Yasuharu Suematsu
| Yasuharu Suematsu | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 22, 1932 (age 84) Gifu, Japan |
| Nationality | Japan |
| Fields | optical communications |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Notable students | Yoshihisa Yamamoto |
| Notable awards |
2014 Japan Prize 1986 IEEE David Sarnoff Award |
2014 Japan Prize
2003 IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal
1996 Medal of Honour with Purple Ribbon
1994 C&C Prize
1994 John Tyndall Award
Yasuharu Suematsu (末松 安晴 Suematsu Yasuharu?) is a scientist, who received the Japan Prize and several other notable awards.
Yasuharu Suematsu was born on September 22, 1932, in Gifu, Japan. He received both his B.S. (1955) and Ph.D. (1960) from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Afterwards, he joined the faculty of the Tokyo Institute of Technology as a professor, and became its president in 1989. Later he also held the positions as first President of the newly founded Kochi University of Technology and later became Director General of the National Institute of Informatics. He authored at least 19 books and more than 260 scientific papers.
Professor Suematsu is best known for his contributions to the development of optical fiber communication. He developed semiconductor lasers which even under high-speed modulation produce light at a stable wavelength which coincides with the wavelength region where the optical losses of fibers reach its minimum.
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