After four years in the U.S. Army Infantry during World War II, Button attended the University of Rochester, where he received his bachelor's degree and then his M.S. in physics in 1952.[2] He joined in 1951 MIT's Lincoln Laboratory, where he did research, often in collaboration with Benjamin Lax, on semiconductors by studying their energy band structure using cyclotron resonance. Research on germanium and silicon done at the Lincoln Laboratory played an essential role in the development of semiconductor devices.
In 1962 he helped to found the MIT National Magnet Laboratory on the MIT campus in Cambridge. In 1965 he convinced H. A. Gebbie of the NPL in the UK to bring to the MIT Magnet Lab a copy of the newly discovered 0.337 mm wavelength cyanide laser. Using that laser, Button, Gebbie and Lax collaborated to study cyclotron resonance in semiconductors at magnetic fields up to 18 T and temperatures down to 40K. This THz laser spectrometer coupled with magnetic tuning of semiconductor bands opened up a major new field of research that led to many significant publications in the 1960s and 1970s. Ken held the position of Senior Scientist at MIT and headed the research group on quantum electronics until his retirement in 1988.[1]
Button was in 1974 the program chairman of the first conference on "Submillimeter Waves and Their Applications". He was the founder, and general chairman for many years, of the annual conference called the "International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves" (and now called the "International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves"). In his honor, the Kenneth J. Button Prize is awarded annually.[3]
Selected publicationsedit
with Benjamin Lax and Laura M. Roth: Lax, Benjamin; Button, Kenneth J.; Roth, Laura M. (1954). "Ferrite phase shifters in rectangular wave guide". Journal of Applied Physics. 25 (11): 1413–1421. Bibcode:1954JAP....25.1413L. doi:10.1063/1.1721578.
with Solomon Zwerdling, Benjamin Lax, and Laura M. Roth: Zwerdling, Solomon; Lax, Benjamin; Roth, Laura M.; Button, Kenneth J. (1959). "Exciton and magneto-absorption of the direct and indirect transitions in germanium". Physical Review. 114 (1): 80–89. Bibcode:1959PhRv..114...80Z. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.114.80.
with S. Zwerdling, B. Lax, and L. M. Roth: Zwerdling, Solomon; Button, Kenneth J.; Lax, Benjamin; Roth, Laura M. (1960). "Internal impurity levels in semiconductors: Experiments in p-type silicon". Physical Review Letters. 4 (4): 173–176. Bibcode:1960PhRvL...4..173Z. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.4.173.
with S. Zwerdling and B. Lax: Zwerdling, Solomon; Button, Kenneth J.; Lax, Benjamin (1960). "Zeeman effect of impurity levels in silicon". Physical Review. 118 (4): 975–986. Bibcode:1960PhRv..118..975Z. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.118.975.
with Benjamin Lax: Microwave Ferrites and Ferrimagnetics. NY: McGraw-Hill. 1962. p. 768.
with B. Lax and C. C. Bradley: Button, Kenneth J.; Lax, Benjamin; Bradley, C. C. (1968). "Quantum Effects in Cyclotron Resonance in p-type InSb". Physical Review Letters. 21 (6): 350–352. Bibcode:1968PhRvL..21..350B. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.21.350.
with Clifton G. Fonstad and Wolfgang Dreybrodt: Button, Kenneth J.; Fonstad, Clifton G.; Dreybrodt, Wolfgang (1971). "Determination of the electron masses in stannic oxide by submillimeter cyclotron resonance". Physical Review B. 4 (12): 4539–4542. Bibcode:1971PhRvB...4.4539B. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.4.4539.
with Michael von Ortenberg, G. Landwehr, and D. Fischer: Ortenberg, M. v.; Button, Kenneth J.; Landwehr, G.; Fischer, D. (1972). "Cyclotron Resonance in Tellurium". Physical Review B. 6 (6): 2100–2109. Bibcode:1972PhRvB...6.2100O. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.6.2100.
with Zbigniew Drozdowicz, Paul Woskoboinikow, Kiyokazu Isobe, Daniel R. Cohn, Richard J. Temkin, and Jerry Waldman: Drozdowicz, Z.; Woskoboinikow, P.; Isobe, K.; Cohn, D.; Temkin, R.; Button, K.; Waldman, J. (1977). "High power optically pumped far infrared laser systems". IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 13 (6): 413–417. Bibcode:1977IJQE...13..413D. doi:10.1109/JQE.1977.1069351. S2CID 9046045.
