John Michael Dallesasse is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign where his research is focused on silicon photonic integrated circuits (PICs), nanophotonics, semiconductor lasers / transistor lasers[1] and photonics-electronics integration. He has over 60 publications and presentations, and holds 29 issued patents.[2]

John M. Dallesasse
Born (1963-11-13) November 13, 1963 (age 60)
NationalityAmerican
TitleHolonyak Lab Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
AwardsFellow of the IEEE
Fellow of The Optical Society
Member of IEEE Electron Devices Society Board of Governors
Academic background
EducationB.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering (1985)
M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering (1987)
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering (1991)
Alma materUniversity of Illinois
Doctoral advisorNick Holonyak
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois

In 2010, Dallesasse co-founded Skorpios Technologies Inc., a silicon photonic integrated circuit company and foundry[3] backed by Ericsson, Nokia Networks and venture-capital, where he was the Chief Technology Officer & Vice President.[4] He is an advisor and consultant to numerous photonic companies and startups.

Dallesasse was named a Fellow of The Optical Society (OSA) in 2012[5] a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2015[6] and was elected into the IEEE Electron Devices Society Board of Governors in 2020.[7]

Education

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Dallesasse received his B.S, M.S, and Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Illinois in 1985, 1987 and 1991 respectively under the supervision of Nick Holonyak. In 1989, Dallesasse co-discovered the III-V semiconductor oxidation processing technology with Nick Holonyak for the formation of high-quality oxide layers for photonic device manufacturing. This is widely used in industry today and has made Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers practical for many applications, including optical data links in enterprise networks and data centers.[8]

Career

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A specialist in the optoelectronics industry, Prof. Dallesasse has over 20 years of industry experience and has held a wide range of positions in technology development and management, including Vice President of MicroLink Devices, Senior Director of Engineering and Technology for EMCORE's Fiber Optics Division and CTO & VP of Skorpios Technologies.[9]

At EMCORE, Dallesasse developed and commercialized the first 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-LX4) optical transceiver.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "Dallesasse leads $2.5 million effort that uses transistor laser as building block for chip-level photonic integration". University of Illinois. 2016-09-21.
  2. ^ "John Michael Dallesasse". University of Illinois.
  3. ^ "Silicon photonics chipmaker Skorpios acquires Novati". Optics.org. 2017-10-09.
  4. ^ "Ericsson, NSN invest in optical chip startup". EE Times. 2011-09-16.
  5. ^ "Dallesasse named Fellow of The Optical Society". University of Illinois. 2012-12-18.
  6. ^ "IEEE Fellows 2015". IEEE Communication Society. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  7. ^ "Holonyak Lab Professor Elected To Lead EDS Board Of Governors". IEEE Communication Society. 2020-02-25.
  8. ^ "IEEE selects Dallesasse as Fellow". www.ece.illinois.edu. 2014-12-04.
  9. ^ "John Michael Dallesasse, Holonyak Micro & Nanotechnology Lab". University of Illinois.
  10. ^ "10GBASE-LX4 Pushes Multimode Fiber Limits". EE Times. 2005-04-14.
  11. ^ "EMCORE claims first-to-market 10-Gigabit LRM SFP+ module". Lightwave. 2007-03-29.