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 materDurham University
OccupationPhysicist

Allan Dawson Boardman was a British physicist, known for his work on surface plasmons and , especially , 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]

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[]

  • A. D. Boardman (editor and contributor on surface plasmons), "Electromagnetic Surface Modes", John Wiley (1982).
  • Boardman, A. D.; Marinov, K. (2006-04-11). "Electromagnetic energy in a dispersive metamaterial". Physical Review B. American Physical Society (APS). 73 (16): 165110. arXiv:physics/0603199. doi:10.1103/physrevb.73.165110. ISSN 1098-0121.
  • Boardman, Allan D.; Marinov, Kiril (2006-03-01). "Nonradiating and radiating configurations driven by left-handed metamaterials". Journal of the Optical Society of America B. The Optical Society. 23 (3): 543-552. arXiv:physics/0511113. doi:10.1364/josab.23.000543. ISSN 0740-3224.
  • Boardman, Allan; King, Neil; Rapoport, Yuriy; Velasco, Larry (2005-09-12). "Gyrotropic impact upon negatively refracting surfaces". New Journal of Physics. IOP Publishing. 7: 191–191. arXiv:cond-mat/0603466. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/191. ISSN 1367-2630.
  • Boardman, A. D.; King, N.; Velasco, L. (2005). "Negative Refraction in Perspective". Electromagnetics. Informa UK Limited. 25 (5): 365–389. arXiv:cond-mat/0508501. doi:10.1080/02726340590957371. ISSN 0272-6343.
  • Boardman, A D; Egan, P; Velasco, L; King, N (2005-01-21). "Control of planar nonlinear guided waves and spatial solitons with a left-handed medium". Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics. IOP Publishing. 7 (2): S57–S67. arXiv:cond-mat/0603159. doi:10.1088/1464-4258/7/2/008. ISSN 1464-4258.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "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 August 11, 2014.
  4. ^ http://www.salford.ac.uk/computing-science-engineering/cse-academics/allan-boardman
  5. ^ "First Announcement and Call for Papers" (PDF). Photon10. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 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 2013-10-02. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  9. ^ "Parisian lecture in honour of Salford physicist". SalfordOnline. Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved August 11, 2014.

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