with Stephen M. Wolfe: Button, Kenneth J.; Wolfe, Stephen M. (1977). "High sensitivity far infrared interferometry for plasma density measurements". In Hartwick, Thomas S.; Hodges, Dean T. (eds.). Proc. SPIE 1977, Conference Volume 0105, SPIE/SPSE Technical Symposium East. Far Infrared/Submillimeter Wave: Technology/Applications. Vol. 0105. International Society for Optics and Photonics. pp. 72–79. doi:10.1117/12.955442. S2CID 95229690.
with Mohammed Nurul Afsar: Afsar, M. N.; Button, Kenneth J. (1981). "Millimeter and submillimeter wave measurements of complex optical and dielectric parameters of materials". International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves. 2 (5): 1029–1044. Bibcode:1981IJIMW...2.1029A. doi:10.1007/BF01006945. S2CID 125269511.
Button, K.J. (1984). "Microwave ferrite devices: the first ten years". IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 32 (9): 1088–1096. Bibcode:1984ITMTT..32.1088B. doi:10.1109/TMTT.1984.1132820.
with M. N. Afsar: Afsar, M.N.; Button, K.J. (1985). "Millimeter-wave dielectric measurement of materials". Proceedings of the IEEE. 73 (1): 131–153. doi:10.1109/PROC.1985.13114. S2CID 28473411.
As editoredit
Reviews of Infrared and Millimeter Waves. Vol. 1. NY: Plenum Press. 1983. ISBN9781461577669. (This is the 1st in a series of 16 books.)
Referencesedit
^ ab"Kenneth J. Button: A Memoriam". Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Houston, Texas, October 2–7, 2011.
^Button, Kenneth J. (15 November 1952). "Nuclear Cross Section for 37-Mev Positive Pions in Pb". Phys. Rev. 88 (4): 956–957. Bibcode:1952PhRv...88..956B. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.88.956.
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For the transport expert see Kenneth Button economist This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Kenneth Button physicist news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Kenneth John Button 11 October 1922 Rochester New York 30 August 2010 Indialantic Florida was a solid state and plasma physicist He was the editor in chief of the International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves from its inception in 1980 until his resignation in 2004 1 Contents 1 Education and career 2 Selected publications 2 1 As editor 3 ReferencesEducation and career editAfter four years in the U S Army Infantry during World War II Button attended the University of Rochester where he received his bachelor s degree and then his M S in physics in 1952 2 He joined in 1951 MIT s Lincoln Laboratory where he did research often in collaboration with Benjamin Lax on semiconductors by studying their energy band structure using cyclotron resonance Research on germanium and silicon done at the Lincoln Laboratory played an essential role in the development of semiconductor devices In 1962 he helped to found the MIT National Magnet Laboratory on the MIT campus in Cambridge In 1965 he convinced H A Gebbie of the NPL in the UK to bring to the MIT Magnet Lab a copy of the newly discovered 0 337 mm wavelength cyanide laser Using that laser Button Gebbie and Lax collaborated to study cyclotron resonance in semiconductors at magnetic fields up to 18 T and temperatures down to 40K This THz laser spectrometer coupled with magnetic tuning of semiconductor bands opened up a major new field of research that led to many significant publications in the 1960s and 1970s Ken held the position of Senior Scientist at MIT and headed the research group on quantum electronics until his retirement in 1988 1 Button was in 1974 the program chairman of the first conference on Submillimeter Waves and Their Applications He was the founder and general chairman for many years of the annual conference called the International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and now called the International Conference on Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves In his honor the Kenneth