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Faculty Profile - John A Buck

Professor
Electromagnetics, and Optics and Photonics

Phone: 404.894.4705
Fax: 404.894.4641
Office: VL E396F

Biography

Professor Buck is a native of Los Angeles, CA. He completed the B.S. in engineering from UCLA in 1975. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1977 and 1982, respectively. His thesis work centered on nonlinear optical four-wave mixing.

At Georgia Tech, Dr. Buck has conducted research in ultrafast switching, radiation of short electrical pulses, nonlinear optical materials characterization, fiber amplifier modeling, and optical soliton propagation, with applications for all in optical communications. He has developed courses and textbooks on fiber optics, nonlinear optics, and electromagnetics.

Dr. Buck’s hobbies include music and photography.

Selected Publications, Patents

Research Interests
  • Nonlinear optics
  • Fiber optics
  • Optical communications
Distinctions
  • Georgia Tech Institute: W. Roane Beard Outstanding Teacher Award, 2007
  • Richard M. Bass Outstanding Teacher Award, by vote of the Senior Class, 2006
  • IEEE Third Millennium Medal
  • IEEE Transactions on Education Best Paper Award, 1999
  • Eta Kappa Nu Professor of the Year (Outstanding Teacher Award), by vote of the senior class, 1985
  • Senior Member, IEEE, 1989 to present

Last revised on July 25, 2006.