Photonics symposium celebrates Nobel laureate Donna Strickland

Monday, July 29, 2019

The University of Waterloo and the University of Rochester jointly hosted a photonics symposium this week in honour of Nobel laureateĀ Donna Strickland.

The Celebratory Waterloo-Rochester Photonics Symposium showcased her research in photonics with a keynote address by Professor Strickland.

Four key areas of photonics research were featured: High field science, chirped pulse amplification, biophotonics, and ultrafast lasers and quantum information.

Donna Strickland presenting at photonics symposium