Born in 1930 in Palestine - 18 years before Israel's founding - Yariv served in the army that ensured the creation of Israel.!
He finished a technical high school in Poland, came to.
Physics History Network
Dates
April 13, 1930 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Yariv, Amnon
Additional Forms of Names
Yariv, Amnon, 1930-
Abstract
Amnon Yariv is the Martin and Eileen Summerfield Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering at California Institute of Technology.
His institutional affiliations also include Bell Telephone Laboratories and University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include optoelectronics, semiconductor lasers, and quantum well infrared photodetectors (QWIPs).
Important Dates
April 13, 1930Birth, Tel Aviv (Israel).
1951Undergraduate study, no degree awarded, San Mateo Junior College (now College of San Mateo), San Mateo (Calif.).
Amnon Yariv is Martin and Eileen Summerfeld Professor of Applied Physics at the California Institute of Technology.1954Obtained BS in Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1956Obtained MS in Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1958Obtained PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of California, Be