Photonics

• Professor Richard De La Rue - Photonic crystal and photonic wire structures, waveguide micro-cavities and metamaterials. His research in the area of photonic crystals has evolved to cover compact lasers, planar micro-cavities, photonic-crystal LEDs, synthetic opal and inverse opal structures. His research on metamaterials has particularly emphasized the use of semiconductor substrates – and the impact of the choice of metallization.
• Dr Barry Holmes
• Professor David Hutchings - Nonlinear optics and applications, particularly in bulk and heterostructure semiconductors, semiconductor optoelectronics, magneto-optics and computational electromagnetics.
• Professor Charlie Ironside - Optoelectronic systems for digital communications, highly sensitive magnetometers and trace sensing of gases.
• Dr Nigel Johnson
• Dr Tony Kelly - Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers and related technologies for Passive Optical Networks, optical burst switching and ultrafast all optical switching.
• Professor John Marsh - Semiconductor laser technology ranges from epitaxial growth through to the design and development of integrated laser modules for applications including advanced printing and imaging. Research into the fundamental electrical and optical properties of semiconductors, development of novel optoelectronic devices, processes for creating photonic integrated circuits, integrated mode-locked lasers for ultra-short pulse generation, and development and manufacturing of high-power laser array products.
• Professor Miles Padgett - Fundamental understanding of optical forces - how laser beams can push or twist microscopic objects, through to advanced sensor design for detection of trace gases. Interactive holograms for light shaping and measurement through to Monte-Carlo modelling of complex systems and parameter estimation.
• Professor Douglas Paul - Design, manufacture and use of Si/SiGe heterostructure technology, CMOS technology, quantum devices, THz quantum cascade lasers, terahertz systems, silicon photonics, inorganic molecular electronics and thermoelectrics. He also has significant experience of CBRNE counter-terrorism and medical imaging systems.
• Dr Faiz Rahman - Device fabrication technologies, GaN light emitting diodes, photonic crystals, heterojunction bipolar transistors, organic semiconductors and devices, radiation detectors and imaging arrays.
• Dr Marc Sorel - Semiconductor lasers, III-V integrated optoelectronics devices, silicon photonics.