Scott Diddams holds the Robert H. Davis Chair[1] at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he is also Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics.John L. Hall[2] He carries out experimental research in the fields of optical frequency combs, precision spectroscopy, nonlinear optics, microwave photonics and ultrafast lasers. He was previously a group leader and Fellow of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) based in Boulder, Colorado.
While a postdoc in the lab of Nobel laureate John L. Hall, Diddams demonstrated the self-referenced optical frequency comb[3] and subsequently used it to realize the first optical clocks.[4] Throughout his career, he has continued to pioneer the development of frequency combs in multiple platforms and use them in numerous applications--including astronomy, low-noise microwave synthesis, and spectroscopic sensing. He has also been active in the miniaturization of optical frequency combs and atomic clocks.[5][6]
He is a Fellow of Optica, American Physical Society, and IEEE. Among other awards, he is recipient of the 2017 IEEE UFFC Rabi Award,[7] the Presidential Rank Award in 2021,[8] and the 2023 C.E.K. Mees Medal.[9] In 2025, Diddams was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.[10]
References
edit- ↑ "Scott Diddams | Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering | University of Colorado Boulder". www.colorado.edu. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
- ↑ "Scott Diddams". Physics. 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ↑ Diddams, Scott A.; Jones, David J.; Ye, Jun; Cundiff, Steven T.; Hall, John L.; Ranka, Jinendra K.; Windeler, Robert S.; Holzwarth, Ronald; Udem, Thomas; Hänsch, T. W. (2000). "Direct Link between Microwave and Optical Frequencies with a 300 THZ Femtosecond Laser Comb". Physical Review Letters. 84 (22): 5102–5105. Bibcode:2000PhRvL..84.5102D. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5102. PMID 10990877.
- ↑ Adam, D. The times, they are a-changin'. Nature 421, 207–208 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/421207a
- ↑ Ball, Philip (13 July 2001). "Physicists better their time". Nature. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ↑ "'Comb on a chip' powers new atomic clock design". Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ↑ "I. I. Rabi Award | IEEE UFFC". ieee-uffc.org. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
- ↑ "2021 Presidential rank awards winners" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-07.
- ↑ "Scott Diddams | Optica". www.optica.org. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
- ↑ "National Academy of Engineering Elects 128 Members and 22 International Members". NAE Website. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
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