Saumya Choudhary successfully defends her thesis.
Saumya’s thesis “Light-Matter Interaction in Plasmonic Systems and Atomic Vapor” was successfully defended in Rochester on November 29, 2023. The Boyd group is very proud of this long-time member’s success and of the excellence of her work.
General-audience article published by Mehul Malik in the Royal Society of Edinburgh Blog
Former group member Mehul Malik publishes article for the general audience on “Shaping Quantum Light in Space and Time Can Enable the Internet of the Future.” You can read it here [Link]
Figure from research article featured on ACS photonics cover
Saad-bin-Alam successfully defends his PhD thesis
Former group member Mehul Malik receives the Early Career Medal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Rochester researchers develop method to eliminate distortions in multimode fibers
The use of multimode optical fibers to boost the information capacity of the Internet is severely hampered by distortions that occur during the transmission of images because of a phenomenon called modal crosstalk. Rochester researchers devised a novel technique, described in a paper in [Link], to “flip” the optical wavefront of an image
Congratulations to Enno Giese who has just accepted a position as assistant professor at the Technical University of Darmstadt. At TUD he will build up a group in Theoretical Quantum Optics at the Institute for Applied Physics.
Congratulations to former student and current colleague Ksenia Dolgaleva on the publication of her textbook Introduction to Optics I, Interaction of Light with Matter, published this month by Morgan & Claypool Publishers.
Congratulations to Nick and Libby Black on the birth of their first child, Henry Anderson Black, on September 11, 2020. Nick is a current PhD student in the Boyd group at the University of Rochester.
Congratulations to Ksenia Dolgaleva on the birth of her son Ivan on August 12, 2020. In the back row of the photo is Evgueni Kobzev (father) holding Ivan and standing next to Ksenia. In the front row are Ivan’s sisters Anastasia (left) and Nina (right). Ksenia is on her way to having a whole family of physicists.
Congratulations to Akbar Safari and his wife Mobina Alizadeh on the August 5 birth of their daughter Melody Safari.
Congratulations to Zahirul Alam and his wife Fatima Uddin on the July 4 birth of their son Aydin Muhammad Alamuddin.
Congratulations to John and Eimi Heebner on the occasion of their wedding on July 20 at Yosemite National Park.
(From what John tells me, this photo is not a fake; the Milky Way really is that bright with a 10 sec exposure.)
Congratulations to Saad Jaddua for successfully defending his MSc thesis on July 23, 2020 via a Zoom link.
Thesis title: Propagation of a Single Photon in a 1-D Waveguide Coupled to a V-Type Atom.
Photo: Clockwise from upper left: Jeff Lundeen, Committee Member; Robert Boyd, Thesis Supervisor; Jacob Krich, Committee
Member; Saad Jaddua, MSc Candidate; André Staudte, Committee Chair.
Congratulations to Girish Kulkurani and his wife Mugdha Kulashreshtha on the July 10 birth of their daughter Mehak Kulkurani.
Congratulations to Mehul Malik
Congratulations to Boyd-group alumnus Mehul Malik who was recently promoted to Associate Professor of Physics at Heriot-Watt University.
Congratulations to Katherine Bearne and her teammates for their victory at the 2019 FISU University World Cup.
Congratulations to Mohammad Mirhosseini (former group PhD student) who has just accepted a faculty position at Caltech.
Robert Boyd receives certificate from Max Planck Director Florian Marquardt naming him Visiting Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen.
Robert Boyd visits the University of Minnesota to present the Colloquium of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
The photo shows Mitchell Luskin, Sang-Hyun Oh, Bob, Jim Ledger, and Tony Low on the observation platform of the Guthrie Theatre with the Mississippi River in the background.
Congratulations to our former group member Alexander Gaeta for winning the 2019 Charles Hard Townes Award.
Robert Boyd with Robert Millard (left), Chair of the MIT Corporation, and Susan Hockfield (right), former President of MIT
Robert Boyd wins the 2018-2019 University of Ottawa Researcher of the Year Award
Lab visit with Nobel Laureate in Physics Dr. Donna Strickland
Congratulations to Robert Fickler who has just joined the faculty of Tampere University. He is looking for students and postdocs to join him.
New graduate course to be offered fall 2018. Boris Braverman and Robert Boyd will be jointly teaching a course on Quantum Information and Metrology PHY8191(C) during the fall semester.
Congratulations to Omar Magaña! Omar has just accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Physics at Louisiana State University. Way to go, Omar.
