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===Key papers===
 
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#A. Lagendijk, A.P. Mosk, and W.L. Vos, ''Mutual extinction and transparency of multiple incident light waves'', EPL '''130''', 34002 (2020) [https://nano-cops.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lagendijk2020_EPL_mutual_transparency.pdf pdf]
light waves'', EPL '''130''', 34002 (2020) [https://nano-cops.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lagendijk2020_EPL_mutual_transparency.pdf pdf]
 
 
#D.S. Wiersma, P. Bartolini, A. Lagendijk, and R. Righini, ''Localization of light in a disordered medium'', Nature '''390''' , 671(1997) [https://nano-cops.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/wiersma1997_Nature_localization_of_light.pdf pdf]
 
#D.S. Wiersma, P. Bartolini, A. Lagendijk, and R. Righini, ''Localization of light in a disordered medium'', Nature '''390''' , 671(1997) [https://nano-cops.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/wiersma1997_Nature_localization_of_light.pdf pdf]
 
#H. De Raedt, A. Lagendijk, and P. de Vries, ''Transverse localization of light'', Phys. Rev. Lett. '''62''', 47 (1989) [https://nano-cops.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/89.01-1.pdf pdf]
 
#H. De Raedt, A. Lagendijk, and P. de Vries, ''Transverse localization of light'', Phys. Rev. Lett. '''62''', 47 (1989) [https://nano-cops.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/89.01-1.pdf pdf]

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Personal Details

Last Name: Lagendijk
First Name: Ad
Date of Birth: 18-11-1947
Place of Birth:    Zwanenburg (Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands)

Education

1954 - 1960 Openbare School 10, Badhoevedorp
1960 - 1965 Haarlemmermeer Lyceum, Badhoevedorp
1965 - 1968 Bachelor chemistry, University of Amsterdam (UvA)
1968 - 1970 Master Physical Chemistry, UvA
1970 - 1973    PhD student Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of the UvA

Academic degrees

1968 Bachelor chemistry, UvA
1970 Master (doctoraal, with distinction) physical chemistry, UvA
1974    PhD, physical chemistry, UvA

PhD thesis

Title: An ESR study of induced defects in StrTiO3
Advisor:    J. D. W. van Voorst
Date: May 1974

Employment history

Regular

1968 - 1970     Practical course assistant, UvA
1970 - 1973 Faculty member (3-year contract), Lab. for Physical Chemistry, UvA
1973 - 1975 Postdoc Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen (UIA), Wilrijk, Belgium
1975 - 1981 Tenured faculty member UIA
1981 - 1984 Tenured faculty member Natuurkundig Laboratorium UvA
1984 - 2012 Professor of physics at UvA
1987 - 1997 Head Department of Atomic Physics FOM-Instituut AMOLF, Amsterdam
2001 - 2006 Professor of physics at University of Twente
2006 - 2012 Group leader Photon Scattering at FOM Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam
2012 - Emeritus University Professor UvA
2012 - Professor of physics at University of Twente

Visiting scientist, visiting professor

1974    Summer period at Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1979 Summer at UCLA, invited by Prof. Ray Orbach
1980 Six month period visiting group of Prof. Isaac F. Silvera at the Natuurkundig Laboratorium, UvA
2007 Visiting Professor École Normale Supérieure in Paris (Lab. Pierre Aigrain)
2014 Visiting professor Institut Langevin, ParisTech in Paris

Honors

1991 Physica Lezing prize (most important physics prize in The Netherlands)
1995     Harvard Loeb lecturer, info
1996 - Distinguished University professor of the UvA
1997 - Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)
1998 - Member of Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW)
2002 NWO Spinoza prize (most important science prize in the Netherlands)
2007 - Fellow European Optical Society (EOS)
2020 Landauer medal 2021, info

Scientific accomplishments

Long term senior collaborators

  • W. L. Vos
  • A. P. Mosk
  • B. A. van Tiggelen
  • D. S. Wiersma
  • G. H. Wegdam
  • H. De Raedt
  • R. Sprik

Quality

In the field of propagation of light in disordered media (experiment and theory) AL is a pioneer and world leader. This field has grown enormously gained importance due to its highly multidisciplinary character. AL played a major role in the growth of this field. His work has been highlighted several times in Physics Today and further acknowledged by the invitation to write the feature article of the Physics Today August 2009 issue, dedicated to the most important concept in the physics of disorder: Anderson Localization. In the following a selection will be made of the most important contributions.

