Welcome to the website of the Russell Group at the Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Light!

Whether you are visiting to find out about our research, to explore studying for a PhD or a Masters/Diploma degree with us, or to look for a post-doctoral position, we hope you find this website interesting and useful.

Division Russell April 2009

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Latest News

February 17, 2010, 3 p.m.

Localizing Light in Photonic Micro- and Nanostructures:Biosensing and BioInspired Engineering 
Dr. Frank Vollmer, The Wyss Institute at Harvard University
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Several new positions available

We are currently looking to recruit new team members for positions as

  • Head of Glass Facility (E13-E15 level)
  • Senior Research Associate
  • Postdoctoral Research Positions

Please see here for details.

Scientific symposium and opening ceremony of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

July 8/9, 2009
For program and invitation as pdf, please click here.

Recent Publications

Precise balancing of viscous and radiation forces on a particle in liquid-filled photonic bandgap fiber

T. G. Euser, M. K. Garbos, J. S. Y. Chen, and P. St.J. Russell
Optics Letters, Vol. 34, No. 23 pp. 3674-3676 (2009)
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Solitary Pulse Generation by Backward Raman Scattering in H2-Filled Photonic Crystal Fibers

Amir Abdolvand, Alexander Nazarkin, Alexey V. Chugreev, Clemens F. Kaminski, and Philip St.J. Russell, Physical Review Letters Vo. 103, 183902 (2009)
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All-solid bandgap guiding in tellurite-filled silica photonic crystal fibers

Markus A. Schmidt, Nicolai Granzow, Ning Da, Mingying Peng, Lothar Wondraczek, and Philip St. J. Russell, Optics Letters, Vol. 34, Issue 13, pp. 1946-1948 (2009)
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