Jennifer E. Hastie is a Scottish physicist specialising in the design of lasers, including Raman lasers based on synthetic diamond crystals,[1][2] and vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting-lasers.[3] She is a professor of physics at the University of Strathclyde, where she directs the Institute of Photonics.[4]

Education and career edit

Hastie studied laser physics and optoelectronics at the University of Strathclyde, earning a bachelor's degree in 2000 and completing her PhD in 2004.[5]

She continued working at the University of Strathclyde after completing her doctorate,[6] initially under a five-year postdoctoral fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering.[4] She was appointed as director of the Institute of Photonics in 2022.[6]

Recognition edit

Optica named her as a 2024 Optica Fellow, "for leadership in the photonics and quantum technology community and pioneering technical contributions in the area of narrow-linewidth lasers".[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "University of Strathclyde demonstrates world's first continuously operating diamond Raman laser", Semiconductor Digest, 2014, retrieved 2023-11-15
  2. ^ Diamonds are a laser scientist's new best friend, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, 7 August 2013, retrieved 2023-11-15 – via ScienceDaily
  3. ^ Marx, Bridget (30 September 2006), "UV LASERS: VECSEL produces 120 mW of tunable UV output", Laser Focus World, retrieved 2023-11-15
  4. ^ a b "Professor Jennifer Hastie, Institute of Photonics", Staff, University of Strathclyde, retrieved 2023-11-15
  5. ^ "Jennifer E. Hastie", IEEE Xplore, IEEE, 24 April 2017, retrieved 2023-11-15
  6. ^ a b "Hastie Named Director of Strathclyde's Institute of Photonics", Photonics.com: People in the news, Photonics Media, 11 May 2022, retrieved 2023-11-15
  7. ^ Optica Announces 2024 Fellows Class, Optica, 30 October 2023, retrieved 2023-11-15

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