Walmsley named fellow in physics society

an Walmsley, professor and director of the Institute of Optics, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society, an honor that goes to less than one-half of 1 percent of the membership of the organization.

Walmsley heads the Center for Quantum Information Systems, which is internationally regarded for developing new ways to store, manipulate and transfer information using atoms, photons, molecules, and superconducting quantum interference devices.

Most recently, Walmsley discovered that a single photon, or particle of light, is capable of holding more information than has been thought possible. He also has developed a new way to take sensitive measurements of the fastest lasers in the world.

Walmsley earned his doctorate from the University in 1986, and has been a member of the faculty since 1988.

Among his many honors, Walmsley received a 1999 Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Teaching from the University.

He joins three others at Rochester--physicists John H. Thomas, Stephen Teitel, and Stephen Craxton--who also were recently elected to fellowship positions in the society.

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