Prof. Dr. Andrew Forbes

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietQuantenoptik
Keywordsnovel lasers, quantum entanglement, vector beams and laser beam shaping, orbital angular momentum, structured light
Auszeichnungen

2024: Clarivate highly cited list

2024: Honorary Professor Zhejiang University

2024: TWAS award for Physics

2022: Sang Soo Lee award from Optica and the Korean Optical Society

2020: Fellow of the SAIP

2020: Georg Forster Prize and Fellowship

2020: South African Institute of Physics (SAIP) Gold Medal

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandSüdafrika
OrtJohannesburg
Universität/InstitutionUniversity of the Witwatersrand
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Physics

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Jan Gerrit KorvinkInstitut für Mikrostrukturtechnik (IMT), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
Beginn der ersten Förderung03.06.2020

Programm(e)

2019Georg Forster-Forschungspreis-Programm

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Forbes has pioneered the field of structured light. His seminal contributions include tailoring light at the source with novel lasers, and new forms of quantum entangled states with light. His work has found widespread application, realising an all-digital toolbox for unravelling light, new approaches to fast and secure optical communication networks, and an intelligent quantum microscope for imaging light sensitive structures. During his stay in Germany, he will continue to work on the exploration of the interplay between structured matter and structured waves.