Steven Cundiff

Steven Cundiff
Alma materMichigan (Ph.D., M.S.)
Rutgers University (B.A.)
Known forDropleton
Frequency Combs
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Coherent control
AwardsArthur L. Schawlow Prize (2019)
DOC Silver Medal (2013)
William F. Meggers Award (2011)
Humboldt Research Award (2010)
DOC Group Bronze Medal (2009)
DOC Group Gold Medal (2001)
Scientific career
FieldsApplied Physics
InstitutionsMichigan (2015–)
University of Colorado
NIST
ThesisPicosecond excitonic optical nonlinearities: The effects of disorder in quantum wells. (1992)
Doctoral advisorDuncan G. Steel

Steven Cundiff is an American experimental physicist and the Harrison M. Randall collegiate professor of physics at the University of Michigan. His research interests include the production and manipulation of ultrafast pulses, in particular for applications in studying light-matter interactions. Cundiff is a Fellow of American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He is the co-author (with Jun Ye) of the standard reference for frequency combs titled Femtosecond Optical Frequency Comb: Principle, Operation and Applications.