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Professor Gerald Buller is pictured on the right, receiving his award from IET President Chris Earnshaw. (click to enlarge)

Prize for School of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Professor Gerald Buller and Mr Ryan Warburton of the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences(Physics) have been awarded the 2008 Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Optoelectronics Premium.

The award is made by the IET Editorial Board for the best paper in IET Optoelectronics Journal for the calendar year 2007. The award was made for their collaborative paper with the University of Sheffield and Politecnico di Milano, Italy entitled “Single-photon Avalanche Diode Detectors for Quantum Key Distribution” by Gerald S. Buller Ryan E. Warburton, Sara Pellegrini, Jo Shien Ng, John P.R. David, Lionel J.J. Tan, Andrey B. Krysa and Sergio Cova.

Professor Buller received the award from the IET President Chris Earnshaw at a ceremony in London on 3 November. The authors have donated the £500 prize to Downs’ Syndrome Scotland.