John Love (2 October 1942 – 19 June 2016) ^[1] was a pioneer in the field of fibre optics, ^[2] who co-authoring the widely used textbook Optical Waveguide Theory and was Emeritus Professor of guided wave photonics at Australian National University (ANU). ^{[3] [4]}

Biography

Born in England, ^[1] Love received a masters and DPhil in applied mathematics from the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford. ^[4] He was a postdoc in San Diego and Toronto, before moving to Australia in 1973, ^{[2] [3]} where he became a postdoc fellow in ANU's applied mathematics department. ^[5] He was a Life Member of the Australian Optical Society (AOS) and in 2009 received the most prestigious award of the AOS, the Beattie Steel medal. ^{[1] [4] [6]}

As an Emeritus Professor at ANU he helped create the Wanda Henry Scholarship in Photonics. ^{[3] [7]} and later the Love Scholarship.

In 2015 Love cofounded the Australian company Modular Photonics. ^{[4] [8]}

Publications

• 1983 Snyder, A.W.; Love, John (30 November 1983). Optical Waveguide Theory. ISBN  978-0412099502.

References

External links

• John Love Interview, Australian Optical Society