Group prize

PhD thesis prizes

The competition is open to all students whose PhD examination took place in the calendar year 2012. 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 together with the student's contact details (valid to late 2013). 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
Thursday 18 April 2013

Value
Total prize fund of £500

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

Submission address
Dr Kevin MacDonald
Optoelectronics Research Centre
University of Southampton
Southampton, SO17 1BJ

Email: kfm@orc.soton.ac.uk

Please enclose contact details including an email address

The QEP Group Committee will treat all nominations in confidence