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Professor Fetterman's research focuses on optical millimeter wave interactions, femtosecond evaluation of high-frequency devices and circuits, solid-state millimeter wave structures and systems, and biomedical applications of laser.
He joined Lincoln Laboratory in 1969, where his initial research concentrated on the use of submillimeter sources for spectroscopy. Dr. Fetterman studied the detailed properties of shallow donor transitions and cyclotron resonance in a number of semiconductors. Subsequent to his work at Lincoln Laboratory, Dr. Fetterman has devoted his efforts to investigating new solid state devices. This includes FETs, HEMTs, HBTs, quantum well structures, and traveling wave transistor structures. During this period he was one of the founders of the highly respected Millitech Corporation. In 1982, he joined the UCLA EE Department as a Professor and served as the first Director of the Center for High Frequency Electronics. As part of the Center, he initiated programs in monolithic millimeter wave devices, six port network analyzers for high frequency applications, and millimeter wave imaging with detector arrays.
Dr. Fetterman, along with his colleagues, Dr. Larry Dalton and Dr. William Steier (both also on Lumera’s SAB), was awarded the 2006 IEEE LEOS William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award for his seminal work with polymer photonic devices and materials. Over the past decade, Dr. Fetterman and his two colleagues have revolutionized the field of polymer photonics. Awarded annually, the Streifer award is the highest award to be given by the Lasers and Electro-optics Society of IEEE.
Dr. Fetterman received the B.A. with honors in Physics from Brandeis University in 1962 and the Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell University in 1968. Dr. Fetterman’s thesis was a study of molecular-like defect centers in solids and their perturbation by applied stress, electric and magnetic fields. Upon leaving Cornell, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Residence at UCLA, where he specialized in lasers and non-linear optics. A fellow of both the Optical Society and the IEEE, he is currently the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA. | 