Honorary Editor's introduction. Special issue in honour of the 60th birthday of Professor David Hanna FRS
Honorary Editor's introduction. Special issue in honour of the 60th birthday of Professor David Hanna FRS
The idea of pulling together a Cluster of papers in celebration of the 60th birthday of Professor David Hanna FRS was inspired by his award of the European Physical Society Quantum Electronics Prize 2000 for applied aspects. The prize citation recognises David's 'outstanding and numerous contributions to solid-state laser physics and non-linear optics', an evaluation warmly endorsed by those of us who have been lucky enough to work with him.
Over the years, David Hanna has made immense personal contributions to the field of quantum electronics and has inspired many students and collaborators to go on to make their own contributions. His influence can be seen in many aspects of the field and those who have worked closely with him have gone on to make significant impacts in the fields of business and academia throughout the world.
David Hanna, who was the 1993 recipient of the Max Born Medal and Prize, has served as Deputy Director of the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton since its foundation in 1989. His achievements over this period include major advances in the high-power operation of bulk, fibre and planar guided-wave lasers, and the refinement of the optical parametric oscillator into a versatile practical source. All of these areas are represented in this Cluster, in which many of the contributors are David's students and colleagues, past and present. In Some thoughts on 38 years of lasing David shares his unique perspective on the evolution of this important field of contemporary optics.
We hope that the readers of Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics will enjoy sampling the range and depth of topics covered by this tribute to David Hanna. The publication of the Cluster coincides with developments in the board of the Journal where we intend to give greater prominence to developments in the field of what has become known as Photonics.
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Ferguson, A.I.
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Ferguson, A.I.
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Ferguson, A.I. and Tropper, A.C.
(2001)
Honorary Editor's introduction. Special issue in honour of the 60th birthday of Professor David Hanna FRS.
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 34 (16), .
(doi:10.1088/0022-3727/34/16/001).
Abstract
The idea of pulling together a Cluster of papers in celebration of the 60th birthday of Professor David Hanna FRS was inspired by his award of the European Physical Society Quantum Electronics Prize 2000 for applied aspects. The prize citation recognises David's 'outstanding and numerous contributions to solid-state laser physics and non-linear optics', an evaluation warmly endorsed by those of us who have been lucky enough to work with him.
Over the years, David Hanna has made immense personal contributions to the field of quantum electronics and has inspired many students and collaborators to go on to make their own contributions. His influence can be seen in many aspects of the field and those who have worked closely with him have gone on to make significant impacts in the fields of business and academia throughout the world.
David Hanna, who was the 1993 recipient of the Max Born Medal and Prize, has served as Deputy Director of the Optoelectronics Research Centre at the University of Southampton since its foundation in 1989. His achievements over this period include major advances in the high-power operation of bulk, fibre and planar guided-wave lasers, and the refinement of the optical parametric oscillator into a versatile practical source. All of these areas are represented in this Cluster, in which many of the contributors are David's students and colleagues, past and present. In Some thoughts on 38 years of lasing David shares his unique perspective on the evolution of this important field of contemporary optics.
We hope that the readers of Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics will enjoy sampling the range and depth of topics covered by this tribute to David Hanna. The publication of the Cluster coincides with developments in the board of the Journal where we intend to give greater prominence to developments in the field of what has become known as Photonics.
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