J Button Prize is awarded annually 3 Selected publications editwith Benjamin Lax and Laura M Roth Lax Benjamin Button Kenneth J Roth Laura M 1954 Ferrite phase shifters in rectangular wave guide Journal of Applied Physics 25 11 1413 1421 Bibcode 1954JAP 25 1413L doi 10 1063 1 1721578 with Solomon Zwerdling Benjamin Lax and Laura M Roth Zwerdling Solomon Lax Benjamin Roth Laura M Button Kenneth J 1959 Exciton and magneto absorption of the direct and indirect transitions in germanium Physical Review 114 1 80 89 Bibcode 1959PhRv 114 80Z doi 10 1103 PhysRev 114 80 with S Zwerdling B Lax and L M Roth Zwerdling Solomon Button Kenneth J Lax Benjamin Roth Laura M 1960 Internal impurity levels in semiconductors Experiments in p type silicon Physical Review Letters 4 4 173 176 Bibcode 1960PhRvL 4 173Z doi 10 1103 PhysRevLett 4 173 with S Zwerdling and B Lax Zwerdling Solomon Button Kenneth J Lax Benjamin 1960 Zeeman effect of impurity levels in silicon Physical Review 118 4 975 986 Bibcode 1960PhRv 118 975Z doi 10 1103 PhysRev 118 975 with Benjamin Lax Microwave Ferrites and Ferrimagnetics NY McGraw Hill 1962 p 768 with B Lax and C C Bradley Button Kenneth J Lax Benjamin Bradley C C 1968 Quantum Effects in Cyclotron Resonance in p type InSb Physical Review Letters 21 6 350 352 Bibcode 1968PhRvL 21 350B doi 10 1103 PhysRevLett 21 350 with Clifton G Fonstad and Wolfgang Dreybrodt Button Kenneth J Fonstad Clifton G Dreybrodt Wolfgang 1971 Determination of the electron masses in stannic oxide by submillimeter cyclotron resonance Physical Review B 4 12 4539 4542 Bibcode 1971PhRvB 4 4539B doi 10 1103 PhysRevB 4 4539 with Michael von Ortenberg G Landwehr and D Fischer Ortenberg M v Button Kenneth J Landwehr G Fischer D 1972 Cyclotron Resonance in Tellurium Physical Review B 6 6 2100 2109 Bibcode 1972PhRvB 6 2100O doi 10 1103 PhysRevB 6 2100 with Zbigniew Drozdowicz Paul Woskoboinikow Kiyokazu Isobe Daniel R Cohn Richard J Temkin and Jerry Waldman Drozdowicz Z Woskoboinikow P Isobe K Cohn D Temkin R Button K Waldman J 1977 High power optically pumped far infrared laser systems IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 13 6 413 417 Bibcode 1977IJQE 13 413D doi 10 1109 JQE 1977 1069351 S2CID 9046045 with Stephen M Wolfe Button Kenneth J Wolfe Stephen M 1977 High sensitivity far infrared interferometry for plasma density measurements In Hartwick Thomas S Hodges Dean T eds Proc SPIE 1977 Conference Volume 0105 SPIE SPSE Technical Symposium East Far Infrared Submillimeter Wave Technology Applications Vol 0105 International Society for Optics and Photonics pp 72 79 doi 10 1117 12 955442 S2CID 95229690 with Mohammed Nurul Afsar Afsar M N Button Kenneth J 1981 Millimeter and submillimeter wave measurements of complex optical and dielectric parameters of materials International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves 2 5 1029 1044 Bibcode 1981IJIMW 2 1029A doi 10 1007 BF01006945 S2CID 125269511 Button K J 1984 Microwave ferrite devices the first ten years IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 32 9 1088 1096 Bibcode 1984ITMTT 32 1088B doi 10 1109 TMTT 1984 1132820 with M N Afsar Afsar M N Button K J 1985 Millimeter wave dielectric measurement of materials Proceedings of the IEEE 73 1 131 153 doi 10 1109 PROC 1985 13114 S2CID 28473411 As editor edit Reviews of Infrared and Millimeter Waves Vol 1 NY Plenum Press 1983 ISBN 9781461577669 This is the 1st in a series of 16 books References edit a b Kenneth J Button A Memoriam Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves Houston Texas October 2 7 2011 Button Kenneth J 15 November 1952 Nuclear Cross Section for 37 Mev Positive Pions in Pb Phys Rev 88 4 956 957 Bibcode 1952PhRv 88 956B doi 10 1103 PhysRev 88 956 Kenneth J Button Award Winners Irmmw thz Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kenneth Button physicist amp oldid 1181783602, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
