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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear All<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>This may be of interest to you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> Heads of Physics Forum (UK and Ireland) [mailto:HEADS-OF-PHYSICS@NETWORKS.IOP.ORG] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Philip Diamond<br><b>Sent:</b> 18 January 2016 14:01<br><b>To:</b> HEADS-OF-PHYSICS@NETWORKS.IOP.ORG<br><b>Subject:</b> Newton lecture and interview with Newton medal winner Eli Yablonovitch now online<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>To Heads of Physics Departments<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleague<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Professor Eli Yablonovitch’s 2015 Newton lecture and filmed profile are now available to view online <a href="http://www.iop.org/resources/videos/lectures/page_66650.html">here</a>. <span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>Eli Yablonovitch was awarded the 2015 Newton medal ‘ for his visionary contributions to photonic nanostructures’ and is regarded as a founder of the field of photonics. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='background:white'>The<span style='color:red'> </span><span style='color:black'>Newton lecture was a superb exposition of the physics of photonics, how it allows us unprecedented control of light, and how its applications are proving to be central to societal challenges. </span></span>I recommend both films to aspiring physics students. 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