Prof. Robert William Boyd

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsQuantum Optics
KeywordsQuantenoptik, langsames Licht, Photonik, Quanten-Abbildungen

Current contact address

CountryCanada
CityOttawa
InstitutionUniversity of Ottawa
InstituteDepartment of Physics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Gerd LeuchsMax-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts, Erlangen
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2011

Programme(s)

2010Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Robert W. Boyd is well known internationally for his outstanding research in optics in general and nonlinear optics in particular. He has made important contributions to the slowing down of light and to quantum imaging. During his stay in Germany, he intends to elaborate on quantum effects of light associated with higher order spatial modes and polarization vortices.