Group prize

PhD thesis prizes

The competition is open to all students whose PhD examination took place in the calendar year 2011. Entries should be made in the form of a citation (max. 500-word) from the PhD supervisor and an electronic version of the thesis (pdf file on CD). The names and contact details of the PhD examiners should be provided as references. Publications or patents resulting directly from work performed by the candidate will also be considered.

Examples of subject areas are:

• Nonlinear optics and spectroscopy
• Advances in laser science
• Coherent and incoherent sources of light
• Metamaterials
• Laser cooling, trapping and manipulation
• Quantum optics
• Microstructured photonic structures
• Magneto-optics
• Nanophotonics and plasmonics
• Quantum information processing

Deadline
4 April 2012

Value
Total prize fund of £250

Submission format
Electronic copy of thesis (PDF file on CD)

Submission address
Dr Martin McCall
Department of Physics
Imperial College London
London, SW7 2AZ

Email: m.mccall@imperial.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)20 7594 7749
Fax: +44(0)20 7594 7749

Please enclose contact details including an email address

The QEP Group Committee will treat all nominations in confidence