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Robert W. Boyd
M. Parker Givens Professor of Optics and Professor of Physics
Arts, Sciences, and Engineering
Department of Institute Of Optics
Areas of expertise: Nonlinear Optics
Press contact:
Peter Iglinski
585.273.4726
Related Links:
Robert Boyd Home Page
Non-linear Optics Group
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March 04, 2013
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Science Daily
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March 03, 2013
MSNBC
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LiveScience.com
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March 04, 2012
New Scientist
Light tricks: How it can travel faster than itself
December 14, 2011
Science Magazine
Simple Scheme Stores Light by Converting It Into Vibration and Back
December 14, 2007
Discover (January issue)
The Top 100 Science Stories of 2006
January 01, 2007
Nature.com
Photonics: Transparency on an Optical Chip (Article by Robert Boyd and Daniel Gauthier)
June 08, 2006
LiveScience.com
Light Travels Backward and Faster than Light
May 18, 2006
New York Times
Impressive New Tricks of Light, All Within the Laws of Physics
May 16, 2006
SpaceRef.com
Light's Most Exotic Trick Yet: So Fast it Goes ... Backwards?
May 11, 2006
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June 08, 2007
University Scientists Make Discover Magazine's Top 100 List
January 12, 2007
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May 05, 2006
Biography
Boyd researches optical physics, particularly the areas of nonlinear optical interactions, slow and fast light, nonlinear optical properties of materials, and applications of nonlinear optics including quantum and nonlinear optical imaging. He is the author of several books on optics, has published more than 230 research papers, and has been awarded six U.S. patents.