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John Love (scientist)

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John Love
Born(1942-10-02)2 October 1942
England
Died19 June 2016(2016-06-19) (aged 73)
Canberra, Australia
Known forFibre optics,
Optical waveguide theory
Scientific career
FieldsPhotonics
InstitutionsAustralian National University

John Love (2 October 1942 – 19 June 2016)[1] was a pioneer in the field of fibre optics,[2] who co-authoring the widely used textbook Optical Waveguide Theory and was Emeritus Professor of guided wave photonics at Australian National University (ANU).[3][4]

Biography

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Born in England,[1] Love received a masters and DPhil in applied mathematics from the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford.[4] He was a postdoc in San Diego and Toronto, before moving to Australia in 1973,[2][3] where he became a postdoc fellow in ANU's applied mathematics department.[5] He was a Life Member of the Australian Optical Society (AOS) and in 2009 received the most prestigious award of the AOS, the Beattie Steel medal.[1][4][6]

As an Emeritus Professor at ANU he helped create the Wanda Henry Scholarship in Photonics.[3][7] and later the Love Scholarship.

In 2015 Love cofounded the Australian company Modular Photonics.[4][8]

Publications

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  • 1983 Snyder, A.W.; Love, John (30 November 1983). Optical Waveguide Theory. ISBN 978-0412099502.

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