David T. Hon

Dahon has since grown to become the world's largest manufacturer and marketer of folding bikes[2][3] with Hon still CEO to this day.

Whilst still a doctoral candidate he taught as assistant professor of physics at Cal Poly State U[7] in San Luis Obispo, and, later, as Sr.

Hon's career in physics truly started when he took up employment at Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, one of the world's leading aerospace corporations.

In his early years he became known for his work on high power laser frequency doubling, quickly becoming section head and senior physicist.

By 1980 he had discovered and published a novel technique to efficiently compress high-power laser pulses (to attain over ten times the peak powers) by using Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) from a tapered optical fiber.

[14][15][16][17] The oil crisis of the 1970s coincided with a gradual realization for Hon that for many technical reasons, laser nuclear fusion as the ultimate clean energy solution may never be achieved in his lifetime.

[24] He practically moved to the emerging bicycle industry hot-spot to look after operations, while Henry Hon stayed looking after marketing in the U.S.

In 2013, Dr. David Hon was furthermore nominated for UC Berkeley Excellence in Achievement Award for his "contributions in high-powered lasers as well as his role in revolutionizing the modern-day folding bicycle."

These are very promising first steps into an even more widespread rethinking of transportation in the next few years.Hon is married to Florence Shen, has sons Joshua and Reuel (an associate director at MGM who has since died) and grand children.