RefNo | EC/2019/27 |
Level | Item |
Title | Knight, Jonathan Cave: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
Date | 28 March 2019 |
Description | Certificate endorsing election of Jonathan Knight as a Fellow of the Royal Society, including personal details of the elected Fellow and citing the reasons for election and names of proposers. Signed by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
Citation | Knight's research has been to create fundamentally new forms of optical fibre which for many applications outperform conventional fibres. He discovered and demonstrated the first working example of a photonic crystal fibre, demonstrated the first fibre trapping light using a photonic bandgap and the first low-loss fibre where light is guided in a hollow rather than a solid core, and extended low-loss silica-based fibres to mid-infrared wavelengths. |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Computer printout |
PhysicalDescription | A4 papers |
AccessStatus | Closed |
AccessConditions | Election certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |