Weng Chow is a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, where he applys microscopic theory to optoelectronic device development. Some of this work is described in two texts, Semiconductor-Laser Physics and Semiconductor-Laser Fundamentals: Physics of the Gain Materials.
Expertise
- Quantum Electronics
- Quantum Optics
- Many-body effects
- Semiconductor (quantum well, quantum dot, 2D material) optical response
- Strong-signal multimode laser theory
Education
PhD, Physics, University of Arizona
Awards
- Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics 2026
- Quantum Electronics Award, IEEE , 2013
- US National Academy of Engineering, 2013
- Fellow, IEEE, 2008
- LEOS Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE, 2007
- Alexander von Humboldt Forschungspreis (Senior Scientist Research Award), 2003
- Basic Energy Science/Material Science Award, Dept of Energy, 1998
- Fellow, Optical Society of America, 1997
- J.J. Thompson Premium, 1995
