Robert W. Boyd

Robert Boyd
Boyd in 2010
Born
Robert William Boyd

(1948-03-08) March 8, 1948 (age 76)[4]
NationalityAmerican
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Awards
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ThesisAn Infrared Upconverter for Astronomical Imaging (1977)
Doctoral advisorCharles H. Townes[2][3]
Website

Robert William Boyd (born 8 March 1948) is an American physicist noted for his work in optical physics and especially in nonlinear optics. He is currently the Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate in Quantum Nonlinear Optics based at the University of Ottawa, professor of physics cross-appointed to the school of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Ottawa, and professor of optics and professor of physics at the University of Rochester.[5][6][7][8][9]

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  4. ^ American Men and Women of Science, Thomson Gale, 2004.
  5. ^ "Department of Physics, University of Ottawa". University of Ottawa.
  6. ^ "The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester". University of Rochester.
  7. ^ "List of Canada Excellence Research Chairs Laureates". CERC. 29 November 2012.
  8. ^ Robert W. Boyd's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  9. ^ "uOttawa Faculty of Engineering, list of cross-appointed faculty members". Engineering. Retrieved 2019-11-01.