  • Mutual transparency: We have very recently introduced the new concept of mutual extinction (EPL, 130, 34002 (2020) pdf), which occurs when more than one light wave is incident. Based on calculations of samples containing many scatterers we demonstrate that the total extinction of two incident waves is greatly enhanced, called mutual extinction, or greatly reduced, mutual transparency, by up to 100%.
  • Transverse localization: AL predicted a new form of localization of light: "Transverse localization of light" (Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 47-50 (1989) pdf ). His prediction was confirmed experimentally by Moti Segev et al. (Nature 446, 52 (2007)) and highlighted in Physics Today, May 2007 issue.
  • Weak localization: Group of AL was the first ever (Phys. Rev. Lett. 55, 2692-2695 (1985) pdf) to observe weak localization of light (enhanced back-scattering) - independently also observed by Prof. Georg Maret. The coherent backscattering of waves is an interference effect that survives in multiple scattering. This milestone has opened a whole new area of research and has stimulated many workers in different fields. After our pioneering work the observation of coherent back scattering has turned into an industry, with experiments performed with light waves, sound waves, microwaves, polaritons, and with cold gasses. AL was invited to write a column in Physics Today about his discovery.
  • Light slowed down: AL group was the first to predict and to observe extreme slowing down of light in a disordered material (Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 3132-3135 (1991) pdf). These results were highlighted in the Research and Discovery section of Physics Today, June 1991, p 17-19. At first our findings were met with scepsis and opposition, but five years later, this discovery has become part standard textbook material.
  • Light localized: In Nature (Nature 390, 671-673 (1997) pdf) we published, in collaboration with a group in Florence, the observation of localization of light. Sajeev John wrote a News and Views article in that issue to highlight our results. (Nature 390 page 661-662 (1997).
  • Random lasers: Group AL made decisive contributions to the field of random lasers. Even the term Random Lasers was coined by the group. (see Physics World, January 1990, page 33; We recently published the first paper on the determination of the spatial size of a mode in a random laser (Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 143901 (2007) pdf).
  • Density of states: Group AL was the first to introduce the concept of local density of states (LDOS) in the field of photonic crystals, Europhys. Lett. 35, 265 (1996) pdf. With their theory they showed that a strong spatial variation in the lifetime of emitters could be expected, well before a photonic bandgap is achieved. Very recently the first finite-size scaling of the DOS in photonic crystals was reported by AL and coworkers (Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 237402: 1-6(2018) pdf).
  • Speckle correlations: Group AL made major contributions to the observation of spatial and frequency correlations, including the first discovery of long-range correlations (Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 2787-2790 (1990) pdf).
  • Internal reflection: AL invented the concept of internal reflection of diffuse waves (Phys. Lett. A 136, 81(1989) pdf).
  • Multifractality: The discovery of multifractality of Anderson localized sound wave was reported by the group of AL, in collaboration with groups from Manitoba (Canada) and from Grenoble. (Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 155703 (2009) pdf).
  • Early work: In 1975 AL started as a postdoc in Antwerp a new and successful research effort on the magnetic resonance of one-dimensional magnetic systems. He developed a new theory, predicted several new resonances, built new microwave cavities and discovered the resonances experimentally. He worked successfully on computer simulation of quantum systems with path integrals with Hans De Raedt. Together they were the first to solve a Fermion lattice model (acknowledged in Physics Today, Research and Discovery). In addition they made major contributions to the behavior of small polarons. After moving to Amsterdam, and switching to optics, group AL performed pioneering work on femto-second electron dynamics.

Quantity

Number of papers:   > 400
Number of citations:   23818
h-index:       75

Numbers obtained from Google Scholar. Numbers from Web of Science slightly lower.

