Ewan M. Wright

Professor of Optical Sciences
Professor of Physics
Honorary Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, St. Andrews University

Contact Information

Photo:  Professor Ewan Wright

Education

  • PhD, Heriot-Watt University, 1983

  • BSc, Heriot-Watt University, 1980

Employment

  • The University of Arizona: Optical Sciences, Professor, 1999-date; Associate Professor, 1993-1999; Assistant Professor, 1990-1993; Assistant Research Professor, 1987-1990; Research Associate, 1983-1985

  • Max-Planck-Institut fur Quantenoptik: Research Associate, 1983-1985

Teaching

  • Opti 501

  • Opti 542X

  • Opti 547

Research

  • Theory and simulation of light string propagation in air, electromagnetic pulse emission from light string induced plasmas,  supercontinuum generation and self-guiding in condensed media. Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) in atomic vapors, mean-field theory and beyond for small BECs, quantum theory of 1D gases in the Tonks-Girardeau regime, theory of 1D atom waveguides and interferometers, Theory of light induced waveguides for cold atoms, optically bound matter. Theory of anyon matter in planar chiral nanostructures.