Yanne Chembo
Yanne Kouomou Chembo is an Electrical Engineer and Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research considers ultra-pure microwaves and Kerr frequency combs. He is a Fellow of The Optical Society and SPIE.
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Alma mater | University of Yaoundé I University of the Balearic Islands |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Maryland, College Park FEMTO-ST Institute, French National Centre for Scientific Research Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
Early life and education
Chembo was born in Cameroon. He attended the University of Yaoundé I where he earned two bachelor's degrees, one in physics and one in telecommunications engineering. Chembo completed two simultaneous doctoral degrees, one at the University of Yaoundé I and one at the University of the Balearic Islands. After earning his doctoral degree, Chembo moved to the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) FEMTO-ST Institute as a postdoctoral researcher. He joined the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2009.
Research and career
Chembo returned to the FEMTO-ST Institute in 2010, where he led a group working on microwave photonics.[1][2] Here Chembo looked to develop ultra-pure microwaves using optical resonators.[1] He was supported by the European Research Council.[1] He created a photonic module that was capable of generating high-purity microwave signals for aerospace and optical communications.[1] To allow for coherent optical fibre telecommunications, Chembo made use of Kerr frequency combs.[3]
In 2014 Chembo was appointed to the International Commission for Optics committee on regional development.[4]
He stayed in France until 2016, when he moved to the joint Georgia Tech – CNRS Joint International Laboratory.[5][6] He moved to the University of Maryland, College Park in 2019, where he was made Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering.[7] He holds a joint position at the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP).[8]
He was made a Fellow of SPIE and The Optical Society in 2019.[4][9] He is an Associate Editor for Optics Express and has helped with the organisation of the International Year of Light.[5][10]
Select publications
- Chembo, Yanne K.; Menyuk, Curtis R. (2013-05-31). "Spatiotemporal Lugiato-Lefever formalism for Kerr-comb generation in whispering-gallery-mode resonators". Physical Review A. 87 (5): 053852. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.87.053852.
- Chembo, Yanne K.; Yu, Nan (2010-09-07). "Modal expansion approach to optical-frequency-comb generation with monolithic whispering-gallery-mode resonators". Physical Review A. 82 (3): 033801. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.82.033801.
- Pasquazi, Alessia; Peccianti, Marco; Razzari, Luca; Moss, David J.; Coen, Stéphane; Erkintalo, Miro; Chembo, Yanne K.; Hansson, Tobias; Wabnitz, Stefan; Del’Haye, Pascal; Xue, Xiaoxiao (2018-01-27). "Micro-combs: A novel generation of optical sources". Physics Reports. Micro-combs: A novel generation of optical sources. 729: 1–81. doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2017.08.004. ISSN 0370-1573.
References
- "Searching for the purest microwaves". ERC: European Research Council. 2019-06-20. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
- "Yanne CHEMBO". Yanne CHEMBO. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
- Chembo, Yanne K. (2016-09-18). "Using Kerr combs for coherent optical communications". ECOC 2016; 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication: 1–3.
- "Yanne K. Chembo Named Fellow of SPIE". ece.umd.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
- "Chembo, Yanne | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering". ece.umd.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
- "Yanne K. Chembo Biography - IEEE Photonics Society". www.photonicssociety.org. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
- "ECE Welcomes New Faculty Member Yanne K. Chembo". eng.umd.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
- "Chembo, Yanne | The Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP)". ireap.umd.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
- "Professor Yanne K. Chembo named 2020 Optical Society Fellow". ece.umd.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
- "OSA | About Optics Express". www.osapublishing.org. Retrieved 2020-07-25.