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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I am fairly certain a few reviews of my own papers recently have had some AI contributions. I have no objections to AI to improve a draft review or to check things, but a random list of potential revisions of which some are irrelevant is not something to encourage I think!

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

IUPAP Commission 17 Laser Physics and Photonics is seeking nominations for its biennial Early Career Scientist Prizes. Recipients must be within 5 years of their PhD and nominations must be received before 30 September 2026. More details at the prize webpage iupap.org/who-we-are/i...

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C17: News - IUPAP: The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics

Call for Applications to “Early Career Scientist Prizes” The IUPAP Commission 17: Laser Physics and Photonics is seeking nominations for its biennial “Early Career Scientist Prizes”. Two prizes are av...

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Well there's always Facebook which has a completely different demographic. But I hardly ever post there, I just keep an eye on what my NZ family are doing.

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Yes the level of response and engagement is low here compared to the way it was 5 years ago on Twitter.

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

And you - only intermittent on social media these days - too busy!

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

We have lost a giant with the passing of Mary Tsingou Menzel aged 97. A family announcement is here: www.riverafamilyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/m... The image below is her FPUT algorithm that you can read about in Thierry Dauxois's article: www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/arch... An amazing life!

Diagram of the algorithm developed by Mary Tsingou Menzel to solve the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou problem of coupled nonlinear oscillators.

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Phortify @phortify.eu · 05/12/2025

That’s a wrap! 🎉 Our Phortigy Partner Highlight campaign is now complete. Here’s the full map of our European network. If you missed any, feel free to check our previous posts or visit our website. 💙 #Phortify #Photonics #EUcollaboration

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Phortify @phortify.eu · 10/02/2026

We are pleased to announce that Phortify scholarships are officially launched and open for applications. 🚀

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

So sad to see the loss of another laser pioneer with the passing of Orazio Svelto on 10 Jan. As well as being an inspiring scientist who helped create the European ultrafast community, he was gracious and generous with his time and support for international science. www.ansa.it/canale_scien...

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Addio a Orazio Svelto, pioniere della ricerca sui laser in Italia - Fisica e Matematica - Ansa.it

Addio al fisico Orazio Svelto: è morto oggi a Milano, a 89 anni, il pioniere della ricerca sui laser in Italia e figura cardine dell'elettronica quantistica a livello internazionale. (ANSA)

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Wonderful news and heartfelt congratulations to UCL prof Polina Bayvel on being named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2026 New Year Honours List. A truly outstanding and well-deserved achievement. Congratulations, Polina!

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Ariel Levenson @ariel-l.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

History of Quantum Dots: It was a pleasure to collaborate to this movie on the history of quantum dots. Produced as part of of the PÉPITES program of the French Optical Society, SFO. @c2n-nanos.bsky.social youtu.be/p89chOVElSA?...

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L'histoire des boîtes quantiques

YouTube video by C2N Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Useful and infuriating in being unable to get it stopped once it's moving 😊

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Am also wondering now whether the 1972 nomination had advance knowledge of the Clauser experiment ... Clearly some work for historians!

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

A good time to do this would likely be 2033 ... There would be many more nominations, and it would be a year before the 70 th anniversary. Perfect timing to see how things were received after the Aspect experiment as well.

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Mikhail Kats @mickeykats.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

We here in Madison do not do a good job celebrating this, but we should:

ON THE EINSTEIN PODOLSKY ROSEN PARADOX*
]. S. BELL

Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

(Received 4 November 1964)

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I think you have to go to Stockholm with a good reason. Can't blame them otherwise they'd spend all their time opening the archives.

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Looks like it's time to make a big deal of this @mickeykats.bsky.social Won't be difficult, just need a high profile first speaker and there'll be plenty willing to come to a lecture with such a prestigious title!

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

What what what??? You should have an annual Bell Day Lecture yourselves!!!

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I wondered the same. It might be because there wasn't always a clean "nomination" asked, but people just wrote letters. Extracting a concise "nomination" for all the historical prizes would likely be too much work. If you're a historian you can ask to consult the original documents I think.

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

There is the 11 February - www.un.org/en/observanc... The date here does not correspond to any particular historical event and I am guessing the avoided 11 November as it would have been too close to the existing World Science Day www.un.org/en/observanc...

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International Day of Women and Girls in Science | United Nations

The purpose of the day is to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls.

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Athene Donald @athenedonald.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Today is Lise Meitner's birthday, as well as Marie Curie. I wrote this blogpost about Meitner and her life a while back. Let's celebrate the woman who 'never lost her humanity'. occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...

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Zombies and Narratives | Athene Donald's Blog

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

John Bell released Bell's theorem on 4 November 1964. home.cern/news/news/ph... In 1972, Bernard d'Espagnat was the first to nominate him for the Nobel Prize. As the Nobel archives progressively come on line, we will surely see that he was nominated very many times afterwards as well ...

