Peter Kazansky, PhD profile page

Peter G. Kazansky studied physics in Moscow State University and received his Ph.D. from the General Physics Institute in 1985. From 1989 to 1993 he led a research group at the institute, where he unraveled the mystery of light-induced frequency doubling in glass. In 1992, he joined the ORC at the University of Southampton, where he has been a professor since 2001, pursuing his interests in new optical materials and phenomena. More recently he pioneered the field of ultrafast laser nanostructuring in glass leading to the invention of the “5D memory crystal,” which holds a Guinness world record for being the most durable data storage medium. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America.