Congratulations to Sebastian Schulz for his new faculty position at the University of St. Andrews.
Congratulations to Mehul Malik for his new faculty position at Heriot-Watt University.
Boyd group reunion in Baton Rouge
Physics family photo where former Boyd-student Mark Gruneisen meets current Boyd group members Robert Fickler and Fredéric Bouchard at the International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing (QCMC) at LSU in Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Marco Liscidini of the University of Pavia presents the Quantum Photonics seminar on Engineering non-classical light in integrated devices
Robert Boyd Working to Realize Orbital Angular Momentum Quantum Cryptography Protocol
Chinese researchers have put forward a new quantum cryptography standard which Robert Boyd has begun work to realize in the lab. ([Link])
Photonics breakthrough could significantly boost internet speeds
Metamaterial could boost internet speeds, cut power
A team from the University of Ottawa and Ireland’s Tyndall National Institute and Cork Institute of Technology has developed a custom, artificial material that could improve several nonlinear optical applications. Alongside better internet speeds, the team suggests that thinner lenses could be created for cameras and mobile phones, as could
“Generation of Caustics and Rogue Waves from Nonlinear Instability” named Editor’s suggestion
“Generation of Caustics and Rogue Waves from Nonlinear Instability” named Editor’s suggestion in Physical Letters Review. ([Link])
Taiwan’s Minister of Science Visits the Boyd Group.
Liang-Gee Chen, Taiwan’s Minister of Science and Technology visits the Advanced Research Group.
Congratulations to M. Zahirul Alam
for being selected by the Award Committee to receive the Best Student Paper Award (first place) for his paper “Unity-order Nonlinear Index Change in a Metasurface” presented at Photonics North 2017 in Ottawa.The award certificate will be presented to him at the IEEE Ottawa Section Annual General Meeting(AGM), to be held
Dr. Orad Reshef is awarded the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Orad Reshef is awarded the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship for his proposal, “Nonlinear optics in integrated zero-index media.” [Link]
A 100-year-old physics problem has been solved at EPFL
EPFL researchers have found a way around what was considered a fundamental limitation of physics for over 100 years. They were able to conceive resonant systems that can store electromagnetic waves over a long period of time while maintaining a broad bandwidth. ([Link])
“Photonic Crystal Slow Light Waveguides in a Kagome Lattice” named Editor’s Pick
“Photonic Crystal Slow Light Waveguides in a Kagome Lattice” was named Editor’s pick. ([Link])
Physicists detect exotic looped trajectories of light in three-slit experiment
Physicists have performed a variation of the famous 200-year-old double-slit experiment that, for the first time, involves “exotic looped trajectories” of photons. These photons travel forward through one slit, then loop around and travel back through another slit, and then sometimes loop around again and travel forward through a third
“Application-tailored optimisation of photonic crystal waveguides” named paper of the week
The paper “Application-tailored optimisation of photonic crystal waveguides” was named paper of the week by the Journal of Optics. ([Link])
Robert Boyd was appointed as a IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecturer a second year in a row
Robert Boyd awarded the 2016 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science
Robert Boyd was awarded the 2016 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science for his to recognize outstanding contributions to basic research which uses lasers to advance our knowledge of the fundamental physical properties of materials and their interaction with light. [Link]
Dr. Robert Fickler is awarded the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship for his proposal, “Twisting Macroscopic Quantum Light.”