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Some of the decisions I have seen in universities over the years also seem like astrology to me :-)

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Perfect then! Agree with the sentiment anyway - far too many distractions in academia!

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

No better than @rmathematicus.bsky.social for a wee check of the context here ...

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Yep - very humble and as long as there's some physics to discuss, he's always interested to give time.

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Great news for Michael Berry who has received the Isaac Newton medal of the IOP. What I absolutely love about his work is that it cuts across so many different areas of physics - from the foundations of quantum physics to understanding the rainbow. physicsworld.com/a/theoretica...

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Theoretical physicist Michael Berry wins 2025 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize – Physics World

Berry recognized for his contributions in mathematics and theoretical physics over a 60-year career

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Those outside the field really don't pay enough attention to what goes on in condensed matter. Indeed, even the excellent DPG Quantum History Wall didn't include yesterday's Nobel Prize winning work on tunnelling in its list of quantum milestones of the 1980s! www.quantum-history.de

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

If you love supercontinuum (and who doesn't!) check out our forward-looking Perspective in EPL which is free to read. Thanks @jctravs.bsky.social Thibaut Sylvestre, Alex Heidt, Roy Taylor, Goery Genty iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Reposting to @tsizer.bsky.social via JL Beylat. What about a tribute at the 100 year session at ECOC ?

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Very sad to hear that the great soliton pioneer Akira Hasegawa has died on June 22. His work truly was revolutionary in so many ways and impacted so many different fields. An obituary from Columbia is below. www.apam.columbia.edu/memoriam-pro...

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In Memoriam: Prof. Akira Hasegawa (1934-2025)

Dr. Akira Hasegawa, former adjunct professor at Columbia’s Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, has passed away.

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Over in the other place, Grok actually gets it right ...

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Anyone with a library endowment fund who doesn't know what to do with it? First edition of Opticks for sale!

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I just had some fun verifing the 1/r potential drop from a plasma ball. The idea is from @simonpoliakoff.bsky.social and his video is here: youtube.com/watch?v=crW7... To get close to the ball (5 mm) I used a 10kOhm feedthrough terminator which yields around 25 V peak-peak !

Setup to measure potential drop from a plasma ball. Showing glowing ball and antenna and oscilloscope.

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Just been too busy lately but starting to get back to social media again. Hope you've managed somewhere nice to cycle around this summer!

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Dano Loves Music @danolovesmusic.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

RIP Tom Lehrer

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

This is incredible from Les Wright ! It has everything: lasers, home grown nonlinear optics crystals, and a home made Arduino-driven diamond saw. If you're planning to colonize Mars to avoid an apocalypse, include Les in your passenger list! youtu.be/RxjqMh3gkx8?...

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A DIY Pockels cell!

YouTube video by Les' Lab

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Great to see you celebrating! Congratulations!

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Is this planned or completed? 15 years ago it was very possible to do this without major disruption ... Today I'm not so sure!

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Impact factors certainly do not tell the whole story, but in what is more or less an annual tradition, I have compiled a list for some physics/optics journals. Note that there are truly excellent articles in all of these journals and different journals play very different roles in the community.

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 02/06/2025

Planning to apply for #research #funding from the ERC? From the next application rounds, expect changes to the: • proposal structure • evaluation process • extra funding you can request • eligibility for Starting & Consolidator #Grants (from 2027) More 👇 europa.eu/!RPHWvv

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Changes to the 2026 and 2027 Work Programmes

With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals will apply. The mai...

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Ambra Ferrari @ambrafer.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Big changes to the ERC funding schemes! Note the new eligibility criteria from 2027 on: 📌 Starting Grant: 0-10 y post-PhD 📌 Consolidator Grant: 5-15 y post-PhD erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

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Changes to the 2026 and 2027 Work Programmes

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Am guessing that @seamus.bsky.social has known about this for 40 years 😀

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John Dudley @johnmdudley.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Just learned that the Wii remote triangulates position via IR sources in the bar you place on the TV. Most phone cameras allow you to see the emitters (top) but in fact you don't need them. You can replace the bar by two candles and it works just fine! Am sure most people knew this already ...

Images of the Wii "sensor bar" showing IR emission (top) and a picture of a TV with the bar replaced by two candles (bottom).

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Hanna Le Jeannic @quantumhanna.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Il n'y a pas "trop" de deux musées scientifiques à Paris! (surtout comparé au nombre de musées d'art 😅) Et surtout quand ceux ci apportent des choses différentes (tellement de souvenirs! ⚡👩‍🦱). NE LAISSONS PAS LE PALAIS DISPARAITRE! signez la pétition et partagez 🙏 ⬇️ www.change.org/p/sauvons-le...

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