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Robert W. Boyd

Researcher at University of Ottawa

Publications -  1210
Citations -  43443

Robert W. Boyd is an academic researcher from University of Ottawa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Photon & Nonlinear optics. The author has an hindex of 98, co-authored 1161 publications receiving 37321 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert W. Boyd include University of Glasgow & University of Toronto.

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Enhanced nonlinear optical response of composite materials.

TL;DR: Experimental results are presented which demonstrate that the effective third-order susceptibility of a composite optical material can exceed those of the materials from which it is constructed.
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Stochastic dynamics of stimulated Brillouin scattering in an optical fiber

TL;DR: Gain narrowing of the Stokes spectrum is observed as the input laser power is increased, and large stochastic fluctuations are observed in theStokes output intensity.
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Observation of superluminal and slow light propagation in erbium-doped optical fiber

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors observed both extremely slow and superluminal pulse propagation speeds at room temperature in an erbium-doped fiber (EDF) with varying powers of a 980 nm pump.
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Intuitive explanation of the phase anomaly of focused light beams

TL;DR: In this article, an intuitive argument is presented for the phase anomaly, that is, the 180° phase shift of a light wave in passing through a focus, and the treatment is based on the geometrical properties of Gaussian light beams.
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High-order thermal ghost imaging

TL;DR: It is shown that high-order ghost imaging has higher visibility and contrast-to-noise ratio as compared to conventional thermal ghost imaging and the optimal polynomial order is obtained that gives the best contrast- to-Noise ratio.