Record Optical Nonlinearity in a Semiconductor
Indium Tin Oxide Might Be the Material Photonics Has Been Waiting For
A team led by Robert Boyd, a physicist at the University of Ottawa and the University of Rochester, [Link] that a transparent metal called indium tin oxide (ITO), which is often used in touchscreens and on airplane windows, can achieve a particularly high degree of optical nonlinearity—making it a good candidate for
‘Game-changer’ for photonics applications: Researchers demonstrate record optical nonlinearity
A team, led by Robert W. Boyd, Professor of Optics and Physics at the University of Rochester and the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Nonlinear Optics at the University of Ottawa, has demonstrated that the transparent, electrical conductor [Link] can result in up to 100 times greater nonlinearity
A twist on Hanbury Brown—Twiss interferometry offers new approach for remote sensing
In a paper, published in Science Advances today, the researchers demonstrate that for light from a source such as the Sun, random fluctuations of intensity give rise to correlations of [Link] beams. They showed the presence of these correlations by modifying a now classical experiment called Hanbury Brown – Twiss (HBT)
Researchers demonstrate a new way to characterize twisted light
Researchers at the University of Rochester have overcome experimental challenges to demonstrate a new way for getting a full picture of twisted light: characterizing the Wigner distribution. ([Link])
Robert Boyd awarded the 2016 Charles Hard Townes Award
Robert Boyd was awarded the 2016 Charles Hard Townes Award by the Optical Society of America for fundamental contributions to the field of nonlinear optics, including the development of methods for controlling the velocity of light, of quantum imaging methods, and of composite nonlinear optical materials. [Link]
Physicists experimentally realize a quantum Hilbert hotel
In their paper, the physicists proposed two ways to model this phenomena—one theoretical and one experimental—both of which use the infinite number of quantum states of a quantum system to represent the infinite number of hotel rooms in a hotel. ([Link])
Adding Quantum Rooms to the Hilbert Hotel
An optical experiment realizes one of the room-changing operations in the Hilbert Hotel—a fictitious establishment that illustrates some perplexing properties of infinity. ([Link])
Robert Boyd presents his view on Charles Townes’ legacy at a meeting of former Townes Ph.D. students
Article selected for Journal of Optics as a Highlight of 2015
Our article titled “Beyond the effective index method: improved accuracy for 2D simulations of photonic crystal waveguides” was selected by the editors of Journal of Optics as a Highlight of 2015. [Link]
Dr. Gerd Leuchs and Dr. Robert Boyd invited for Max-Planck-Forum in Berlin on Quantum Cryptography
([Link])
‘Twisted light’ gives quantum cryptography a boost
The efficiency of quantum-cryptographic systems could be improved thanks to a new technique that uses “twisted light” to increase the amount of information carried per photon. ([Link])
Generating Mobius strips of light
A collaboration of researchers from Canada, Europe and the USA have experimentally produced Möbius strips from the polarization of light, confirming a theoretical prediction that it is possible for light’s electromagnetic field to assume this peculiar shape. ([Link])
Möbius strips of light made for the first time
Banzer’s team scattered two polarised green laser beams off a gold bead that was smaller than the wavelength of the light. The resulting inference introduced a polarisation pattern with either three or five twists, giving it a Möbius-like structure. ([Link])
How to twist light into a Möbius strip
The team used a green laser beam that was a superposition of two waves with opposing spin. The result was a beam with a polarization that varied across its width. It was circularly polarized at its centre, but linearly polarized – and with varying orientations of the polarization vector –
Marie-Claude Dicaire wins the 2014 IEEE Ottawa Photonics Student Best Paper Award
Marie-Claude Dicaire, member of Robert Boyd’s research team at the University of Ottawa, won the 2014 IEEE Ottawa Photonics Student Best Paper Award
Prof. Robert Boyd wins the 2014 IEEE Quantum Electronics award for his contributions to nonlinear optics
Prof. Robert Boyd won the 2014 IEEE Quantum Electronics award for his contributions to nonlinear optics, including room temperature slow light and the nonlinear optics of composite materials ([Link])
New analysis rescues quantum wave-particle duality
A 2012 experiment in which it seemed you could detect interference and also get information about the photon’s path seemed to contradict mutual exclusiveness of wave and particle properties. A new paper by Eliot Bolduc of the University of Ottawa in Canada, with Robert Boyd of Ottawa and the University
Duality principle is “safe and sound”: Researchers clear up apparent violation of quantum mechanics’ wave-particle duality
([Link])
Physicists see 27th dimension of photons
In a study detailed in the Jan. 20 issue of the journal Nature Communications,researchers from the University of Rochester and the University of Glasgow took a direct measurement of a photon’s 27-dimensional quantum state. ([Link])
Physicists scoop information from Schrödinger’s cat box
In a paper published in the current issue of the scientific journal Nature Communications and titled “[Link],” a team of physicists describe how they circumvented a basic principle of uncertainty that requires that some states of a quantum system must be understood poorly if other states are to be understood
Mohammad Mirhosseini, member of Robert Boyd’s research team at University of Rochester, won the Emil Wolf prize
([Link])
Research Breakthrough: uOttawa Physicist Makes First Direct Measurements Of Quantum States Of Light
([Link])
Canadian researchers take a sneak peek at Schrödinger’s Cat and a step toward a quantum computer
([Link])
University recruits American expert to help establish world-class photonics research centre
([Link])
General-audience article published by Mehul Malik in the Royal Society of Edinburgh Blog
Former group member Mehul Malik publishes article for the general audience on “Shaping Quantum Light in Space and Time Can Enable the Internet of the Future.” You can read it here [Link]
Rochester researchers develop method to eliminate distortions in multimode fibers
The use of multimode optical fibers to boost the information capacity of the Internet is severely hampered by distortions that occur during the transmission of images because of a phenomenon called modal crosstalk. Rochester researchers devised a novel technique, described in a paper in [Link], to “flip” the optical wavefront of an image
Robert Boyd receives certificate from Max Planck Director Florian Marquardt naming him Visiting Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen.
