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Joseph M. Kahn

Harald Trap Friis Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University

Research Areas

  • Current Research Topics
  • Photonic Devices and Subsystems
  • Single-Mode Fibers: Communications and Signal Processing
  • Multimode Fibers: Propagation Physics, Communications and Signal Processing
  • Multimode Fibers: Endoscopic Imaging
  • Free-Space Optical Communications
  • Multi-Input Multi-Output Radio Communications

    Research Group

  • Optical Communications Group

    Affiliations

    Present

  • Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory
  • Stanford Photonics Research Center
  • Information Systems Laboratory

    Past

  • Space, Telecommunications and Radioscience Laboratory
  • StrataLight Communications (now part of Lumentum) (Co-Founder)
  • Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley

    Biographical and Bibliographical

  • Brief Biography
  • Longer Biography
  • Academic Lineage
  • Full Curriculum Vitae
  • Google Scholar Profile

    Courses

    Autumn 2026-27
  • EE 247: Introduction to Optical Fiber Communications
    Winter 2026-27
  • EE 102A: Signals and Systems I
  • EE 379: Digital Communication

    Spring 2026-27
  • Not teaching.

    Other Courses Taught
  • EE 102B: Signals and Systems II
  • EE 348: Advanced Optical Fiber Communications

    Administrative

    Office Hours
    Autumn 2026-27: Mondays 1:30-2:30 p.m. and Wednesdays 11 a.m.-12 p.m., in Spilker 216.

    Contact Information
    Joseph M. Kahn
    Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University
    Spilker Engineering and Applied Sciences, Room 216
    348 Via Pueblo Mall
    Stanford, CA 94305-4088
    Telephone: (650) 724-9584, Facsimile: (650) 723-2666
    jmk@ee.stanford.edu

    Administrative Assistant
    Claudette Earl
    Spilker Engineering and Applied Sciences, Room 213
    Telephone: (650) 723-0227, Facsimile: (650) 723-2666
    cearl@stanford.edu

    Laboratory
    Spilker Engineering and Applied Sciences, Room 230
    (650) 725-2263

    Last modified: September 16, 2026.