Allan Boardman

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Allan Boardman
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Boardman in 2007
BornOctober/November 1937 [1]
Northumberland, England [2]
DiedNovember 24, 2018; aged 81 [1]
Alma mater Durham University
OccupationPhysicist

Allan Dawson Boardman was a British physicist, known for his work on surface plasmons and guided wave optics, especially nonlinear waves, solitons, magneto-optics and negative refracting metamaterials. He was a theorist and numerical analyst in these areas, especially magneto-optics and metamaterials. In 2006 he was made a fellow of the Optical Society of America for his contributions in these fields and for "exemplary leadership and service to the optics community". [3]

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Boardman made substantial contributions to his university, leading the School of Sciences. Latterly, he was a Professorial Research Fellow [4] at the University of Salford. He held a Doctor of Science degree from the University of Durham. He was a Fellow of the UK Institute of Physics and a Fellow of the UK Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. He was the conference chair for the major UK photonics meeting called Photon10. [5] He was a Fellow of the SPIE [6] and co-chair of the SPIE Photonic Metamaterials conference series to be held in San Diego in 2014. [7] He had also organized other conferences, including being a director of a number of pivotal NATO Advanced Study Institutes.

He was the chair of the Optics and Photonics Division of the UK Institute of Physics and the vice-president of the United Kingdom Consortium for Optics and Photonics (UKCPO). He had served as a board member of the Quantum Electronics and Optics Division of the European Physical Society.[ citation needed ] He was the UK voice on the new European strategy program called OPERA [Optics and Photonics in the European Research Area] 2015.

Boardman was honoured with a special session in his name at the 3rd International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (Meta '12) in Paris in 2012. [8] [9] He presented nearly 300 conference papers and had been editor for several books, such as 'Soliton-driven Photonics' https://www.amazon.com/Soliton-driven-Photonics-Nato-Science-II/dp/0792371313/ .[ citation needed ]

Boardman died on 24 November 2018. [1]

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 "In Memoriam: Allan Boardman".
  2. ↑ England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008; Northumberland Central, Northumberland, England: Oct-Nov-Dec, 1937. FamilySearch . Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  3. ↑ "2006 Fellows - Awards and Grants". Optical Society of America . Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Allan Boardman | School of Computing, Science & Engineering | University of Salford, Manchester". www.salford.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 27 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "First Announcement and Call for Papers" (PDF). Photon10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Complete list of SPIE fellows
  7. ↑ Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties XII conference details
  8. ↑ "Special Sessions". 3rd International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Parisian lecture in honour of Salford physicist". SalfordOnline. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
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