Upcoming Events

Guest Lecture

3pm 29/4/09 room K3.26

Light’s twist.

Prof Miles Padgett FRSE, The University of Glasgow, Scotland

It is 15 years since it was recognised that light beams could be made
in the laboratory that carried an Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM).
This OAM is independent of, and additional to, the spin associated
with circular polarisation. Since its recognition much of my own
group’s work has been the exploration of this phenomenon, ranging from
optical spanners and rotational frequency shifts to an angular form of
Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. This lecture will, however,
concentrate upon two of my current interests, namely; the role that
angular momentum plays in the 3D structure of random speckle and most
recently a new form of quantum ghost imaging.

Welcome Party 08

The Welcome Party will take place on Wednesday 5th
November, 8 pm till midnight, in the Priory on Level 6 in the Union.

Free drinks while stocks last, and a quiz with prize!

Members get in for free, non-members
get in for £2 or can join at the door for £3.

See you all there.