Laboratories. During the ten years in industry, he worked on MOS/MNOS VLSI technology, wafer scale integration, Ultra-fast optical spectroscopy, nonlinear optics of semiconductors and organic polymers, integrated optics and optoelectronic devices. In 1987, he moved to academe and became one of the founding faculty members of the Department of Electrical Engineering at University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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