Dr. John Sipe
Fellow
Current Employer
University of Toronto
Election Year
2005
Academy
Academy of Science
Discipline
Physics
Department
Department of Physics
Keywords
Optical properties, semiconductors, quantum optics, nanostructures, quantum processes
LONG CITATION
John Sipe has made original contributions to our theoretical understanding of the optical properties of semiconductors and metals. He is widely known for his pioneering work to understand the linear and nonlinear optical properties starting from the quantum theory of electrons in solids. Dr. Sipe has also explained several novel responses of solids to high light intensities, such as the influence of laser coherence on the patterns formed on surfaces in laser-induced melting, the transmission properties of structured optical fibres at high laser intensity, and how semiconductors change the frequency of light through optical harmonic generation. His work has had significant impact on the telecommunications industry. Prof. Sipe is one of Canada's most cited physicists, and is also recognized as a gifted classroom lecturer.
SHORT CITATION
John Sipe has made original contributions to our theoretical understanding of the optical properties of semiconductors and metals. He is widely known for his pioneering work to understand quantitatively the linear and nonlinear optical properties starting from the quantum theory of electronic excitations in solids. His work has had significant impact on the telecommunications industry and he is one of Canada's most highly cited physicists.
John Sipe has made original contributions to our theoretical understanding of the optical properties of semiconductors and metals. He is widely known for his pioneering work to understand the linear and nonlinear optical properties starting from the quantum theory of electrons in solids. Dr. Sipe has also explained several novel responses of solids to high light intensities, such as the influence of laser coherence on the patterns formed on surfaces in laser-induced melting, the transmission properties of structured optical fibres at high laser intensity, and how semiconductors change the frequency of light through optical harmonic generation. His work has had significant impact on the telecommunications industry. Prof. Sipe is one of Canada's most cited physicists, and is also recognized as a gifted classroom lecturer.
SHORT CITATION
John Sipe has made original contributions to our theoretical understanding of the optical properties of semiconductors and metals. He is widely known for his pioneering work to understand quantitatively the linear and nonlinear optical properties starting from the quantum theory of electronic excitations in solids. His work has had significant impact on the telecommunications industry and he is one of Canada's most highly cited physicists.
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