| Gerard A. Alphonse Sarnoff Corp. 
Gerard Alphonse, Ph.D. joined RCA in 1959 and has been a pioneer in a wide variety of technical areas. He worked on the
development of superconductive devices and made numerous original contributions in the development of photochromic cathode
ray storage and projection tubes, holography in photo-refractive media, broadband acoustic-optic deflectors, holographic
data storage, ultrasonic imaging for medical diagnostics, video discs, and optical disc media development.
In 1986 he invented and demonstrated the world's highest performance super-luminescent diode (SLD.) This device is a broadband semiconductor light source and a key component in the next generation of fiber optic gyroscopes, low coherence tomography for medical imaging, and external cavity tunable lasers with applications to fiber optic communications. Dr. Alphonse has also been involved in education and taught engineering for 16 years in the Electronic Physics Department of LaSalle University’s Evening Division, and served four years as Department Head. He also taught electrical engineering at the College of New Jersey. Dr. Alphonse is the author and co-author of over 120 technical papers and holds over 50 U.S. patents. He has received four David Sarnoff Outstanding Achievement Awards, among many other awards and honors. He retired from Sarnoff in January 2003 to pursue his interest in consulting for high tech start-up companies. |
