QUANTUMNANOFUTURE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Scientist
- Professor
Robert W. Boyd was born in Buffalo, New York. He received the B.S. degree in physics from MIT and the Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of California at Berkeley. His Ph.D. thesis was supervised by Charles Townes and involves the use of nonlinear optical techniques in infrared detection for astronomy.
Professor Boyd joined the faculty of the University of Rochester in 1977, and in 2001 became the M Parker Givens Professor of Optics and Professor of Physics. In 2010 he became Professor of Physics and Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Nonlinear Optics at the University of Ottawa.
His research interests include studies of "slow" and "fast" light propagation, quantum imaging techniques, quantum key distribution (including atmospheric turbulence conditions), orbital angular momentum science, fundamental studies of quantum photonics, nonlinear optical interactions, nanofabrication, plasmonics, studies of the nonlinear optical properties of materials, and the develop-
Professor Boyd has written two books, co-edited two anthologies, published over 300 research papers (≈10,000 citations, H-index 53), and been awarded nine patents. He is the 2009 recipient of the Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics. Prof. Boyd is a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) and of the Optical Society of America (OSA). He is a past chair of the Division of Laser Science of APS and has been a member of the Board of Directors of OSA. He has also served as an APS representative and chair of the Joint Council on Quantum Electronics (it is joint among APS, OSA and IEEE/LEOS). Prof. Boyd has served as a member of the Board of Editors of Physical Review Letters and of the Board of Reviewing Editors of Science Magazine.