Robert Boyd visits the University of Minnesota to present the Colloquium of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
The photo shows Mitchell Luskin, Sang-Hyun Oh, Bob, Jim Ledger, and Tony Low on the observation platform of the Guthrie Theatre with the Mississippi River in the background.
Robert Boyd with Robert Millard (left), Chair of the MIT Corporation, and Susan Hockfield (right), former President of MIT
Robert Boyd wins the 2018-2019 University of Ottawa Researcher of the Year Award
Lab visit with Nobel Laureate in Physics Dr. Donna Strickland
New graduate course to be offered fall 2018. Boris Braverman and Robert Boyd will be jointly teaching a course on Quantum Information and Metrology PHY8191(C) during the fall semester.
Marco Liscidini of the University of Pavia presents the Quantum Photonics seminar on Engineering non-classical light in integrated devices
Robert Boyd Working to Realize Orbital Angular Momentum Quantum Cryptography Protocol
Chinese researchers have put forward a new quantum cryptography standard which Robert Boyd has begun work to realize in the lab. ([Link])
Photonics breakthrough could significantly boost internet speeds
Metamaterial could boost internet speeds, cut power
A team from the University of Ottawa and Ireland’s Tyndall National Institute and Cork Institute of Technology has developed a custom, artificial material that could improve several nonlinear optical applications. Alongside better internet speeds, the team suggests that thinner lenses could be created for cameras and mobile phones, as could
“Generation of Caustics and Rogue Waves from Nonlinear Instability” named Editor’s suggestion
“Generation of Caustics and Rogue Waves from Nonlinear Instability” named Editor’s suggestion in Physical Letters Review. ([Link])
Taiwan’s Minister of Science Visits the Boyd Group.
Liang-Gee Chen, Taiwan’s Minister of Science and Technology visits the Advanced Research Group.
Dr. Orad Reshef is awarded the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
Dr. Orad Reshef is awarded the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship for his proposal, “Nonlinear optics in integrated zero-index media.” [Link]
A 100-year-old physics problem has been solved at EPFL
EPFL researchers have found a way around what was considered a fundamental limitation of physics for over 100 years. They were able to conceive resonant systems that can store electromagnetic waves over a long period of time while maintaining a broad bandwidth. ([Link])
“Photonic Crystal Slow Light Waveguides in a Kagome Lattice” named Editor’s Pick
“Photonic Crystal Slow Light Waveguides in a Kagome Lattice” was named Editor’s pick. ([Link])
Physicists detect exotic looped trajectories of light in three-slit experiment
Physicists have performed a variation of the famous 200-year-old double-slit experiment that, for the first time, involves “exotic looped trajectories” of photons. These photons travel forward through one slit, then loop around and travel back through another slit, and then sometimes loop around again and travel forward through a third
“Application-tailored optimisation of photonic crystal waveguides” named paper of the week
The paper “Application-tailored optimisation of photonic crystal waveguides” was named paper of the week by the Journal of Optics. ([Link])
Robert Boyd was appointed as a IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecturer a second year in a row
Robert Boyd awarded the 2016 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science
Robert Boyd was awarded the 2016 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science for his to recognize outstanding contributions to basic research which uses lasers to advance our knowledge of the fundamental physical properties of materials and their interaction with light. [Link]
Dr. Robert Fickler is awarded the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship for his proposal, “Twisting Macroscopic Quantum Light.”
