Robert W. Boyd M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics (and Physics) Optical Physics office: phone: Wilmot 308 (585) 275-2329 fax: email: (585) 244-4936 boyd@optics.rochester.edu home page: http://www.optics.rochester.edu/~boyd/

Biographical Sketch

Professor Boyd received his B.S. degree in Physics (1969) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. degree in Physics (1977) from the University of California at Berkeley. His Ph.D. thesis was supervised by Professor Charles H. Townes and involved the use of nonlinear optical techniques for infrared detection for astronomy. Professor Boyd joined the faculty of The Institute of Optics of the University of Rochester in 1977 and, since 1987, has held the position of Professor of Optics. He also holds a joint appointment as Professor of Physics. Prof. Boyd is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. In 2002 he was named the first M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics.

Research

Prof. Boyd's research interests are in the area of Optical Physics, particularly in the areas of nonlinear optical interactions, nonlinear optical properties of materials, and applications of nonlinear optics including quantum and nonlinear optical imaging. He is the author of Radiometry and the Detection of Optical Radiation (1983), Nonlinear Optics (1992), is co-editor of Optical Instabilities (1986) and Contemporary Nonlinear Optics (1992). Prof. Boyd has published approximately 230 research papers, has been awarded six U.S. Patents, and has supervised the Ph.D. thesis of 26 students.

Recent Publications

1. Implementation of sub-Rayleigh-resolution lithography using an N-photon absorber
   Hye Jeong Chang, Heedeuk Shin, Malcolm N. O'Sullivan-Hale and Robert W. Boyd
   Journal of Modern Optics 53, 2271-2277 (2006)
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2. Coupled-resonator-induced transparency in a fiber system
   D. D. Smith, N.N. Lepeshkin, A. Schweinsberg, G. Gehring, R.W. Boyd, Q-H. Park, H. Chang and D.J. Jackson
   Optics Communications 264, 163-168 (2006)
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3. Dynamics of gravity-induced gradients in soap film thicknesses
   G. Ropars, D. Chauvat, A. Le Floch, M. N. O'Sullivan-Hale and R. W. Boyd
   Applied Physics Letters 88, 234104 (2006)
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4. Observation of Backwards Pulse Propagation Through a Medium with a Negative Group Velocity
   George M. Gehring, Aaron Schweinsberg, Christopher Barsi, Natalie Kostinski and Robert W. Boyd
   Science, 312, 895 (2006)
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5. Transparency on an optical chip
   Robert W. Boyd and Daniel J. Gauthier
   Nature 441, 701-702 (2006)
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For further details, go to Prof. Boyd's home page at: http://www.optics.rochester.edu/~boyd/

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