Miles J. Padgett

Miles Padgett
Born Miles John Padgett
(1963-06-01) 1 June 1963
Residence Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality British
Fields
Institutions
Alma mater
Thesis Techniques for ultra-high resolution saturation spectroscopy and laser stabilization in the 10µm spectral region (1988)
Doctoral students Barry Jack[3]
Known for
Notable awards
Spouse Heather Reid (m. 2001)[7]
Website
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/physics/staff/milespadgett

Miles John Padgett, FRS[5] FRSE (born 1 June 1963)[2] is Professor of Optics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow. He has held the Kelvin Chair of Natural Philosophy since 2011[1][8][9][10] and has been Vice Principal for Research at Glasgow since 2014.[11][12][13][14][15][16]

Education

Padgett was educated at the University of Manchester, the University of York, the University of St Andrews and Trinity College, Cambridge[2] where he was awarded a PhD in 1988.

Research

Together with Alan James Duncan and Wilson Sibbett Padgett conducted pioneering work on optical angular momentum,[4] for which he was awarded in 2009 the Young Medal.[6] The research group he leads is best known for its work on the fundamental properties of light's angular momentum, including optical tweezers and optical spanners,[17] the use of orbital angular momentum states to extend the alphabet of optical communication (with both classical and quantum light), and demonstrations of an angular form of the EPR paradox.[18] Padgett's research has been published in leading peer reviewed scientific journals including Science,[19][20][21][22][23] Nature[24][25] Physical Review Letters,[4] and Optics Express[9] and Progress in Optics.[10] Padgett's research has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).[26]

Awards and honours

Padgett was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) in 2001,[27] in 2011 he was elected to fellowship of the Optical Society and in 2012 to fellowship of SPIE. In 2014 he was elected to fellowship of the Royal Society of London - the UK's national academy.[27] His nomination for the Royal Society reads:

“ Padgett is internationally recognised for his leadership in the field of optics and in particular of optical momentum. His best known contributions include an optical spanner for spinning micron-sized objects, use of orbital angular momentum to increase the data capacity of communication systems and an angular form of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) quantum paradox.[5] ”

In 2009, with Les Allen, he won the Institute of Physics' Young Medal and in 2014 the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Kelvin Medal. In 2015 he won the Science of Light Prize from the European Physical Society.

Personal life

Padgett currently resides in Glasgow with his wife Heather Reid[7] and their daughter.

References

  1. 1 2 Miles J. Padgett's publications indexed by Google Scholar, a service provided by Google
  2. 1 2 3 "Curriculum Vitae : Miles Pasgett FRSE" (PDF). Physics.gla.ac.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-13.
  3. ↑ Jack, Barry (2012). Quantum entanglement of the spatial modes of light (PhD thesis). University of Glasgow.
  4. 1 2 3 Leach, J.; Padgett, M.; Barnett, S.; Franke-Arnold, S.; Courtial, J. (2002). "Measuring the Orbital Angular Momentum of a Single Photon". Physical Review Letters 88 (25). Bibcode:2002PhRvL..88y7901L. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.257901.
  5. 1 2 3 "Professor Miles Padgett FRS". London: The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2014-08-05.
  6. 1 2 "Young medal recipients". Iop.org. Archived from the original on 2015-03-26.
  7. 1 2 "SCOTLAND | Sun shines on Heather the wedder". BBC News. 2001-08-17. Archived from the original on 2013-12-15.
  8. ↑ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Professorships: Natural Philosophy (Kelvin Chair)". Universitystory.gla.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13.
  9. 1 2 Gibson, G.; Courtial, J.; Padgett, M. J.; Vasnetsov, M.; Pas'Ko, V.; Barnett, S. M.; Franke-Arnold, S. (2004). "Free-space information transfer using light beams carrying orbital angular momentum". Optics Express 12 (22): 5448–5456. doi:10.1364/OPEX.12.005448. PMID 19484105.
  10. 1 2 Allen, L.; Padgett, M. J.; Babiker, M. (1999). "IV the Orbital Angular Momentum of Light". Progress in Optics 39: 291–372. doi:10.1016/S0079-6638(08)70391-3. ISBN 9780444501042.
  11. ↑ "University of Glasgow :: School of Physics and Astronomy :: Our staff :: Prof Miles J Padgett". Gla.ac.uk. 2012-09-24. Archived from the original on 2013-12-08.
  12. ↑ Gibney, E. (2015). "Optics: Leading lights". Nature 518 (7538): 154–157. doi:10.1038/518154a.
  13. ↑ Miles Padgett: Optical tweezers and twisted beams of light on YouTube, SPIE.TV
  14. ↑ Miles J. Padgett's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database, a service provided by Elsevier.
  15. ↑ Miles J. Padgett on Twitter
  16. ↑ "Scientists slow the speed of light:A team of Scottish scientists has made light travel slower than the speed of light.". BBC News. 2015-01-23.
  17. ↑ Simpson, N. B.; Dholakia, K; Allen, L; Padgett, M. J. (1997). "Mechanical equivalence of spin and orbital angular momentum of light: An optical spanner". Optics Letters 22 (1): 52–4. doi:10.1364/ol.22.000052. PMID 18183100.
  18. ↑ "Optics : Research Areas". Gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 2013-12-08.
  19. ↑ Giovannini, D; Romero, J; Potoček, V; Ferenczi, G; Speirits, F; Barnett, S. M.; Faccio, D; Padgett, M. J. (2015). "Optics. Spatially structured photons that travel in free space slower than the speed of light". Science 347 (6224): 857–60. doi:10.1126/science.aaa3035. PMID 25612608.
  20. ↑ Lavery, M. P.; Speirits, F. C.; Barnett, S. M.; Padgett, M. J. (2013). "Detection of a spinning object using light's orbital angular momentum". Science 341 (6145): 537–40. doi:10.1126/science.1239936. PMID 23908234.
  21. ↑ Sun, B; Edgar, M. P.; Bowman, R; Vittert, L. E.; Welsh, S; Bowman, A; Padgett, M. J. (2013). "3D computational imaging with single-pixel detectors". Science 340 (6134): 844–7. doi:10.1126/science.1234454. PMID 23687044.
  22. ↑ Franke-Arnold, S; Gibson, G; Boyd, R. W.; Padgett, M. J. (2011). "Rotary photon drag enhanced by a slow-light medium". Science 333 (6038): 65–7. doi:10.1126/science.1203984. PMID 21719672.
  23. ↑ Leach, J; Jack, B; Romero, J; Jha, A. K.; Yao, A. M.; Franke-Arnold, S; Ireland, D. G.; Boyd, R. W.; Barnett, S. M.; Padgett, M. J. (2010). "Quantum correlations in optical angle-orbital angular momentum variables". Science 329 (5992): 662–5. doi:10.1126/science.1190523. PMID 20689014.
  24. ↑ Leach, J; Dennis, M. R.; Courtial, J; Padgett, M. J. (2004). "Laser beams: Knotted threads of darkness". Nature 432 (7014): 165. doi:10.1038/432165a. PMID 15538357.
  25. ↑ Courtial, J; Leach, J; Padgett, M. J. (2001). "Fractals in pixellated video feedback". Nature 414 (6866): 864. doi:10.1038/414864a. PMID 11780051.
  26. ↑ "UK Government grants awarded to Miles Padgett". Research Councils UK. Archived from the original on 2015-03-26.
  27. 1 2 "Miles Padgett's biography at SPIE". SPIE. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21.
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