Record Optical Nonlinearity in a Semiconductor
Indium Tin Oxide Might Be the Material Photonics Has Been Waiting For
A team led by Robert Boyd, a physicist at the University of Ottawa and the University of Rochester, [Link] that a transparent metal called indium tin oxide (ITO), which is often used in touchscreens and on airplane windows, can achieve a particularly high degree of optical nonlinearity—making it a good candidate for
‘Game-changer’ for photonics applications: Researchers demonstrate record optical nonlinearity
A team, led by Robert W. Boyd, Professor of Optics and Physics at the University of Rochester and the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Nonlinear Optics at the University of Ottawa, has demonstrated that the transparent, electrical conductor [Link] can result in up to 100 times greater nonlinearity
A twist on Hanbury Brown—Twiss interferometry offers new approach for remote sensing
In a paper, published in Science Advances today, the researchers demonstrate that for light from a source such as the Sun, random fluctuations of intensity give rise to correlations of [Link] beams. They showed the presence of these correlations by modifying a now classical experiment called Hanbury Brown – Twiss (HBT)
Researchers demonstrate a new way to characterize twisted light
Researchers at the University of Rochester have overcome experimental challenges to demonstrate a new way for getting a full picture of twisted light: characterizing the Wigner distribution. ([Link])
Robert Boyd awarded the 2016 Charles Hard Townes Award
Robert Boyd was awarded the 2016 Charles Hard Townes Award by the Optical Society of America for fundamental contributions to the field of nonlinear optics, including the development of methods for controlling the velocity of light, of quantum imaging methods, and of composite nonlinear optical materials. [Link]
Physicists experimentally realize a quantum Hilbert hotel
In their paper, the physicists proposed two ways to model this phenomena—one theoretical and one experimental—both of which use the infinite number of quantum states of a quantum system to represent the infinite number of hotel rooms in a hotel. ([Link])
Adding Quantum Rooms to the Hilbert Hotel
An optical experiment realizes one of the room-changing operations in the Hilbert Hotel—a fictitious establishment that illustrates some perplexing properties of infinity. ([Link])
Robert Boyd presents his view on Charles Townes’ legacy at a meeting of former Townes Ph.D. students
Article selected for Journal of Optics as a Highlight of 2015
Our article titled “Beyond the effective index method: improved accuracy for 2D simulations of photonic crystal waveguides” was selected by the editors of Journal of Optics as a Highlight of 2015. [Link]
Dr. Gerd Leuchs and Dr. Robert Boyd invited for Max-Planck-Forum in Berlin on Quantum Cryptography
([Link])
‘Twisted light’ gives quantum cryptography a boost
The efficiency of quantum-cryptographic systems could be improved thanks to a new technique that uses “twisted light” to increase the amount of information carried per photon. ([Link])
Generating Mobius strips of light
A collaboration of researchers from Canada, Europe and the USA have experimentally produced Möbius strips from the polarization of light, confirming a theoretical prediction that it is possible for light’s electromagnetic field to assume this peculiar shape. ([Link])
Möbius strips of light made for the first time
Banzer’s team scattered two polarised green laser beams off a gold bead that was smaller than the wavelength of the light. The resulting inference introduced a polarisation pattern with either three or five twists, giving it a Möbius-like structure. ([Link])
How to twist light into a Möbius strip
The team used a green laser beam that was a superposition of two waves with opposing spin. The result was a beam with a polarization that varied across its width. It was circularly polarized at its centre, but linearly polarized – and with varying orientations of the polarization vector –
Marie-Claude Dicaire wins the 2014 IEEE Ottawa Photonics Student Best Paper Award
Marie-Claude Dicaire, member of Robert Boyd’s research team at the University of Ottawa, won the 2014 IEEE Ottawa Photonics Student Best Paper Award
Prof. Robert Boyd wins the 2014 IEEE Quantum Electronics award for his contributions to nonlinear optics
Prof. Robert Boyd won the 2014 IEEE Quantum Electronics award for his contributions to nonlinear optics, including room temperature slow light and the nonlinear optics of composite materials ([Link])
New analysis rescues quantum wave-particle duality
A 2012 experiment in which it seemed you could detect interference and also get information about the photon’s path seemed to contradict mutual exclusiveness of wave and particle properties. A new paper by Eliot Bolduc of the University of Ottawa in Canada, with Robert Boyd of Ottawa and the University
Duality principle is “safe and sound”: Researchers clear up apparent violation of quantum mechanics’ wave-particle duality
([Link])
Physicists see 27th dimension of photons
In a study detailed in the Jan. 20 issue of the journal Nature Communications,researchers from the University of Rochester and the University of Glasgow took a direct measurement of a photon’s 27-dimensional quantum state. ([Link])
Physicists scoop information from Schrödinger’s cat box
In a paper published in the current issue of the scientific journal Nature Communications and titled “[Link],” a team of physicists describe how they circumvented a basic principle of uncertainty that requires that some states of a quantum system must be understood poorly if other states are to be understood
Mohammad Mirhosseini, member of Robert Boyd’s research team at University of Rochester, won the Emil Wolf prize
([Link])
Research Breakthrough: uOttawa Physicist Makes First Direct Measurements Of Quantum States Of Light
([Link])
Canadian researchers take a sneak peek at Schrödinger’s Cat and a step toward a quantum computer
([Link])
University recruits American expert to help establish world-class photonics research centre
([Link])
Saumya Choudhary successfully defends her thesis.
