Physica prize 2014 for Albert Polman
FOM group leader Prof.dr. Albert Polman has been honored with the prestigious Physica prize of the Netherlands Physical Society (NNV) and the Physica Foundation. The prize is granted to Albert Polman for his outstanding contributions, both in the Netherlands and internationally, of the physics of light. Polman works at the FOM Institute AMOLF and is also professor at the University of Amsterdam.
Timing
Lights plays an important role in our modern society. Large quantities of data are transported all over the world through glass fiber networks. According to the jury Albert Polman is a world leader in the research and application of light and shows an outstanding timing, making him always stay ahead in new research areas.
Metamaterials
He was the first to use ion implantation for the optical doping of materials. Not long afterwards, he showed how to control the optical properties of materials by structuring them at the nanoscale, making light behave completely differently. In this manner he recently demonstrated optical metamaterials with properties that do not occur in natural materials: refractive indices that can become zero or negative. A few years ago Albert Polman started a revolution in solar cell research with his suggestion that there is much to win by using light management.
Physica Prize
The Physica prize is granted yearly to an eminent physicist working in the Netherlands. Albert Polman will receive the prize on 1 April 2014 at the FYSICA 2014 conference in Leiden. He will then also hold the Physica lecture.
Contact
Albert Polman +31 (0)20 754 72 34.