For publication list see public Google Scholar profile: Public Google Scolar profile of AL

Key papers

  1. A. Lagendijk, A.P. Mosk, and W.L. Vos, Mutual extinction and transparency of multiple incident light waves, EPL 130, 34002 (2020) pdf
  2. D.S. Wiersma, P. Bartolini, A. Lagendijk, and R. Righini, Localization of light in a disordered medium, Nature 390 , 671(1997) pdf
  3. H. De Raedt, A. Lagendijk, and P. de Vries, Transverse localization of light, Phys. Rev. Lett. 62, 47 (1989) pdf
  4. M.P. van Albada and A. Lagendijk, Observation of weak localization of light in a random medium, Physical Rev. Lett. 55, 2692 (1985) pdf
  5. S.B. Hasan, A.P. Mosk, W.L. Vos, and A.Lagendijk, Finite-size scaling of the density of states in photonic band gap crystals, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 237402: 1-6(2018) pdf
  6. A.P. Mosk, A. Lagendijk, G. Lerosey, and M. Fink, Controlling waves in space and time for imaging and focusing in complex media, Nature Photon. 6, 283 (2012) pdf
  7. A. Lagendijk, B. van Tiggelen, and D.S. Wiersma, Fifty years of Anderson localization, Phys. Today 62, 24 (2009) pdf
  8. A. Lagendijk and B.A. van Tiggelen, Resonant multiple scattering of light, Physics Rep. 270,143 (1996) pdf
  9. M.P. van Albada, B.A. van Tiggelen, A. Lagendijk, and A Tip, Speed of propagation of classical waves in strongly scattering media, Physical Rev. Lett 66, 3132 (1991) pdf
  10. P. de Vries, D.V. van Coevorden, and A Lagendijk, Point scatterers for classical waves, Rev. Mod. Phys. 70, 447 (1998) pdf

Advised theses

For details about advised theses by Ad Lagendijk, navigate to Phd_theses

Services to scientific community

Editor

1990 - 2001 Editor Physics Letters A

International

Organizer

Together with Bart van Tiggelen and Diederik Wiersma AL organized the conference "Fifty years of Anderson Localization" in Paris in December 2008. -Speakers included Professors Thouless, Wölfle, John, and Inguscio.

Committee member

AL has been a member of numerous organizations, program committees of conferences, summer-schools and scientific boards (a.o. ETOPIM, OSA MetaMaterials, GDR/CNRS IMCODE, GDR/CNRS MesoImage)

FWO (Belgian Science Foundation) member evaluation committee (for three years)

National

  • Board of the Dutch Physical Society (for 4 years NNV)
  • Organizer Spring meeting of the Dutch Physical Society (NNV, 3 times)
  • Member overseeing Board Condensed Matter division of the Dutch physics foundation FOM (for 5 years)
  • Member of executive board of FOM (most influential position in Dutch physics, for 5 years)
  • Organizer of the main Dutch condensed matter meeting of FOM (Veldhoven) (2 times)
  • Member (often chairman) of at least six nomination committees for hiring new professors
  • Member overseeing board of FOM-Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen (for 2 years)
  • Director Van der Waals-Zeeman Instituut of Univ. of Amsterdam (for 1 year)
  • Member of the executive physics council Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW, for 3 years)
  • Member of KNAW overseeing board for physics (for 5 years)
  • Member of overseeing board of FOM-institute AMOLF (4 years)
  • Chairman of Lorentz-medal committee Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (2002)
  • Member of Lorentz-medal committee Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences KNAW (2010)

Science Survival

Book

On the basis of experiences with junior scientists at the UvA, at UT and at AMOLF, in continous discussion with the senior group leaders AL has written a book: Survival Guide for Scientists

Amsterdam University Press, 2008, 215 pages,

It is a how-to advice on essential topics such as the foundations for writing scientific texts, presenting data and research information, and the writing and reading of collegial e-mails. Each section is organized by a collection of short rules, outlined and numbered in a logical order as self-explanatory pieces of information—allowing the reader the freedom to study any number of them in any desired order. These concrete guidelines, supplemented by an extensive index, makes it a unique book. Over 4000 copies sold

Lectures

As a result of the book AL is regularly asked to give presentations on survival in science. Invitations of this kind incldued the Rotterdam Eye Hospital reopening, HBO-students in Groningen, Wetsus in Leeuwarden, medical students in Leiden, and "Verslavingszorg" students in Nijmegen.

Outreach

Present

AL regulary participates in public scientific discussions.

Past

  • AL has been until 2004 a bi-weekly columnist for the newspaper Volkskrant for almost 11 years
  • In 2005 he was asked to write an essay for the journal Nature, about any subject he wanted. He decided to write a controversial essay, entitled "Pushing for Power" (Nature 438, 429 (2005) pdf), criticizing the macho-culture of natural science.