Saumya’s thesis “Light-Matter Interaction in Plasmonic Systems and Atomic Vapor” was successfully defended in Rochester on November 29, 2023. The Boyd group is very proud of this long-time member’s success and of the excellence of her work.
General-audience article published by Mehul Malik in the Royal Society of Edinburgh Blog
Former group member Mehul Malik publishes article for the general audience on “Shaping Quantum Light in Space and Time Can Enable the Internet of the Future.” You can read it here [Link]
Saad-bin-Alam successfully defends his PhD thesis
Congratulations to Enno Giese who has just accepted a position as assistant professor at the Technical University of Darmstadt. At TUD he will build up a group in Theoretical Quantum Optics at the Institute for Applied Physics.
Congratulations to former student and current colleague Ksenia Dolgaleva on the publication of her textbook Introduction to Optics I, Interaction of Light with Matter, published this month by Morgan & Claypool Publishers.
Congratulations to Nick and Libby Black on the birth of their first child, Henry Anderson Black, on September 11, 2020. Nick is a current PhD student in the Boyd group at the University of Rochester.
Congratulations to Ksenia Dolgaleva on the birth of her son Ivan on August 12, 2020. In the back row of the photo is Evgueni Kobzev (father) holding Ivan and standing next to Ksenia. In the front row are Ivan’s sisters Anastasia (left) and Nina (right). Ksenia is on her way to having a whole family of physicists.
Congratulations to Akbar Safari and his wife Mobina Alizadeh on the August 5 birth of their daughter Melody Safari.
Congratulations to Zahirul Alam and his wife Fatima Uddin on the July 4 birth of their son Aydin Muhammad Alamuddin.
Congratulations to John and Eimi Heebner on the occasion of their wedding on July 20 at Yosemite National Park.
(From what John tells me, this photo is not a fake; the Milky Way really is that bright with a 10 sec exposure.)
Congratulations to Saad Jaddua for successfully defending his MSc thesis on July 23, 2020 via a Zoom link.
Thesis title: Propagation of a Single Photon in a 1-D Waveguide Coupled to a V-Type Atom.
Photo: Clockwise from upper left: Jeff Lundeen, Committee Member; Robert Boyd, Thesis Supervisor; Jacob Krich, Committee
Member; Saad Jaddua, MSc Candidate; André Staudte, Committee Chair.
Congratulations to Girish Kulkurani and his wife Mugdha Kulashreshtha on the July 10 birth of their daughter Mehak Kulkurani.
Congratulations to Mehul Malik
Congratulations to Boyd-group alumnus Mehul Malik who was recently promoted to Associate Professor of Physics at Heriot-Watt University.
Congratulations to Katherine Bearne and her teammates for their victory at the 2019 FISU University World Cup.
Congratulations to Mohammad Mirhosseini (former group PhD student) who has just accepted a faculty position at Caltech.
Congratulations to our former group member Alexander Gaeta for winning the 2019 Charles Hard Townes Award.
Congratulations to Robert Fickler who has just joined the faculty of Tampere University. He is looking for students and postdocs to join him.
Congratulations to Omar Magaña! Omar has just accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Physics at Louisiana State University. Way to go, Omar.
Congratulations to Sebastian Schulz for his new faculty position at the University of St. Andrews.
Congratulations to Mehul Malik for his new faculty position at Heriot-Watt University.
Boyd group reunion in Baton Rouge
Physics family photo where former Boyd-student Mark Gruneisen meets current Boyd group members Robert Fickler and Fredéric Bouchard at the International Conference on Quantum Communication, Measurement and Computing (QCMC) at LSU in Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Congratulations to M. Zahirul Alam
for being selected by the Award Committee to receive the Best Student Paper Award (first place) for his paper “Unity-order Nonlinear Index Change in a Metasurface” presented at Photonics North 2017 in Ottawa.The award certificate will be presented to him at the IEEE Ottawa Section Annual General Meeting(AGM), to be held