{"id":756,"date":"2016-10-22T16:43:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T15:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/appliedoptics\/?p=756"},"modified":"2019-10-25T19:33:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T18:33:35","slug":"day-of-photonics-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/applied-optics\/2016\/10\/22\/day-of-photonics-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Day of Photonics 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Applied Optics Group and the OSA student chapter of the University of Kent organised an event for the internationally-celebrated \u201cDay of Photonics\u201d on the 21st of October. The <a href=\"http:\/\/day-of-photonics.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Day of Photonics<\/a> celebrates the adoption of the current speed of light at the\u00a0General Conference of Weights And Measures on the 21st of October 1983.<\/p>\n<p>The Applied Optics and OSA student chapter organised a small booth in one of the University&#8217;s science buildings, presenting various optical instruments and phenomena. They also offered guided tours of the photonics labs and gave an insight to the research carried out at the Applied Optics Group.<\/p>\n<p>It was a chance for group members\u00a0to meet with many interested students and give them an introduction to their\u00a0research and gave them the opportunity to ask questions concerning optics and the group&#8217;s\u00a0research.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3933\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3933\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3933\" src=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/applied-optics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1653\/2016\/10\/dayphotonics16.jpg\" alt=\"contributors at the booth\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/applied-optics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1653\/2016\/10\/dayphotonics16.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/applied-optics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1653\/2016\/10\/dayphotonics16-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/applied-optics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1653\/2016\/10\/dayphotonics16-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the contributors at the booth (from left to right): Prof. emer. David Jackson, PhD student Felix Fleischhauer, PhD student Sophie Caujolle, Dr. Manuel Marques, PhD student Magalie Bondu, PhD student Samuel Edeagu &amp; PhD student Mike Everson. Other contributors to the event<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3936\" src=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/applied-optics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1653\/2016\/10\/dayphotonics2.jpg\" alt=\"contributors at the booth\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/applied-optics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1653\/2016\/10\/dayphotonics2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/applied-optics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1653\/2016\/10\/dayphotonics2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/applied-optics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1653\/2016\/10\/dayphotonics2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Applied Optics Group and the OSA student chapter of the University of Kent organised an event for the internationally-celebrated \u201cDay of Photonics\u201d on the 21st of October. The Day of Photonics celebrates the adoption of the current speed of light at the\u00a0General Conference of Weights And Measures on the 21st of October 1983. 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