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Luxtera Executive Honored with the Optical Society’s Prestigious Award
Cary Gunn recognized for outstanding achievement in silicon photonics: Luxtera, the worldwide leader in Silicon CMOS Photonics, today announced that the Optical Society (OSA) has awarded L. Cary Gunn, co-founder and chief technology officer for Luxtera, the Adolph Lomb Medal. The group awarded Gunn for his pioneering work in the development and commercialization of silicon photonics. 
Selected by the OSA Board of Directors, the Lomb Medal is awarded to those who demonstrate noteworthy contributions to optics before reaching the age of 35. Gunn’s vision and early successes formed the foundation of Luxtera’s technology, most recently culminating into the development of the world’s first 40 Gigabit optical active cable. “Cary Gunn is a pioneer who has made invaluable contributions to the research, education and understanding of optics,” said Elizabeth Rogan, OSA executive director. “With this award, he now joins a distinguished group of 43 past Lomb medal winners, including current and past OSA Board Members David F. Welch (Infinera), Robert L. Byer (Stanford) and David A.B. Miller (Stanford). We are honored to congratulate him on this win.” “OSA takes great pride in recognizing groundbreaking accomplishments and outstanding dedication to the optics and photonics industry,” said OSA president Rod Alferness. “Cary Gunn has produced remarkable advancements in silicon photonics and represents the type of talent and innovation that can be found among our peers.” Gunn successfully led Luxtera to overcome the complex technical obstacles involved with integrating high-performance optics directly with silicon electronics on a monolithic CMOS chip. His expertise contributes to Luxtera’s ability to bring direct fiber-to-the-chip connectivity - producing low cost optical transceiver products. “I am extremely humbled and honored to receive this prestigious award,” said Gunn. “The award is further validation of the hard work and remarkable breakthroughs achieved by our team. I look forward to furthering my work with Luxtera to continue the advancement of silicon photonics.”
Selected by the OSA Board of Directors, the Lomb Medal is awarded to those who demonstrate noteworthy contributions to optics before reaching the age of 35. Gunn’s vision and early successes formed the foundation of Luxtera’s technology, most recently culminating into the development of the world’s first 40 Gigabit optical active cable. “Cary Gunn is a pioneer who has made invaluable contributions to the research, education and understanding of optics,” said Elizabeth Rogan, OSA executive director. “With this award, he now joins a distinguished group of 43 past Lomb medal winners, including current and past OSA Board Members David F. Welch (Infinera), Robert L. Byer (Stanford) and David A.B. Miller (Stanford). We are honored to congratulate him on this win.” “OSA takes great pride in recognizing groundbreaking accomplishments and outstanding dedication to the optics and photonics industry,” said OSA president Rod Alferness. “Cary Gunn has produced remarkable advancements in silicon photonics and represents the type of talent and innovation that can be found among our peers.” Gunn successfully led Luxtera to overcome the complex technical obstacles involved with integrating high-performance optics directly with silicon electronics on a monolithic CMOS chip. His expertise contributes to Luxtera’s ability to bring direct fiber-to-the-chip connectivity - producing low cost optical transceiver products. “I am extremely humbled and honored to receive this prestigious award,” said Gunn. “The award is further validation of the hard work and remarkable breakthroughs achieved by our team. I look forward to furthering my work with Luxtera to continue the advancement of silicon photonics.” 
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