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Slava Medvedev wins the FOM Valorisation Section Prize

Dr Slava Medvedev, former PhD student of the XUV Optics Group, won the FOM prize 2016 for the best thesis chapter on valorisation of research results.

Slava addressed many basic physics questions on multilayer optical systems and showed much inspiration from the many applications of such systems in photolithography at Extreme UV wavelengths. A central theme was the spectral filtering of broadband sources, mitigating so-called out-of-band light. In his thesis, defended 4 November 2015 with the judicium cum laude, he demonstrates the wealth of optics and solid state physics phenomena present in the many practical cases of applied EUV optics.

FOM encourages valorisation of research in industry and society at large by granting yearly prizes, such as the Valorisation Section Prize and the general Valorisation Prize. The section prize was won earlier by an XUV member, Dr Tim Tsarfati, in 2009, while the Valorisation Prize was granted to Prof Fred Bijkerk of the group in 2010. Slava will receive his prize at the national Physics@Veldhoven event in January 2017.

For more information see UTnews and FOM website.